By Free Republic | Created at 2024-11-26 23:47:11 | Updated at 2024-11-29 02:58:52
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Horse left to drown by 'vile excuses of humans' who tied its legs together with barbed wire
Wales Online ^ | 26 NOV 2024 | Jonathon Hill
Posted on 11/26/2024 3:05:23 PM PST by nickcarraway
'Skye was as old as my children. It’s a hell of a long time to have an animal in your life. It’s heartbreaking. This has absolutely destroyed me'
The horse and two ponies were led into a field before their legs were tied together with barbed wire and two of them were dumped into a deep drainage channel (Image: Julie Jackson) An animal lover has told how her horse and two ponies were led from her field in Cardiff before one of them was killed in a most brutal way. Julie Jackson arrived at her ten acres off Ty Mawr Lane in Marshfield in the Gwent Levels on the morning of Tuesday, November 19, and quickly realised her three beloved animals - horse Skye and ponies Red and Oak - were nowhere to be seen. WARNING:You may find some of the images further down in this article distressing.
After scouring the field she realised a gate had been cut through and her animals had either escaped or been led out deliberately. The neighbouring farmer at Hawse Lane then informed Julie he’d found the horse and two ponies in a reen - a deep drainage channel - in one of his fields with their hooves tied together with barbed wire.
Skye, who Julie had owned for 30 years, had been found in a secluded area beside the railway line and had died in the water. The ponies who were found in the same spot survived the ordeal and are being cared for. A vet found Oak had water on his lungs while Red had to be sedated to have the wire removed as it was so tight and deep into the animal's flesh.
The animals' legs were tied together so they couldn't get themselves out of the reen (Image: Julie Jackson) A heartbroken Julie said: “Some vile excuses of humans broke into my yard. It appears they made makeshift halters out of barbed wire, cut through the fences and forced my three ponies to walk through 40 acres of farmland to a secluded area.”
Describing the state her animals were in when she found them, she explained: “They were tightly tied with barbed wire around their legs. Two were forced into the reen. My old girl Skye, who is in her thirties, didn’t make it out alive. I can only hope the third pony, which wasn’t in the reen, put up a good fight and kicked and hurt them. Unfortunately he has been left traumatised.” For the latest court reports, sign up to our crime newsletter here
The makeshift halters used to lead the animals from Julie's field (Image: Julie Jackson) "Skye was as old as my children. It’s a hell of a long time to have an animal in your life. It’s heartbreaking. This has absolutely destroyed me."
Julie has appealed for help to bring those responsible to justice. She said: “The fields they were walked across run alongside the main intercity railway line between Newport and Cardiff. I only hope someone on those trains saw some suspicious activity that morning. The ponies that survived are expected to make a full recovery physically but I have been forced to rehome them. I am utterly heartbroken.”
A spokesperson for Gwent Police said: “We received a report on Tuesday, November 19, that a horse had been killed and two others injured in a field near Wentlooge. Enquiries are ongoing and anyone with information is asked to contact us, via 101 or online, quoting log reference 2400385175.”
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What would John Wayne do to the person who did this?
There are other pictures, but I won't post them. You can look, if you want.
1 posted on 11/26/2024 3:05:23 PM PST by nickcarraway
To: nickcarraway
I am just going to make the common sense judgment and its either some of their loving imported muslims, or someone with a major vendetta against her/her family.
2 posted on 11/26/2024 3:09:14 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: nickcarraway
I wish they’d turn the bastards over to me with a roll of barbed wire, some blank horseshoes, an anvil and a forge. We could have a great “Come to Jesus meeting.”
3 posted on 11/26/2024 3:11:52 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (My least favorite plantation team sports are the NBA and the NFL.)
To: nickcarraway
What a heartbreaking story to hear of around this time of the month here in the States...
Evil is everywhere you look these days...
4 posted on 11/26/2024 3:14:57 PM PST by Pez149 (Time to stop saying a theory is fact....)
To: nickcarraway
Who did it? Probably the policeman that arrested the lady performing a silent prayer in front of the abortion clinic...that’s what the depraved are capable of.
5 posted on 11/26/2024 3:16:18 PM PST by RetiredTexasVet (We used to be a Republic, we are now a Fascist Klepto-Thugocracy. until Jan 20, 2025)
To: nickcarraway
Somebody,or a group of somebodies, deeply hates this horse owner. She needs to figure out who. Maybe they want to scare her off that land. Who would go through all of that labor just to make her feel miserable? As she emerges from her state of grief the answer will likely come to her with great clarity.
6 posted on 11/26/2024 3:17:25 PM PST by lee martell
To: nickcarraway
What the heck is wrong with people?
7 posted on 11/26/2024 3:21:06 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Not my circus. Not my monkeys. But I can pick out the clowns at 100 yards.)
To: Harmless Teddy Bear
Some people just need killing.
8 posted on 11/26/2024 3:28:25 PM PST by awelliott (What one generation tolerates, the next embraces....)
To: nickcarraway
When they catch the perps they should do the same to them.
9 posted on 11/26/2024 3:28:46 PM PST by Dave911
To: nickcarraway
It’s somebody’s who really hates horses, her or maybe it’s an insurance job.
I’d put my money on a neighbor who know horses well enough to bind and led them into a ditch.
Probably as many as three people.
They will get caught if enough heat is put on the police.
10 posted on 11/26/2024 3:30:57 PM PST by RedMonqey (!Trump, the once and future president!)
To: Secret Agent Man
Do they even have Amish in Cardiff?
11 posted on 11/26/2024 3:40:14 PM PST by AndyJackson
To: nickcarraway
I know what Tony Soprano would do.
12 posted on 11/26/2024 3:40:53 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: nickcarraway
Demonic.
The perpetrators, if ever found, deserve what few good humans would be willing to give them, namely death by the same manner as was inflicted on the horse.
13 posted on 11/26/2024 3:42:46 PM PST by Wuli
To: nickcarraway
Man, this makes my blood boil!!! 😡🤬
Adore horses. Used to have a Walker growing up. Miss that beautiful boy.
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