Tougher action needed against 'backyard horse breeders'
What needs to happen to stop the abuse of horses?
A vet is calling for police and councils to take tougher action on what she calls backyard horse breeders. She claims unregistered horses are being abandoned because the owners don't want to pay the costs of keeping them.
Hilary Taylor Kench shares her account of finding a horse on the side of the road who appeared to have died whilst giving birth.
Janice Dixon is a vet who has posted 拢2000 reward on Facebook for information after a horse was found with a broken neck on a rubbish dump in Derbyshire and Hardyal Singh Dhindsa is a police and crime commissioner in Derbyshire.
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(Image: 2 horses. Credit: Getty Images)
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