A Good Start to 2008 ??
A woman was injured and two horses killed as a result of a road traffic accident in Wales on Monday morning (7 January).
On Sunday (6 January) two horses were stuck by cars and killed after straying onto the A20 in Kent
A man was seriously injured and a pony killed when they were involved in a collision with a 4x4 vehicle at 10.45am on 29 December in Newland Common Road, Droitwich
A massive rescue operation is underway in Buckinghamshire, to remove 84 horses, ponies and donkeys from a location where 32 equines have already died. While 31 horses were found dead in a field, three were destroyed as they were considered too ill to be moved or rehabilitated. They are described as being emaciated, deprived of food and water, with overgrown feet and possibly suffering from infectious diseases.
A grisly discovery inside a Cattaraugus County house and barn Saturday led to the arrest of a Randolph man and his girlfriend on animal cruelty charges, state police said. Authorities found a dead draft horse chained to a pole inside a barn at 3199 Route 394 in the Town of Coldspring.
Rochester USA - A woman died of injuries suffered when she fell while trying to stroke a police officer's horse outside a shopping mall. The woman reached out to touch the horse but it pulled away and she lost her balance and fell underneath the animal, her sister said. "It stepped on her several times".
And it's only the 10th of January ??
Confidence problems or losing confidence is quite common after a fall or an accident and some of us recover quicker or better than others.
I can't remember where I came across this pic, but it appeared on my screeen saver this morning.
The public are being urged to vote for their favourite equestrian project in the Lottery Fund's - The People's £50 million Lottery Giveaway.
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