Latest from RSPCA
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Yearling colt pulling cart was repeatedly whipped after he collapsed in the road from ‘extreme submission, fatigue or despair’ -
Young horse driven to the point of exhaustion highlights peak in cruelty cases -
Woman who neglected 27 horses and 33 dogs was ‘embarrassed to ask for help’ -
Can you help? Appeal for information as decapitated mare dumped with foal on byway -
ChatGPT, Gemini and Grok are not a substitute for calling the vet, horse owners warned -
Animal welfare is ‘no place for legal loopholes’: MPs debate animal abuse register and automatic lifetime bans -
‘Their condition was heartbreaking’: owner banned for neglect after her two horses could not be saved -
More than 200,000 back petition for public animal abuse register – but concerns raised about vigilante behaviour -
‘A very delicate rescue’ of pony found completely stuck inside tractor tyre -
Man caught on video dragging young horse behind vehicle used method to ‘break in ponies’ -
Mare keeps a watchful eye as rescuers help foal stuck in aqueduct -
‘I’m so proud of him’: meet Pirate Pete the one-eyed pony thriving after his rescue -
Mum and daughter who left ‘dying’ pony in -6C ‘very regretful’ of their actions -
Laminitic pony in ‘extreme pain’ put down after owner refused veterinary treatment -
‘This case still haunts me’: woman with life ban on keeping animals left horses to suffer alongside their dead companions *warning: upsetting pictures* -
Pony dumped in London ‘on the brink of death’ spends first Christmas in new home -
Equine welfare charities reflect on the challenges of 2025 – as the number of owners giving up their horses increases -
Sisters ‘never intended to cause suffering’ but one horse put down out of 30 seized in major welfare case -
‘Think carefully about where horses you sell may end up’: warning to owners after six suffering equines owned by ‘horse trader’ had to be put down
