Animal Cruelty-Disgusting

Degsy

I'm not known for my humanitarian leanings but i am sickened at what i've seen in the last couple of days.There were a bunch of scumbag brats running horses barback up and down the road in my local area,kicking them and hitting them with branches.When i went to get the bus the day before yesterday both of the horses were tethered to breezeblocks at the green,neither looked to healthy.This morning when i was on my way to get the bus,one horse was lying on his side,lumps of fur was missing and his bones were poking through the skin.I rang DSPCC and DCC and reported it.As i write both horses are in exactly the same spot they were this morning,i filled up a 5 gallon protein powder bucket and brought it across to them,they both drank like they'd never seen a drop.As i've said,i'm not know for my humanity but to treat noble,helpless animals like this is disgusting.I'd imagine both animals will have to be destroyed because the DSPCC dont work the weekends.Hoodah scum and the people who sell the animals to them deserve to be starved to death.

RedXIV

Fair play for giving em water. now all you gotta do is start laying traps for the brats. I'm hoping with sharp metallic objects

Thrill

At least you did something Degsy. The poor animals will probably be ridden to exaustion over the weekend what with the kids not having any school and the DSPCC closed.

bronte

Yeah, nice one for bringing them a drink.
Just cruel for them not to have water in this weather.

Some people should have to pass an exam before being allowed to keep animals :mad:

Lockstep

Fair play Degsy.

That stuff really sickens me, I'm far from an animal rights activist but neglect and cruelty still shock me.

Sick little feckers.

Dyr

the funny thing is that in Ballymun some arsehole commitee gave a out a massive commision for a statue of a skangerette on a horse to celebrate this "culture". Stereotyping is a wonderful thing.

pwd

dspcc? Why? - did you kick the sh!t out of the skangers or something?
I worked one summer in the DSPCA animal shelter. There were a couple of horses in a state like that while I was there - stinking rotten open wounds and bulging eyes. They couldn't stand up by themselves and one fell over for no immediate at least once. Far enough gone that they evoked disgust rather than pity in most of the visitors. There was also a horse that had been ridden through barbed wire.
There was talk at that time (1998) that the councils were going to confiscate horses that didn't have a licence - which would mean taking all the horses off travellers and putting a stop to a lot of this sort of thing. They never followed through with it afaik though. Probably decided to build them houses instead.

Dudess

Degsy wrote: »

I'm not known for my humanitarian leanings

kickoutthejams wrote: »

I'm far from an animal rights activist

Why the need to say the above?

Lockstep

As such treatment horrifys even hard bitten war veterans like me.

kowloon

Dudess wrote: »

Why the need to say the above?

Degsy just doesn't want to seem like a pussy. Fair play on the water.
I reported some local scum for similar abuse, the horse in question was beyond help though, and as far as I know nothing was done to punish the offenders.
Animal cruelty is a terribly neglected aspect of the law here.

pwd

Dudess wrote: »

Why the need to say the above?

why the need to say that?:rolleyes:

jesus_thats_gre

This sort of crap really really makes me so angry.. I would love for those little scumbag ***** to be treated like that for a few months.

Overheal

http://boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=240

ScumLord

Maybe the horses where druf dealers and beserved it???

McSandwich

Tie the owners of these poor horses to breeze blocks whip the ****ers with branches and make them run around the field, leave them for 2 days, then give them some water and repeat whiping/ running. The lives of those useless scum are worth a lot less than the horses..

Dudess

pwd wrote: »

why the need to say that?:rolleyes:

Oh the rolleyes icon - I must have upset you greatly.

Anyway, I was only asking why they feel the need to justify themselves to certain macho morons for being angered at animal cruelty.

Sherifu

Poor horses.

luckat

Good work, OP.

Perhaps if you contact these people they might help further:

http://www.ihwt.ie/

Irish Horse Welfare Trust

The Irish Horse Welfare Trust, Charity No. CHY14634 was established in 1999 and gained charitable status in 2002. IHWT is involved in they following work:

Rescue, Rehabilitation & Re-homing of horses and ponies. Racehorse Re-training for Re-homing Programme.
Campaigning on issues affecting Equines.
Promoting Equine Welfare Awareness and Education

If it's still going, you could also try the Fettercairn Youth Horse Project:

http://www.activelink.ie/irish/organisation.php?id=765

This is a project that educates kids about how to care for horses - very successful in bringing in the expertise of local people who've worked with horses as cabbies, milkmen, dray drivers, coalmen, jockeys, etc over the years.

Here's what the site says:

Fettercairn Youth Horse Project

The Fettercairn Youth Horse Project aims to develop opportunities for social, personal, educational, and vocational development among young people.

Provide the opportunity for young people to develop skills in animal welfare, stable management and horse riding.

Develop employment opportunities for young people in the equine industry.

We run Group/local/private riding and Stable management Lessons that cater for all group types and needs.

The Fettercairn Ranch Club allows local members/youths to visit the project daily and assist with the day to day activities and care of the horses/ponies.

Contact Information:
Fettercairn Youth Horse Project
Fettercairn, Tallaght, Dublin 24

Tel: +353 +1 462 7214
Fax: +353 +1 414 0214

E-mail: fyhp@eircom.net

Lockstep

Dudess wrote: »

Oh the rolleyes icon - I must have upset you greatly.

Anyway, I was only asking why they feel the need to justify themselves to certain macho morons for being angered at animal cruelty.

Nothing to do with how I look to macho morons.

It's the same way I distance myself from bleeding hearts or whatever.



POint being that I'm not an animal rights campaigner, I'm not quick to jump on the bandwagon of animal stuff but this still sickens me.


I see nothing to be ashamed of in being opposed to this.