Horse puncher sacked

[Viviennemary]

I just read that Sarah Moulds that dreadful woman who was caught on video kicking and punching a horse has been sacked from her job as a teacher. Can't say I'm sorry.

Good. It's only a shame the horse didn't kick her.

@Megan2018

I’m very sad for her. She would’ve been DD’s teacher soon. The community here is very sad about it all. Her behaviour was unacceptable but the witch hunt unnecessary. It’s our children that are suffering- not the trolls online that have rejoiced in it all.

I find it curious that you wanted someone who behaves like that to be your child's teacher.

@Megan2018 - can you explain why it's sad for you, rather than shocking that she behaves like that?

Jeez MNHQ bit heavy on the deletes on this thread. Seen worse on almost other threads. Really odd.

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Far too much deletion going on in this thread. Very heavy handed moderation.

@DismantledKing

Far too much deletion going on in this thread. Very heavy handed moderation.

I agree.

@Megan2018 .
The fact that you are defending a monster rather reflects on you too.
The only creature requiring any sympathy here is the horse. Definitely not that woman. The fact that you would still have been happy for her to teach your child speaks volumes about you and your values too.
Btw- I'm not in suburbia- I would wager I'm in at least an equally rural setting as you, probably more so.

Way too many deletions

Glad she’s lost her job. Hopefully she’ll lose more.

It's really the tip of the iceberg. She's been made a public disgrace because it was videos, but so much animal abuse goes on in hunts - to dogs and horses - and in other walks of life and those people just get away with it. So yes, I do find her persecution rather a self-congratulatory 'we've dealt with the animal abusers now' - rather than looking at the hunt she was part of and all those other horse owners who didn't stop her and the wider context

You really can't see a difference between rearing animals for food and punching a horse in the head for no reason? Because there's cruelty in one area, we should accept it in all other areas? Okay then...

If a teacher was filmed doing coke and the video went viral id expect them to lose their job for bringing the school into disrepute.

Maybe tether her up and let a horse kick her in the face?

I'm really surprised that anyone would be 'sad' or willing for her to teach their child. She appears to have a short fuse with a tethered animal, she doesn't seem the right person to be in charge of a room full of (sometimes naughty) children.

It was the right outcome. If she's willing to kick and hit a horse publicly, what would she do in private.

@Megan2018 I am sorry you are getting all this abuse, as you are entitled to your opinions even if they are not shared.

I personally would be very interested to know how she feels about it now. Does she regret what she did, and accept she was wrong to hit the horse, or does she simply regret that it was broadcast to the nation?

[quote Nevermakeit]@Megan2018 I am sorry you are getting all this abuse, as you are entitled to your opinions even if they are not shared.

I personally would be very interested to know how she feels about it now. Does she regret what she did, and accept she was wrong to hit the horse, or does she simply regret that it was broadcast to the nation?[/quote]
Abuse 🤣

@Megan2018

She is not a nasty piece of work. We are a tiny community (the school has less than 50 kids 5-11) we all know of each other. I have a horse, I wouldn’t hit mine like that. I don’t agree with what she did but it’s a huge overreaction whipped up by sabs and the media. It is very sad here.

Over reaction? Really? I'd say it was a perfectly reasonable reaction to her VILE CRUELTY to that poor horse. Normal people were absolutely horrified so I think you should take a long hard look at yourself if you weren't absolutely disgusted too!

She doesn't deserve to be around animals and I would also have said she's not fit to teach. So glad she's been removed as she has no credibility. I would be sickened to have to work alongside such a cruel, despicable person in any position of trust.

@Seemslikeagoodidea

Hunting foxes with hounds is illegal, but I'm pretty sure it still goes on, disguised as 'drag hunting'. I think it's barbaric, and an ineffective way to control foxes, but it's nigh on impossible to enforce the ban and some people who have been brought up in a hunting community are brainwashed by their upbringing and unable to see what's wrong with it. It's like they haven't evolved with the rest of society, they are stuck in the dark ages. The woman in question seems to be just that sort, and I have no sympathy for her.

The law isn't that black and white.

It is possible for a traditional hunt to still hunt fox within the law. It is a badly thought out and drafted law with many loopholes. Alternatively fox hunts may trail hunt, there have been issues with trail hunts chasing/catching foxes illegally. Some cases have been prosecuted.

Drag hunting and bloodhound hunting is not a cover for illegal fox hunts. Both are entirely separate and were established prior to the ban on fox hunting as a cruelty free alternative. They have a separate governing body and have no interest in repeal as they would never hunt fox. The hounds are not trained to follow the scent of a fox, and the followers would be appalled if any wildlife was harmed. In many cases they choose to follow a drag or bloodhound pack specifically because foxes aren't chased/killed.

I don't hunt with foxhounds even if the pack are hunting within the law, I do hunt with a bloodhound pack. We chase a cross country runner who has consented to their role and when caught he is licked not hurt. No wildlife is harmed, the hounds will ignore wildlife while "working" I have seen them in the presence of rabbits, hares and deer they are less of a risk than a pet dog.

Please do not assume that all groups of horse riders with dogs are the same.

Oh and I love rurally in north Scotland the land of hunting shooting n fishing so don't think we are all Chelsea mums berating her here. All my horsey friends were equally horrified - again, why aren't you?

There is a crazy amount of deleted posts on her, what is MNHQ up to? (awaits post deletion)

@Bigbum562021

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"An eye for an eye" Christ on a rubber bike. Is this the extent of your understanding of justice? And be so good as to tell me when the death penalty was ever in use for animal abusers 🤔

What this woman did was abhorrent. Ridiculously, I kept imaging my dog in that horse's place and found it so distressing.
When humans choose to domesticate animals and keep them as property then they have a duty of care towards them and the responsibility to keep them appropriately and humanely. I know little about horses but am aware that they are intelligent and sensitive (both physically and emotionally) which makes such treatment doubly awful.

However, whilst I think this woman should be punished for her actions, I'm slightly uncomfortable about the constant clamour for people to lose jobs, livelihoods "and more" when they commit some misdemeanor. The purpose of justice is, in the main, to rehabilitate. And it is the legal system that should be dispensing justice; not the media or the mob. Do we really not want anyone who has offended to contribute to society again?

I can’t summon up any sympathy for the woman.

As said, her actions were abhorrent.

And that has led to her losing her job. Her actions.

Not the media. Not the braying mob.