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- Owners report plaits appearing in horses manes: Derwentside
Horse owners are being urged to be vigilant after reports of suspicious activity involving animals in Derwentside.
Early last month police received two reports of plaits mysteriously appearing in the manes of horses in fields at farms in Edmundbyers, near Consett.
- Two Exmoor ponies shot, one fatally, over Christmas period: Dulverton
Police in Somerset are appealing for information after two ponies at the Exmoor Pony Centre in Dulverton were shot over the Christmas period.
At some time during the evening on Boxing Day it's believed that an unknown offender has shot the two Exmoor ponies, causing them serious injuries.
- Two stolen miniature horses reunited with owner: Charlton Road, Shepperton
A Spelthorne man has been reunited with two miniature horses which were stolen from an address in Shepperton last month.
The miniature horses, named Tinkerbell and Bailey, who are between two and three feet tall, were taken from stables in Charlton Road between 6.30pm on Tuesday 29 December and 6.45am on Wednesday 30 December.
- Falabella miniature horse stolen from allotment: East View, Boldon Colliery
The incident happened between 12pm, on Sunday, November 1 and 12pm, on Tuesday, November 3, at an allotment at East View, Boldon Colliery.
The offender entered the allotment before making off with the animal.
The three-year-old horse is described as:
- Police seek owner for stray pony: Hilton Park Services, M6
Staffordshire Police are urging the owner of a white/grey pony found in Staffordshire to make contact with them.
The pony, 12.2 hands high and believed to be around 30 yrs old, was found close to Hilton Park Services on the M6 Motorway at approximately 9.30pm on 20 November 2009.
- 'Pickle' the pony stolen from farm paddock: Eye
Hoxne Road, Eye between 11.30pm 26/12/09 and 8am 27/12/09.
A pony has been stolen from a paddock/stable area at a farm.
Pickle is described as:
- Shetland ponies stolen from stables: Romsley, Halesowen
Police are appealing for witnesses and information after the theft of three Shetland ponies from stables at Romsley, near Halesowen.
The ponies were taken after thieves damaged a gate to gain access to a field off Uffmoor Lane between 1pm on Monday (December 28) and 10.30am yesterday (Tuesday, December 29) and then broke into the stables.
- Two horses die in suspicious barn blaze: Boquhan Eastate, Kippen
Police are appealing for information after a fire killed two horses at a barn in Kippen, near Stirling.
The alarm was raised by police officers on patrol who saw the flames on Boquhan Estate around 1am on Monday December 7.
A Central Scotland Police spokeswoman said:
- Tails cut off three horses: Thornhill, Stirling
Police in Stirling are appealing for information after three horses had their tails cut off.
The incidents occurred between Tuesday October 27 and Tuesday November 10 in fields in Thornhill.
Chief Inspector Kevin Findlater said:
- Colt attacked and left wounded in field: Catcote Road, Hartlepool
Police are appealing for witnesses after a horse was attacked between 5pm on Friday 14th August and 9.30am on Saturday 15th August.
The Colt suffered a wound between the front legs which is not thought to be life threatening.
It was in a field between Catcote Road and Elwick Road.
- Pony destroyed following botched theft attempt: Edworth Road, Langford
Biggleswade Police are seeking help from the public after an horrific incident involving two ponies that were stolen late last night/early hours of this morning (Thurs Aug 13).
The ponies were in their field at Edworth Road, Langford, when they were loaded into a horsebox stolen from elsewhere and towed away.
- Dressage horse found in field with knife wounds: Markedge Lane, Chipstead
Officers from the Reigate and Banstead Safer Neighbourhood Team are appealing for information after a dressage horse was deliberately attacked in fields in Markedge Lane, Chipstead.
The incident happened sometime between 3am and 6am on Wednesday, 2 September, when the 17hand Irish Sports Gelding received three knife injuries.
- Police appeal as horse needs 40 stitches: Burntwood
Officers in Burntwood are appealing for witnesses to an incident in which a horse was badly injured.
The brown mare is kept in a field off Ogley Hay Road, near the M6 Toll Road bridge between Burntwood and the A5.
It needed 40 stitches to the wound on its head after the incident which is believed to have happened some time yesterday (Mon) morning.
- Witness appeal as horse found dead with hoof stuck in gate: Shaftesbury
At about 9am on Saturday, 5 September 2009, a horse was found dead with its hoof stuck in a gate on a public footpath close to Mampitts Farm on Mampitts Lane in Shaftesbury.
Police Constable Fiona Gaffney, of the North Dorset Safer Neighbourhood Team, said:
- Owner of dog that attacked pony sought by Police: Eton
Thames Valley Police is asking for the public's help in tracing the owner of a dog that attacked a pony in Eton at about 2pm on Sunday (13/9),
The dog owner is described as: