Visitors to Appleby Horse Fair are being asked if they would like to see changes to improve the event for horses. The annual gathering, the largest of its kind in the country, runs next week (8-12 June) in Appleby-in-Westmorland, Cumbria. Equine welfare charities Redwings Horse Sanctuary, Blue Cross, World Horse Welfare, Bransby Horses, the British […]
A new joined-up approach would improve enforcement of animal welfare law and licensing activities, it is believed. Representatives from the British Horse Society (BHS), World Horse Welfare, the RSPCA, the National Equine Welfare Council, and vets, police and MPs, were among those to attend a round-table discussion at the House of Commons, organised by the […]