‘Emaciated’ Foal Seized By RSPCA

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The RSPCA is appealing for information to find the owner of an ’emaciated’ foal, which was seized near Great Bowden yesterday.

The animal, about six months old, was found to be severely malnourished, in a field off Langton Road, with no grass to graze on,

The charity, which was alerted by concerned members of the public, was assisted by Police in removing the foal, named George, which is now doing well under veterinary care.

It was able to be seized after a vet deemed the animal to be suffering unnecessarily.

The RSPCA say they were five other young horses in the field who all appeared in good health, but it is not known who owns the animals.

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RSPCA inspector Ann Bennett said: “We have no idea who is responsible for this foal or the other yearlings in the field so we are appealing for information.

“We were able to seize this foal because a vet decided he was suffering unnecessarily – as he was emaciated under his thick coat – but as the others are in reasonable health we are unable to remove them at the moment.

“Fortunately local people have been feeding the horses otherwise they all would have suffered as there is no grass for them to graze on.

“We are so grateful to the kind members of the public in situations like this and are pleased they were able to alert us to the poorly foal.

“I would like to appeal to anyone with information about who owns the horses to contact me on the RSPCA appeals line number 0300 123 8018.