Horse Killed Pulling Sulky

Incredibly cruel and also breaking several laws.

And really awful for the first reponsders to have to deal with.

Pregnant horse whipped to death in Dublin recently in similar circumstances.

Barely covered in the national news.

Maybe there is a leader who can sort this out. It's not exactly Israel vs Iran.

When someone does bring up animal cruelty in the dail they are hounded and ostracized by the few TDs that show up.

And then you'll have a big news piece about a dog being rescued from a hole in the ground.

And how we're a nation of animal lovers.

It's all very strange and disturbing.

I emailed Pavee Point asking as tax payer why they never condemn this savagery regarding the pregnant mare, I got a very polite response saying they were just as appaulled as me but sulky racing is not exclusive to travellers and there is no evidence of animal cruelty in this community. I was given contact details for various animal charities to convey my concern to. There is no hope regarding this issue and we will keep hearing these vile upsetting incidents over and over. It's a disgrace.

Eh

Just born into the wrong community.

Is there anyone in authority that has the balls to take these people on ?
AGS won’t do it . Many of them have multiple road traffic convictions and are still on the road .
County Councils won’t do it - Look at the state of some of the encampments and even once beautiful housing estates that they have ruined . Look at some of the cemeteries - they resemble stalls on Moore Street . No action taken
Department of Agriculture won’t take them on - Many have horses but neither own or rent land - how can that be ?

This country has become infested by liberal ideology where everything goes .
It will eventually fall to the people who can take no more to deal with them .

It's a fair point that sulky racing isn't exclusively a traveller pursuit. I knew a gang of young lads, near where I used to live many years ago, who were all into in. None of them were travellers.

It's not a fair point that there is no evidence of animal cruelty in the traveller community. Settled community aren't immune to it either.

Or a wannabe traveller

It's a section of society that is growing more or if control and more violent every year.

I remember 10 years ago or more there was a huge slash hook incident in Smithfield and it was a big deal in media. Now it seems to be happening every week and hardly make the news at all.

This poor woman is effectively dead sadly. With brain injuries like that, there's no returning to normal life. Terrible thing to say here, but I think it would be a mercy for her to die given her current condition and dire prognosis.