‘Worthful to Watch’: oltraggio per il video di cavallo e trappola che si schianta in auto su Dublino Road

*”one law for thee…”*

This shouldn’t be allowed. All the cultural arguments, this isn’t culture. This is cruelty. I am the first generation of my family not to own a horse. I feel no entitlement to one because of my family history, Horse ownership is not a right. No more horses in housing estates, no more racing on public roads, if you want to race build a track, insure the place and the activity and pay the money for it. If you do not have the money or resources to own a horse you can’t have one. It’s time this society started saying no to people instead of accommodating this bullshit.

Careful with your comments as I got a warning from Reddit recently after leaving a very mild comment about instances like this

Brazen mockery of the law by doing this on motorways and busy roads. It’s not even a case of some underground thing they need to investigate. They are recording it and posting it online.

I’d be in favour of having a dedicated Ireland wide unit for this though. I think local guards are intimidated to take action. They 100% know who this is and where those horses are based, should just rock up with some horse trucks and take every single horse off them. Then charged them with animal cruelty.

As always though they are waiting for some innocent 3rd party to die in a traffic accident caused by this to take any action.

It’s mad how frequently these videos go viral and nothing is done about them

What happens to horses that are just put in housing estates? There’s one in D11, tied in a grassy area, has water but just standing in the sun, no shade?

This isn’t really a “culture” thing at all, because it would still be “tolerated” regardless of who was doing it.

As *My Lovely Horse* point out, this is ultimately an enforcement issue, which itself is a reflection of just how shite Ireland is at animal welfare. We just don’t care.

There are disparate groups with various types of responsibility for different animals, and they’re all massively underfunded and understaffed. As a result, nothing of any real value gets done.

Ultimately we need one national body with authority on this, and they could begin by taking a statutory position over rescue organisations, maybe even taking control of the SPCAs, etc., as well as taking charge of the animal control units in various county councils.

Back them up with a dedicated Garda unit. At the moment it’s a case of “send Garda Murphy over to deal with it, she has experience with animals”.

Throw some real balls and teeth at this thing or it’s never going to get solved.

I saw 42 sulkies in a row trotting past me at a crossroads in Kimmage a month or so ago. This cruel practice should be stamped out with force. Trotting should *never* be done on tarmac, only on grass.

Any links to the video?