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I am very lucky to live in the New Forest. So I have just been for my daily walk with my dog. Yesterday there were 2 new born donkey foals. I come up the hill to see a family of 2 adults and 2 children, probably 11-12 years , so not young.

The mother of one of the foals was rearing up at their dog, that they’d let go up to it. They did pull it away, it was on a lead, so they had let it do it on purpose. Them the children were going right up close to the donkey and foal, within inches to take photos.
I was too far away to say anything at that point, this went on for a good 5 minutes until I was in talking range.
The mother donkey then decided it had enough and started to run away, because the baby was so young it couldn’t keep up, all the while Dad and 2 children were chasing it!
I asked the mother to stop the children, only to get a mouthful of abuse from the father coming back, he actually said - if my children want to play with them, they can!!!!!
I told him they weren’t pets, he then replied with- I live here and they are owned, so are pets, I replied with - if you did live here, you wouldn’t be so stupid and have more respect .
He told me to fuck off and walked away. WIBU

It is a wonder that the Jenny didn’t boot him.

We’ve trouble with dogs at the moment. Someone is driving here with five dogs using a right of way across two fields letting her dogs chase the cows in the first field. It is a private road. She then crosses the bridge and let’s her dogs chase the heifers belonging to someone else and his chickens and ducks. This is his livelihood. He has shouted at her to get the dogs on a lead, he put a sign on a gate into his property and secured one of the gates. She undid it. A huge sign was painted asking to put dogs on leads. It was on the first entrance. She has ignored it. She has started parking somewhere else another responsible dog walker told the man with the heifers. She is still letting her dogs chase the cattle. Hopefully we can get her number plate by placing people on their exercise placed at the three possibilities. Perhaps a word from the police will make her listen. Otherwise she might ended up like a guy I heard about who continually let his dogs out and let them worry sheep due to lamb. One lost twin lambs. The owner took the dogs to his house and dumped their bodies on his drive.

We’ve trouble with dogs at the moment. Someone is driving here with five dogs using a right of way across two fields letting her dogs chase the cows in the first field.

The farmer is entitled to shoot any dog he sees harassing his livestock. Were I a farmer and I saw a dog chasing my livestock, I wouldn’t hesitate.

Pets or not animals should be able to walk away from humans. Slave mentality. Twat. Kids will also grow up to be insufferable twats.

I've worked with horses (thoroughbred horses) for years and mares and foals) this guy and his children and dog were lucky they didn't get kicked or worse. Horses and donkeys can be dangerous if you do not know how to behave around them and read their body language. Foals rearing up is playful behaviour ...they also kick out as do adult horses so the man is an idiot. He would be the first one blaming the donkey or foal if his kids had got injured.

He's an idiot. Feel sorry for he donkeys and his DC.

New Forest resident here too. You know YANBU and if they ARE local they should know better. It's usually the tourists that don't always understand. We saw our first foal this year at the weekend and kept a very safe distance from it and the protective mares. Shame the donkey didn't give them a swift kick.

This is fucking horrendous.

OP, what happened, did the mother return?

I'm not joking this needs to go viral.

Here's hoping a lazy journalist picks this up. There's a sentence I never thought I'd say.

God this has infuriated me.

I went to college in the new forest for 6th form not terribly long ago. One day another student led one of the donkeys into the tesco express. People are endlessly stupid with the wild animals there

What a dick. I hope the next animal he lets his kids play with is a mother cow with her new born. Actually, no, I don’t wish it on the kids, I hope HE is treated to mummy cow’s reaction!

He sounds like someone who’s never been in the countryside.

Fucking idiots. Hope the next donkey or horse they meet gives them a righ good kicking. Some people are too stupid to be allowed unsupervised access to the countryside imo.

Your uncle's Shetland sounds a handful @SuitedandBooted. I'm quite comfortable around horses and ponies, but I'm wary of Shetlands and inclined to give them as wide a berth as possible. They can be proper cantankerous little beasts.

Arseholes. Just like the parents that let their kids chase and try to stomp pigeons. Bad parenting and future spoilt brats

I wish dad donkey had kicked him in the knackers. Am sick of folks being disrespectful to animals. I live semi rural stupid idiots walking across fields with dogs, dogs do business owners dont pick up, this causes ewes to abort, then other idiots that allow dogs to chase sheep …. dont get me started good job im not a farmer id shoot the bloody lot of em!!!!!!

If it was at Hatchet Pond, let's hope the swans get him.

Who are the 3% that think this is ok???

I know someone who were camping in the new forest messing around with the horses they know they shouldn't sister had horses and had been told to keep away I can't remember what happened was quite a while ago but he lost an eye he was 11 at the time

Wow that is shocking. Children need to be taught how to behave around animals.

We get similar behaviour when the grey seals are on the beach around Horsey Gap on the East Norfolk coast, total idiots.

ALL those abusing animals should be shot at dawn

Like a PP I was thinking what would have happened if it was a cow with a calf.

[or geese with some cute goslings (or without for that matter) if you want true psychotic response]