RSPCA

Rescue pony found malnourished in 2019 is crowned supreme at Equifest at her first show

Stallion found stuck over gate after pursuit of mares goes wrong

‘The Great Outpaws’: appeal to find stables and farm homes for outdoor cats

Sarcoid prosecution shows need for vet attention rather than using home remedies

Owner who used home remedy on horse’s sarcoids found guilty of welfare offence

Tales from Windsor: formerly ‘feral’ traditional pony found ‘wandering the land’ is a Windsor winner

‘Landmark day’ for animal welfare as new legislation comes into force

Ban for owner of ‘grossly obese’ horse found more than 100kg overweight

Mare with broken leg among 90 ponies neglected by man banned from keeping equines

Collapsed colt left with decaying wounds put down to end suffering *Warning: upsetting image*

Competition rider who ‘chose to allow’ livery horses to suffer may still keep equines despite colt’s death

“It torments me wondering if he stood there starving and neglected and wondered why I didn’t come for him”

Couple filmed pinning down foal and beating him with pipe as they tried to ‘train’ him

The foal was 11 months old at the time of the incident

Suspended sentence for man who used vehicle to chase badly injured horse *Warning: graphic content*

Stephen Lees, 61, of St Asaph, was given an 18-week suspended prison sentence and banned from keeping horses for 18 months after a mare was found with halter injuries so severe that bone was exposed

Tom Price jailed after 240 horses removed from ‘appalling’ conditions

“Two of the sites were strewn with hazards such as sharp metal and barbed wire, and at one site the horses were kept in overcrowded, filthy conditions with nowhere for them to lie down”

‘Cancel out cruelty once and for all’: tougher sentences for animal abusers made law four years on

“This reform is long overdue – for many years, the most violent and horrific abuse and cruelty received a maximum penalty of just a few months”

Emaciated mare with infected wound could not be saved by rescuers

The mare’s carer was convicted of three offences under the Animal Welfare Act

Lucky escape for pony found tangled in wire and unable to move

“He really needed our help because if he’d been left any longer the wire may have cut into his skin and caused some serious damage”

‘Sanctuary’ court case shows need for rescue licensing

H&H speaks to established equine welfare charities to find out how this recent court case demonstrates the need for licensing and regulation of animal sanctuaries, and what the benefits of this would be, for horses and people

Whispering Willows sanctuary owner banned after 137 horses removed and two put down  

“Sadly, when things went wrong, these horses suffered the consequences”

RSPCA may step back from prosecuting welfare cases *H&H Plus*