The owner of a property where horses were trained using a “cruel and archaic” method was scheduled to appear in court on Thursday on charges of animal cruelty and assault – after allegedly punching a Cape of Good Hope SPCA inspector.
The SPCA says as part of 'archaic' training methods, horses were held in unnatural postures for hours by restraints, causing 'extreme states of distress'.The owner of a property where horses were trained using a “cruel and archaic” method was scheduled to appear in court on Thursday on charges of animal cruelty and assault after allegedly punching a Cape of Good Hope SPCA inspector.
SPCA inspectors, acting on a complaint about horses kept in poor living conditions in Grassy Park, were initially denied access to the property when the owner insisted they produce a court order. Court order in hand, they returned on Wednesday accompanied by SAPS and the City of Cape Town’s animal control unit. A woman initially insisted they wait at the front of the property but they followed her in and found a saddle horse being trained “using a cruel and archaic training method. The inspectors were horrified by their findings,” the SPCA said on Thursday.
“A saddle horse stallion was found restrained. His head had been forced down onto his chest and his neck was forced into a tight hyper-flexed arched bow and then tied into this unnatural position.,” said the SPCA.
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