Woman given restraining order for ‘feeding horse’..

[Stath]

There are frequent threads on MN about idiotic behaviour by the public when it comes to other people’s animals.
I’m very pleased to read that this woman has been taken to court although I wonder if she’d have been made to pay vets’ costs/compensation if her acts had killed or made the horse require treatment?
Not sure this will serve as a deterrent to many people though who have the mindset of ‘a carrot/potato/handful of grass won’t do any harm’ but it’ll hopefully do some good.

www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/gran-hit-restraining-order-feeding-25493927

Agree. And honestly, anyone that says they need a detailed explanation of how the equine digestive system works before they are happy not to feed someone else's animals is just being difficult.

@THisbackwithavengeance

I read the news report and it is clear that the culprit has certain "issues".

I have to admit that I used to pick handfuls of grass to feed a particularly mournful looking horse that I used to walk past. But no carrots, polos or mars bars so hopefully no colic or damage was caused. I won't do it again.

But I agree that some of the snippy responses on here are perhaps typical of the attitudes of "country folk" that keep horses and the general disdain to townies. If I was feeding a horse or doing something untoward out of ignorance and someone confronted me shouting and swearing, I'd probably kick off in retaliation. But if people are nice and explain why something shouldn't be done without getting arsey, I would imagine even the most ignorant townie might see sense.

Just a thought...

I’ve had horses for nearly 40 years . For 25 of those I was a ‘townie’ who worked 2 jobs from when I was 18 to keep my beloved pony who was bought for me out of an unexpected windfall by my typist mother and breakdown driver dad, in a livery yard in south west london suburbia along with about twenty others who also worked their nuts off to do the same . They were as highly prized and loved as any multimillion pound event horse .

So yes , when some complete bellend thinks it’s perfectly fine to climb through electric fencing , ignore notices and feed my cherished horse who is the apple of my eye, something which could kill them you bet I’m going to shout and swear . It’s called speaking to people in a language they understand .