Pony’s leg cut off in travellers’ feud
Three ponies have died in Waterford, Southern Ireland, after attacks that are thought to be related to a feud in the travellers’ community.
Gardai are investigating a vicious attack in the Williamstown area of the city early this morning (18 December), where two ponies received slash wounds to their legs, one so severe the back leg was completely severed.
Another horse discovered in the Ballybeg estate in the city last night with similar injuries also had to be put down.
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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.