Dead foal removed from Spindle Farm by the RSPCA
A dead foal was removed from a farm in south Buckinghamshire on Sunday by the RSPCA.
Officers went to Spindle Farm in Chalk Lane, Hyde Heath at 12.30pm after being contacted by a member of the public.
They were accompanied by police officers and found the foal in a field. No arrests were made.
An RSPCA officer told H&H the foal would undergo a post mortem examination.
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A self-confessed newshound, farmer’s daughter and journalist of many years' experience, Charlotte worked on regional papers before joining H&H in 2007. A regular rider, she visited Ireland in 2010 to investigate the fate of Irish horses through the recession, to much acclaim, and reported from the FEI General Assembly in Rio de Janeiro in 2011. She left Horse & Hound in March 2013.