RSPCA and police ‘aware’ of incident involving horse in Queensferry car park
Many readers have been in touch regarding a video that has surfaced on Facebook this afternoon involving a horse in Queensferry on Wednesday
The video (published here on Facebook) has been viewed over 70,000 times and was shared around 1,000 times inside four hours.
The video shows a horse ending up.
In a statement on Thursday North Flintshire police said:
“We are aware of the high feelings regarding the incident involving the horse yesterday afternoon.
The RSPCA and an Independent Vet attended and were happy with the Horse’s condition and care.
The indication was there were no signs of neglect and hence no criminal issues for the Police to act upon.
Flintshire Council Animal standards and North Wales Police’s Rural crime team are also aware of the issue.
We are the Police, but sometimes other agencies have primacy in investigations and matters.
We will take advice from and support those agencies with their powers and responsibilities if required. We will continue to monitor with partners.”
An RSPCA spokesman said:
“The statement saying we were ‘happy’ with the care of this horse is not correct.
We are looking into this issue and we are unable to go into further details for legal reasons.”However, in order for the RSPCA to seize any animal, an independent vet must deem it is suffering.
In some cases, we may not like the conditions that animals are being kept in, but we can only act within the law.”
Press coverage:
Wales Online – This ‘exhausted’ pony collapsed in a Lidl car park and now thousands want to save it
Leaderlive – RSPCA and independent vet say ‘no signs of neglect’ of horse in Queensferry
Metro – Investigation launched over video of horse ‘covered in sores’ collapsing
North Wales Live – The shocking moment horse rears up and collapses in The Range car park in front of horrified shoppers
