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Girl makes protest over horse death farm
6:40pm Wednesday 16th January 2008
Comments (16)AN ANIMAL-LOVING nine-year-old held a solitary protest outside the farm where 32 horses were found dead.
Katy Roberts was so upset by the gruesome discovery at Spindles Farm Heath, Chalk Lane, Hyde Heath that she stood outside with a sign reading "This Is Hell Farm".
Her silent protest brought hoots of support from passing motorists said her father, Chris Roberts.
He said: "She felt she needed to do it. Horses are her most favourite thing in the world, everything is horses for her.
"I think she is incredibly brave. She was putting her mark on what she believed was an atrocity."
The Stoke Mandeville Combined School pupil has a strong connection to the village as her late mother Nicola, who passed away from breast cancer in 2003, was born there, he said.
She also attends St John The Baptist church in Little Missenden with her father.
The youngster, of Weston Turville, was "in tears" when the RSPCA and police uncovered the conditions at the farm, the 49-year-old said.
"She was absolutely beside herself and emotionally distraught. I haven't seen her that way since her mother died."
Katy has hemiplegia, a partial-paralysis of the left side of her body, and is involved with the Riding For The Disabled Association at a stables in Fulmer, Slough.
For more information visit www.katyroberts.co.uk.
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rods254, London says...
7:58pm Wed 16 Jan 08
HW resident, Hazlemere says...
8:23pm Wed 16 Jan 08
Ivor, says...
8:58pm Wed 16 Jan 08
Have you read Ivors blog today? Click on the Opinion link on the menu on the left then click on Readers Bucks Blog.
Oddone, High Wycombe says...
9:58am Thu 17 Jan 08
Steve, Totteridge Hill says...
10:39am Thu 17 Jan 08
Oddone wrote:Half a day of school for a worthy cause???
Am I the only one who wonders why this girl wasn't at school?
Of course I didn't see in the report that it was on a school day, maybe Oddone knows more than the reporter?
I join the rest congratulating this little lady...A big round of applause for this young lady.
Nathan Sullivan, says...
10:50am Thu 17 Jan 08
The people responsible for the cruelty on that farm should be punished to the fullest extent of the law.
local, bucks says...
11:31am Thu 17 Jan 08
Nathan Sullivan wrote:ditto.
I add my congratulations to those above. She sounds like a very conscientious young lady. The people responsible for the cruelty on that farm should be punished to the fullest extent of the law.
Steve, Totteridge Hill says...
11:52am Thu 17 Jan 08
local wrote:Lets hope they do.
Nathan Sullivan wrote: I add my congratulations to those above. She sounds like a very conscientious young lady. The people responsible for the cruelty on that farm should be punished to the fullest extent of the law.ditto.
Joe English, High Wycombe says...
1:54pm Thu 17 Jan 08
There must be a lot of youngsters who have the same atributes as this excellent young lady but all we ever hear about are the yobbos & scum
Joe English, High Wycombe says...
2:00pm Thu 17 Jan 08
Joe English, High Wycombe says...
2:02pm Thu 17 Jan 08
ljkinney, Berkshire says...
10:30pm Thu 17 Jan 08
sarah, Little Kingshill says...
5:05pm Fri 18 Jan 08
what more needs to be said?
Songbird, London says...
11:20am Mon 25 Feb 08
quote
A DAvis, High Wycombe says...
9:21pm Tue 18 Mar 08
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beedee, high wycombe says...
7:15pm Wed 16 Jan 08