Pets in Spain

Pets In Spain are pleaing to anyone that can help and offer support for this upsetting time.

These pictures show the same horse that sue jenkins bought from the stud.

A rescue mission is being launched for the starving horses in the Spanish town of Medina Sidonia by a Herefordshire breeder who bred a number of Sue Jenkins horses.

Sixteen out of 50 pure-bred Trakehners have died from neglect on the farm owned by Sue Jenkins in Medina Sidonia.

Marleen Fewtrell owner of Singing Stud in Herefordshire which bred many of the horses involed in this cruety case were reported to a local animal welfare group as being severely under-nourished.

She still owns a significant number of the beleaguered Trakehners and is to travel immediately to the Andalucian town to try to retrieve the horses she once knew.

Sue Attew, also owner of Holme Park Stud in Bedfordshire, who also bred some of the horses, has started a fund to save them.
She said: “We’ve received hundreds of emails of support offering homes for the horses and we’ve started a fund to support CACMA, the Spanish animal welfare group that is trying to keep the horses alive.

“Sue Jenkins is allowing a vet in but no one else, so it’s very difficult. Everyone is walking on eggshells as there’s no RSPCA here in Spain and Andalucian law requires the horses put down if the authorities have to remove them.”

Sue Jenkins is already being prosecuted by the RSPCA for cruelty to horses and is due in court in Gloucester in October.

Sue Attew also said “We sold several horses some years ago to The Singing Stud for their breeding herd and they have onward sold a number of our “babies” in a large batch of horses to Sue Jenkins about 3 years ago who at the time she lived in Gloucestershire.  She subsequently moved all the horses to Spain where this dreadful neglect has happened.”

“We have been in tears about this dreadful suffering and are trying to make contact to see if we can bring any surviving Holme Trakehners in the group back to UK and nurse them back to health.”

“I am informed by Marleen that the Spanish authorities will not release any of the horses to return to UK.  The ILPH and RSPCA are involved and the biggest thing they need to secure is that the Spanish authorities will allow the surviving horses to live as the normal procedure in cases like this is to put all the horses to sleep!  When I get more news I will let you know.”

She also wants to say “thank you so much to everyone who has emailed me with offers of support including offers to transport horses or give them a home.  Believe me if there is anything that can be done we will do it.”

She added “For those of you out there who wish to help we would appeal to you to send a donation.  Every pound will help !  If you are not sure how to transfer just a small amount , I know it would be easier for you to transfer funds to a UK account and I am therefore in the process of trying to set up a charitable account in UK with LLoyds TSB and will hope to publish the bank details very shortly.”

“If we are successful in getting the horses returned to the UK (Have no idea how long this will take or even when the horses would be well enough to travel)  the next project will be to find loving homes for the horses where they can be cared for and returned to full health.  This re-homing will probably be done under the control of the RSPCA but this is all still in negotiation.”

If you wish to send your comments or offers of support then please email Sue at SusanAttew@holmetrakehners.com

For more information on this horrific matter go to: www.holmetrakehners.com