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Horses were left malnourished and suffering. (Image: WalesOnline)
They found many other horses, many thoroughbreds, in very bad conditions and weather-beaten.
Three days later, the same group visited the Gowerton site where they found two stable blocks with 64 horses in a similar condition.
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image captionPhotographs shown to the court showed horses with their spines, hips and ribs clearly visible
A sanctuary owner has been banned from keeping horses for 10 years after she admitted causing the suffering of 22 animals in her care.
Some horses at Whispering Willows in Swansea had been suffering for as long as six months and two had to be put down, Swansea Magistrates Court heard.
Sandra Jane Kaverneng-Stolp, of Derwen Road, Pontardawe, admitted four animal welfare offences on Monday.
The RSPCA led an operation to remove 137 horses in November 2019.
The horses were found at sites in Alltwen Isaf Farm in Pontardawe, Neath Port Talbot, Gowerton in Swansea, and Llanelli, Carmarthenshire.