A girl who “left a starving horse to suffer” has been banned from holding horses for 10 years.
Katrianna Jade Rich, 29, of Lower Peasedown, Peasdown St John, Somerset, appeared at Bath Magistrates’ Court on 9 August for sentencing, having pleaded responsible to animal welfare offences at a earlier listening to.
The courtroom heard that Rich, who ran a smallholding with horses, sheep and goats, was visited by RSPCA inspector Daniel Hatfield and a discipline officer from World Horse Welfare on 9 February this 12 months, after welfare issues had been raised.
“While there, they discovered Murphy, who despite being covered with three rugs, was in visibly poor condition,” an RSPCA spokesman stated.
Mr Hatfield added: “I could still easily see his hip bones sticking through the rugs, [that he appeared] in really poor body condition, and once the rugs were removed you could see just how poor a condition he was in – you could see his ribs, hips and spine easily. He stood there with his head down, looking extremely depressed, and you could see the dips in the side of his head.”
A vet was referred to as and Murphy was discovered to be emaciated with a physique situation rating of 0.5 out of 5.
“He also had poor feet with overgrown hooves which were impacted with debris, including embedded stones, and poor dental health, including a fractured tooth,” the RSPCA spokesman stated.
“He was licensed as struggling by the vet and was taken into possession by police and handed into the care of the RSPCA. Further exams discovered he had a excessive worm burden however confirmed nothing irregular to account for the poor physique situation, apart from extended hunger.
“Murphy gained weight once in the care of the RSPCA by simply being given a normal diet. Photographs taken weeks later, on March 29, show how different he looks after spending time in the care of the charity.”
In mitigation, it was stated she was remorseful as she had stated she was conscious of the load loss however had not sought assist from a vet.
As properly because the ban, which she can not attraction for 10 years, Rich was given a nine-week curfew and ordered to pay £400 prices.
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