Owner of "abandoned" horses in Little Marlow identified (From Bucks Free Press)
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Owner of "abandoned" horses in Little Marlow identified
12:00pm Tuesday 8th September 2009 in News By Lawrence Dunhill
Seven horses and two foals were left in the field last week
THE OWNER of nine horses left in a Little Marlow field last week has identified himself.
Mr Stokes left his phone number on a gate at the field in Westhorpe Park and when contacted by the Bucks Free Press said: “There is no problem with the horses. I'm looking after them and have picked up the notices left by the RSPCA.”
Mr Stokes refused to give his first name.
He added: “Over the weekend I sent a boy to clean up the field and I've been talking to the owner of the field about renting it.”
However the owners of the field today denied that Mr Stokes had been in contact with them.
North West Estates director Ken Finken said: “No I've heard nothing from the owner of the horses. But I understand that water troughs in the field have been opened up so the horses have some water at least."
An inspector from World Horse Welfare and the RSPCA went to check on the horses yesterday.
Spokesman Sophie Wilkinson said: "They have given further advice notices to the owner regarding the lack of water and tidying up the field. The horses have some water but not enough – they are fine though."
Comments(14)
vocal local
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12:39pm Tue 8 Sep 09
frankbutcher wrote:nay! The "Mane" thing is, the horses are ok.
sounds like foal play to me.
SDJones
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12:56pm Tue 8 Sep 09
frankbutcher
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1:29pm Tue 8 Sep 09
vocal local wrote:yep, they are stable. pull the udder one... err maybe not...
frankbutcher wrote: sounds like foal play to me.nay! The "Mane" thing is, the horses are ok.
erm
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1:52pm Tue 8 Sep 09
parcelman
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3:36pm Tue 8 Sep 09
The above is from the last story
Spokesman Sophie Wilkinson said: "They have given further advice notices to the owner regarding the lack of water and tidying up the field. The horses have some water but not enough – they are fine though."
And this is from todays can someone make up there mind if they are fine or not
frankbutcher
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3:43pm Tue 8 Sep 09
katodeza
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4:23pm Tue 8 Sep 09
WHW field officer phoned me and said they had spoken to owner about lack of water which has now been provided. Grazing is good and horses' condition good with trees giving shade and shelter. WHW and RSPCA will be monitoring situation.
They have issued warning to clear rubbish which must be done
Kadoogan
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4:26pm Tue 8 Sep 09
Kadoogan
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6:04pm Tue 8 Sep 09
On second thoughts that didn't deserve a re-post...
J B Blackett
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6:28pm Tue 8 Sep 09
Kadoogan wrote:The same thing happened to me , K
My joke got censored. All I said was that I bet the owner feels like an a$$.
On second thoughts that didn't deserve a re-post...
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It's because the a*s*s you typed is checked by an American spell-checker and it 'thinks' you are talking about bottoms (that's considered naughty !)
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I agree about the the second thoughts however. Regards
am i the only one
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6:40pm Tue 8 Sep 09
DeepThinker
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12:54pm Wed 9 Sep 09
Just put your horses in a field, go off for a bit, then ask the owner if you can rent it.
See the similarity?
He won't give his first name and I bet he only has a mobile telephone number as well. Next thing you know he will be growing "lucky" heather in the corner of the field.
katodeza
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3:11pm Thu 17 Sep 09
frankbutcher says...
12:03pm Tue 8 Sep 09