‘Carrot’ and ‘Spud’ recovering in safety after rescue from Stamford
Two emaciated horses found in a field in Lincolnshire are recovering in a safe place after being rescued by the British Horse Society (BHS) and the RSPCA yesterday (Thursday 3 September).
The two horses — since nicknamed Carrot and Spud — were found starving in a field in Stamford, near Burghley.
Welfare groups took action after a concerned neighbour posted photographs of the horses on the H&H forum on Wednesday night (2 September).
In a matter of hours the forum had nearly 40 pages of comments from H&H forum users desperate for something to be done to help the horses.
The BHS attended the scene and removed the horses yesterday afternoon.
Lee Hackett, BHS head of welfare said: “Whenever horses are allowed to suffer by those who are legally and morally responsible for their care and well-being we all feel sick to the stomach. This was graphically displayed by the outpouring of concern and outrage on the H&H Forum.”
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A graduate of Exeter University, Amy joined our news team from Redpin Publishing in 2008 as news writer. She was promoted to deputy news editor in May 2013 and became news editor in April 2015. She left Horse & Hound in March 2016 to take up an editorial position in Dubai.