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Ireland’s team captain understandably looked furious.
Last year in South Dublin alone, 467 horses were seized and 422 euthanised. Just 12 were rehomed and 22 were retrained.
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The two ponies were lent out to a foster home, but have since gone missing.
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Teams took two two dinghies out on the river near Enniscorthy this evening to steer the animals back to dry land.
It can be a very stressful and potentially dangerous time for your pets.
“It has been a wonderful feat,” Coolmore’s Australian racing manager James Bester said.
The DSPCA has started a trial where it will castrate a stallion and implant a microchip for €100.
This was launched by Minister Simon Coveney today in conjunction with the Farm Animal Welfare Advisory Council.
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The society say that horses which may illegally have found their way into the food chain before are now being left to fend for themselves.
The individual in question is likely to be severely reprimanded for his actions.
More than 2,400 horses have been seized in the first half of this year.
Last year, a total of 10,711 horses were slaughtered.
Pauline Doyle said her offer to rehome the horses was ignored.
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The case of Forest is common one, said the ISPCA who will be talking about Forest and animal cruelty on RTE’s Prime Time this evening.
The animals had been put into a pound after being released from a field in Dungarvan.
A local volunteer group had been caring for the horses, locked in a field in Dungarvan, since last month.
Over 100 horses were reported to have been at the site in Clondalkin.
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Trainer Nicky Henderson was pleased with his weekend’s work ahead of next month’s festival in the Cotswolds.
Volunteers rushed to move all of the terrified animals to safety yesterday, but the shelter will now need significant funds to repair the damage.
The ISPCA is urgently asking Irish people to donate money to buy hay and feed a neglected horse.
The police horse sustained injuries but they are not thought to be career threatening.
The United Farmers Association has refuted Minister Coveney’s claim that there is not a major horse welfare problem in Ireland.
At least 500 more horses had to be rescued in 2013 compared to 2012 figures.
There is a happy ending for this poor little guy.
This case follows claims that horsemeat which was used to manufacture anti-rabies serum ended up in food chain.
Nine horses in Butler’s care tested positive for illegal substances,.
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Today everyone’s been talking about the CRC senior staff top-ups, ESB strike action and the murder inquiry launched in Kerry.
Gardaí are investigating the slaughter of the abandoned horse which happened in the Fettercairn area of Tallaght.
Senator Fidelma Healy-Eames has said that local authorities have spent millions on disposing unwanted horses.
The carcasses of three horses were also removed from the Hollyhill site on the north side of Cork city.