A woman has been banned from keeping horses for two years after admitting causing unnecessary suffering to a Thoroughbred.
Ignoring advice
Hannah Sawyer, 28, was offered advice on several occasion over the past few years, but she refused to accept any help.
“It’s a real shame because Hannah should have known better as she works at a local yard, but she still needed constant reminders about getting her horses’ feet trimmed,” said World Horse Welfare field officer, Jeff Herrington.
“It was a question of management and making day-to-day decisions for the good of her horses but she made the same mistakes over and over again.”
Terrible state
When the horse started to lose weight, the World Horse Welfare and RSPCA decided to remove Miah from her care.
The 15-year-old Thoroughbred chestnut mare was taken by the police in September 2013 in a “terrible state”, with her ribs, hip and shoulder bones clearly visible.
She remained in the care of the RSPCA throughout the court case, where she was nursed back to full health. Now the case has concluded Miah is available for rehoming.
Pleaded guilty
“The owner pleaded guilty at the last minute and signed over the horse into our care, but if that had been done earlier, it would have meant that Miah could have gone to a new home much earlier,” said RSPCA inspector Marie Griffiths.
Along with her two-year ban, Hannah Sawyer from Queen Camel, near Yeovil was fined £245 and ordered to pay costs of £250 and a £24 victim surcharge.
Miah is now back to full health and looking for a new home