Eastbourne man jailed as RSPCA finds 36 suffering dogs and one dead
A MAN has been jailed after one dog was found dead along with 36 others living in filthy conditions.
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A MAN has been jailed after one dog was found dead along with 36 others living in filthy conditions.
"I couldn’t see any form of Ad-Lib feeder or hay on the ground. "Both Magic, belonging to Stevens, and Lexi, a bay mare belonging to Stephens were extremely thin and their bony protrusions were clearly visible. "A vet attended and confirmed both horses were in a suffering condition to the extent that they were in an emaciated state." The horses were seized by police and removed to a private boarding facility to begin their recovery. As Magic was led out of the unkempt field, the hungry horse dragged his rescuers to a nearby patch of grass so he could eat.
Horse & Hound Trending: Credit: RSPCA Two emaciated horses rescued from a flooded field, one 100kg underweight and found eating a fence post, have made “great recoveries” – as the owners are banned from keeping equines. Nybella Stephens, 25, and Gemma Stevens, 36, both formerly of The Millers, Yapton, were sentenced at Brighton Magistrates’ Court in their absence on 27 November. The case was proved in their absence after they also failed to attend an earlier hearing on 18 September. The court heard RSPCA animal rescue officer Marie Stevens and inspector Cora Peeters attended...
Two women were today banned from owning horses for a decade after one was found so hungry it was eating a wooden fence post. Shocking footage shows an emaciated 15-year-old ex-racehorse, called Magic, 'chewing a wooden fence post' - having been found severely underweight. Inspectors from the RSPCA added that the field in West Sussex where the horses were kept was '75 per cent flooded' and 'deep with mud', and that trees and hedges had been 'stripped of their bark' by the horses. Two women were today banned from owning horses for a decade after one was found so hungry it was eating a wooden fe...