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gncxx King-Size Canary
Great Old One Joined: 25 Aug 2001 Total posts: 13561 Location: Eh? Gender: Male |
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| Quote: | Clydesdale horse's tail cut off
A horse has had a 2.5ft (0.76m) section of its tail cut off while it was in a field at Bridge of Allan.
Central Scotland Police said the Clydesdale was attacked sometime between 1030 BST on 20 April and 0930 BST on Wednesday 21 April.
The force said the animal's tail bone was not cut in the incident.
The attack marks the second time in recent months that horses in the Central Scotland Police area have had their tails cut off.
A force spokeswoman said: "We appeal for anyone who may have information as to who did this or who saw anything suspicious.
"The animal has not suffered as the tail bone was not interfered with but we need to trace the person responsible." |
Kevin Carlyon was in the paper this morning saying it was down to Satanists wanting to make potions to "fly like Pegasus" (nice Clash of the Titans reference), which you'd expect, but after all this time nobody else has a good explanation for them either. |
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| Fluttermoth Mrs Treguard
Great Old One Joined: 05 Feb 2008 Total posts: 398 Location: Cornwall, GB Age: 43 Gender: Female |
| Posted: 23-06-2010 23:53 Post subject: |
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Maybe a new twist in the style; lets hope it doesn't 'catch on' 
Gunman sought after Shropshire pony found shot
Police are hunting a gunman who shot a pony in the face with a metal pellet.
Owner Marilyn Johnston said 11-year-old Spider, who is kept in stables to the north of Wellington, Shropshire, was found injured on Monday evening.
Mrs Johnston said: "It is heartbreaking to think that somebody can do something like this."
She said it would not be known for six to 12 months whether any bones had been broken and West Mercia Police has appealed for information.
Mrs Johnston said: "He's such a sociable pony that nobody dislikes him.
"We noticed he had metal sticking out of the bone on the front of his face.
"When I took a closer look, it was actually metal. It was a pellet from a gun."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/shropshire/10397195.stm |
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| rynner2 What a Cad!
Great Old One Joined: 13 Dec 2008 Total posts: 21369 Location: Under the moon Gender: Male |
| Posted: 17-09-2010 08:40 Post subject: |
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London Olympic horse 'stabbed to death' in New Forest
An equestrian's Olympic dream is over after her horse died in a suspected knife attack in the New Forest.
Charlotte Springall had hoped to ride Folds Gretna Vow in the 2012 Games.
But the horse was found dead with an apparent knife wound at its field on Folds Farm House, Godshill Wood, last month.
Police said a number of other suspected attacks have been reported, ranging from horses having their tails and manes cut off, to mutilation.
Tests did not find any evidence that Ms Springall's horse had been wounded after impaling itself.
The rider said: "She had a large wound to her left underarm which went from her chest up to her shoulder.
"There were no wood pieces or anything found in her wound.
"She is in a field with nothing in it so it was very suspicious.
"It has dashed my Olympic hopes totally. I broke her, I produced her, it takes years and lots of time and effort.
"I now have to look towards 2016 with my young horse."
Police have encouraged anyone in the area to come forward if they have seen any suspicious activity.
Sgt Louise Hubble, Hampshire police countryside officer, said: "We are taking this very seriously and any incident that is reported will be investigated.
"We have had a small number of reports concerning injuries to horses but it is not clear how these injuries have been caused."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-11339816 |
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| ramonmercado Psycho Punk
Joined: 19 Aug 2003 Total posts: 17938 Location: Dublin Gender: Male |
| Posted: 08-10-2012 00:19 Post subject: |
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| Quote: | North Lincolnshire attacks spark 'Horse Watch' campaign
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-19862181
This horse, named Penny, was killed along with its unborn foal
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Anti-equine crime campaign begins
Horse owners and equestrian groups in North Lincolnshire have been urged to get involved in a new campaign after a series of attacks on animals.
Recent incidents include an attack that killed a mare and its unborn foal. Another horse had its tail and mane chopped off.
A Horse Watch scheme has been launched to try to tackle the problem.
As part of the initiative a Facebook page will be set up so people can share alerts and crime prevention advice.
Rider Nicola Latham said she would be "devastated" if anything happened to her horse.
She said: "You always think 'not my horse, not me', but unfortunately some days you go down and it's you."
The scheme has been set up to tackle horse cruelty and thefts of animals or costly horse equipment.
Amanda Barnett, from Humberside Police, said: "The Horse Watch scheme highlights the potential for owners to lose their animals to thieves.
"It's not just the horses that thieves target but also equine equipment including tack and trailers.
"By joining the Horse Watch scheme, it will enable owners to share information and hopefully reduce this type of crime that will also lead to the detection of offenders." |
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| sherbetbizarre Great Old One Joined: 04 Sep 2004 Total posts: 1418 Gender: Male |
| Posted: 26-07-2013 23:43 Post subject: |
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| Quote: | Pony killed in 'Satanic ritual' in Devon National Park
A young foal has been killed in a horrifying act, which police believe may be linked to a Satanic cult ritual.
The body of the two-month-old foal was found on Yennadon Down, near Yelverton, by a horse-rider, who promptly called the South West Equine Protection (SWEP) charity.
The dead pony had been mutilated, with its genitals, right ear and tongue cut off, and its eyes gouged out. it is not known whether the animal was dead or alive when the mutilation took place.
It was laying in the remnants of a ring of fire after a full moon, and also had traces of white paint on one of its legs, leading police to believe it was part of a Satanic animal sacrifice ritual.
A spokesman for SWEP told This Is Plymouth it had heard rumours of 'ritualistic killings' of foals and sheep in Dartmoor during certain phases of the moon.
He said: "We are aware the previous evening a celestial event known as a super moon or stag moon took place. This is when the full moon coincides with its closest approach to the Earth, resulting in the moon appearing larger. We do not know if the desecration and mutilation of this foal took place when he was alive or once he was dead or how many people were involved.
"If the foal was still alive and not properly sedated these actions would have caused extreme pain, suffering and distress."
Karla McKechnie, Dartmoor's Livestock Protection Officer, said she believed "witches or devil worshippers" were involved. She told the Daily Telegraph: "We do get strange things happening from time to time, normally when it's a full moon.
"I suspect its witches or devil worshippers but it's always hard to get to the bottom of it."
Jenny Thornton, from SWEP, said she believed Dartmoor ponies were easy targets as they had become used to being fed by humans.
Speaking to the Daily Mail, she described the incident as "horrendous", adding: "The belly has been sliced open. It's a boy and its genitals had been cut off. The tongue had been pulled out and his eyes are missing.
"There have always been rumours of animal sacrifices and sheep have been found dead in the past, often around the time of a full moon.
"All we can be absolutely certain of is that someone has caused unnecessary suffering to an animal, possibly severe suffering if it was still alive at the time." |
WARNING: contains upsetting pictures:
http://travel.aol.co.uk/2013/07/26/pony-killed-satanic-ritual-devon-national-park/?ncid=webmail4 |
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| OneWingedBird Great Old One Joined: 19 Nov 2012 Total posts: 542 Location: Attice of blinkey lights Age: 44 Gender: Female |
| Posted: 27-07-2013 21:18 Post subject: |
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Isn't blaming it on 'satanists' what people do when they're actually just clueless?
I suppose it looks a bit better than saying they don't know. |
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| gncxx King-Size Canary
Great Old One Joined: 25 Aug 2001 Total posts: 13561 Location: Eh? Gender: Male |
| Posted: 28-07-2013 18:07 Post subject: |
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| Yeah, who are all these "Satanists"? What do they do the rest of the time? Why are they only ever blamed by the police for horse mutilations? Where did this trend start? Lots of unanswered questions. |
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| marionXXX Un-Gnoing Joined: 03 Nov 2001 Total posts: 2922 Location: Keighley, W Yorks Age: 48 Gender: Female |
| Posted: 28-07-2013 18:18 Post subject: |
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| From what I can see from the pics there isn't much that couldn't be explained by scavengers attacking a body, the 'white paint' could be bird droppings. And where is the blood? Even a small foal would bleed a lot of blood from those injuries if it were alive. How do they know the burn marks are anything to do with the foal's death? Most beauty spots have signs of fires. |
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| gncxx King-Size Canary
Great Old One Joined: 25 Aug 2001 Total posts: 13561 Location: Eh? Gender: Male |
| Posted: 28-07-2013 18:21 Post subject: |
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| Maybe it's time to stop blaming the Satanists and start blaming the ABCs? |
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| marionXXX Un-Gnoing Joined: 03 Nov 2001 Total posts: 2922 Location: Keighley, W Yorks Age: 48 Gender: Female |
| Posted: 28-07-2013 18:28 Post subject: |
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| I don't think there is anything unusual about it at all, feral foals can die easily from a number of natural causes, foxes and ravens will eat the easiest parts first - eyes, soft belly, tongue. An ABC wouldn't have left much, there was a case earlier this year where a foal was partially eaten (can't remember where or when exactly, will have to search) and might have been caused by a large predator. Interestingly this sparked a discussion on the Horse and Hound forum where more than one person said they had had livestock killed by a large predator, one person had even had DNA tests done of saliva from wounds on a dead sheep and they were found to have been caused by a big cat. DEFRA told them not to tell anyone in case people got scared! |
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| gncxx King-Size Canary
Great Old One Joined: 25 Aug 2001 Total posts: 13561 Location: Eh? Gender: Male |
| Posted: 28-07-2013 18:34 Post subject: |
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| It's a strange state of affairs when an ABC is more likely culprit than a human off their heads, but at least a big cat would be following its natural urges (if that's a comfort at all). But you're right, there are plenty of reasons why a dead horse or pony might have bits missing when there are native (non-ABC) predators about. |
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