Horse attacks

Horse shot in eye at point-blank range to be put down

A horse shot at point-blank range with an air gun last week is to be put down after vets were unable to save his eye

Eleven horses stabbed at a racetrack in the Philippines

Eleven thoroughbreds have been found stabbed at a racetrack in the Philippines. One of the horses still had a knife in its head

Pony's leg cut off in travellers' feud

Ponies die in violent attacks linked to Waterford's travelling community

Horse put down after being attacked by 'pit bull' dog

The police are appealing for information about a horse being attacked by a 'pit bull type' dog while out grazing in its field

Horses cut in what could be witchcraft say locals

Two horses in Herefordshire had their manes and faces cut in what could be a bizarre ritual

Increase in horse attacks leads to calls for database

Charities and the police are considering the creation of a database of attacks against horses after a summer that is shaping up to be one of the worst for equine cruelty

Retired team-chaser mare attacked with blunt instrument

A Berkshire man found his 20-year-old mare with blood seeping from her rear end after what is thought to have been an attack with a blunt instrument

Pony is knifed over 40 times in North Tyneside

A pony was found with horrific injuries after being knifed more than 40 times in what police believe was a random attack

Youths plead not guilty to killing two Shetland ponies

Two teenagers have pleaded not guilty to causing the deaths of two Shetland ponies in Whitchurch, Shropshire.

Police link stabbings of two ponies in Carmarthenshire

Owners of a pony stabbed in the eye in Wales are offering a £1,000 reward for information as police link it with a similar attack last month

Second pony is stabbed in the eye in west Wales

A pony was attacked in its stable last night in Kidwelly, in what appears to be a copycat of an attack on a Welsh stallion just three weeks ago

Police appeal for witnesses after youths seen beating ponies with iron poles

A owner is extremely distressed after she confronted a group of youths beating her four ponies with iron poles in Basingstoke

Teenagers face charges over ponies shot in paddock

Two boys, aged 13 and 18, have appeared in court in connection with the shooting of two Shetland ponies in Shropshire last month.

Champion Welsh A stallion loses eye after savage attack

A prize-winning palomino has been left with only one eye after he was attacked in his stable in west wales

Owner calls for tougher sentences for horse attackers

The owner of a horse who was attacked with a meat cleaver by two 19-year-olds has reacted with anger to news that one has had his sentence reduced

Horses attacked in fields in Stirlingshire

Four horses have been attacked in the Bonnybridge area leaving three wounded and one dead.

Horse left with facial injuries after being burned by cigarettes

A horse has been left with wounds on her face after being attacked in a field in South Godstone, Surrey last Sunday

Five-month custodial sentence for teenage horse 'slasher'

The owner of a horse who was slashed so badly with a meat cleaver that she had to be put down has told H&H that the culprit’s sentence would “never be enough”

Witnesses sought to attack on elderly pony in Warwickshire

An elderly pony was viciously attacked in its field on Wednesday afternoon. Police are appealing for witnesses.

Men in court tomorrow over blade attack on mare

Three men will appear in Stafford Magistrates Court following an attack on a 19-year-old mare which led to her death