1. Rider desires solutions after horse’s demise
A rider whose thigh bone was damaged, femoral artery ruptured and ankle smashed in a automobile crash that killed her horse, her “soul mate”, has now stated she is simply on the lookout for solutions. Debbie Taylorson suffered a damaged femur, a smashed ankle, damaged ribs, sternum and scapula, and a punctured lung within the accident in County Durham on 15 January. Her 20-year-old mare Jay needed to be put down on the scene.
2. Requires motion after canine assaults on horses
The house owners of two horses who have been attacked in separate seashore incidents inside per week have urged house owners to maintain their canine on leads, as the implications in each circumstances may have been a lot worse. Adrian Geurtjens and his part-Shire Max have been chased for 10 minutes in Anglesey on Saturday (28 January), 4 days after a canine latched on to Heather Evans’ cob Harvey in Wallasey.
3. Triumph after tragedy
A yearling who was a part of “one of the vital horrific circumstances of animal cruelty within the UK” has gone on to develop into a “one in 1,000,000” pony – and final yr made his London Worldwide Horse Present debut. In 2008, Dazzle was one in all greater than 100 equines rescued from Spindles Farm, in Amersham, Buckinghamshire. The case was one of many largest equine rescues within the UK, involving a lot of welfare charities, who took in animals. There have been 32 equines discovered useless on the scene.
Dazzle discovered a house with Claire and her son Tom, who “jumped on the likelihood” to have him. Since then he has gone from “energy to energy”. Now 16, Dazzle has competed at novice stage dressage and represented the Previous Berkeley Hunt department of the Pony Membership in crew competitions with Tom.
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