A pony found with a “horrific neck injury” that was rescued from a field in Arklow, Co. Wicklow, made a full recovery, according to the Irish Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ISPCA).
This month, a man appeared in Arklow District Court, accused of offences under the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013.
The case stemmed from an incident in March 2019, when ISPCA chief inspector Conor Dowling responded to a report about an injured pony in Ferrybank, Arklow.
Dowling gave evidence to the court of visiting and seeing a number of ponies. He said that it was “immediately obvious” that one of them had an extensive injury to its neck; but that it was impossible to give a precise cause of the injury.