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Originally Posted by Judith Addison
As a Ward Councillor I tried to get help from the RSPCA when a horse was tethered in poor conditions at the rear of Stone Bridge Lane & Catlow Hall Street, Oswaldtwistle. Several residents felt sorry for the horse and were feeding it. The RSPCA were not at all sympathetic. They said that the residents should stop feeding it as otherwise it was not possible to assess the conditions under which the horse was kept. I was later told that HAPPA, a horse charity whose nearest branch is in in Burnley, checked on the horse every few weeks. I wasn't satisfied with the response I received. One older lady who was feeding the horse was so worried about it that she could hardly sleep at night.
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The RSPCA in my opinion will only act fast if they are on the telly or you tell them it is very urgent as the animal is in pain. About 2 years me and several other people contacted the RSPCA on a lot of occasions about a border collie kept in a " rabbit hutch" for want of a better description .The wooden box was less than 2 ft square with a 6 inch square piece of netting in the front. It was when we had two or three hot days together and the dog had no access to water or food and was lying in it's own muck. I checked on this dog every day .It was on a track parallel with the A56 Accy By pass.I checked on this dog every day as we walked that way. Eventually, ONE Saturday morning it had managed to get it's nose out and the netting was very near getting into it's eyes. I rang the RSPCA from there and gave them directions. When I got home an inspector was waiting for me. I went up with her in her van and she was disgusted. What happened from there I do not know.