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Slough Man found Guilty of
Abandoning Pony |
Today at Lyndhurst Magistrates Court, Leigh
Lawrence, 40, of Slough, Bucks was found guilty of abandoning a Shetland pony
with deformities in a manner likely to cause it unnecessary suffering contrary
to the 1960 Abandonment of Animals Act. Lawrence was ordered to pay £540
costs to the ILPH (International League for the Protection of Horses) and
£150 costs to the Court.
Following a call to the ILPH from the
Verderers’ Office in the New Forest in September last year, Dave Guy, ILPH
Field Officer picked up the young stallion and took it to Cherry Tree Farm, the
ILPH Recovery and Rehabilitation Centre nr Lingfield Surrey.
Comments Dave, "This prosecution was
brought about by good cooperation between the ILPH, Hampshire Police Equine
Liaison Officers and Hampshire Trading Standards."
On the advice of two vets the pony, which was
badly deformed, was euthanised.
 www.ilph.org
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