{"id":17592,"date":"2013-10-22T11:52:53","date_gmt":"2013-10-22T11:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=17592"},"modified":"2015-10-07T10:45:20","modified_gmt":"2015-10-07T10:45:20","slug":"illegal-fly-grazing-causes-cruelty-chaos-in-wales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/no-logo\/illegal-fly-grazing-causes-cruelty-chaos-in-wales","title":{"rendered":"Illegal fly-grazing causes cruelty chaos in Wales"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_17594\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 480px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/glamhorse.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17594\" alt=\"Horses found fly-grazing in Glamorgan. (Photo provided by Red Wings)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/glamhorse.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"273\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Horses found fly-grazing in Glamorgan<br \/>(Photo provided by Red Wings)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A leading horse charity and sanctuary, <a title=\"Redwings\" href=\"http:\/\/www.redwings.org.uk\/\"><em>Red Wings<\/em><\/a>, has seen a rise in the number of horses being reported as abandoned.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Despite the Animal Welfare Act (2006) ruling animal abandonment illegal, the numbers of horses left fly-grazing are on the rise.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have seen many cases of neglect through abandonment over the last few years. It&#8217;s a very serious problem,&#8221; said the charity&#8217;s Press and Communications Manager, Nicola Markwell.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In particular, young colts [males] are being abandoned as these are of least value, she explained.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nicola Markwell stated: &#8220;We&#8217;ve taken in 97 abandoned horses, from Wales, since 2011 and we&#8217;ve helped with the round-up of many more.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Welsh Assembly has recently released a new draft legislation in an attempt to tackle fly-grazing in Wales.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abandoned horses are becoming an increasing negligent nuisance in Wales.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[2449,62,2620,2443,158],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v14.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Illegal fly-grazing causes cruelty chaos in Wales - 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