'Vile' thugs break into farm, tie horse up with barbed wire and leave it to drown

WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES Julie Jackson says she has been near feeling 'absolutely destroyed' aft her equine was killed by sick 'thugs' who broke into a workplace and tied her animals up with barbed wire

A "heartbroken" animal person says her beloved horse up was tied up with barbed ligament and near to drown by "vile" thugs who broke onto her farm.

Julie Jackson arrived astatine her 10 acres of onshore successful the Gwent Levels, Wales connected the greeting of Tuesday, November 19, to observe that her 3 beloved animals, equine Skye and 2 ponies, Red and Oak, were obscurity to beryllium seen. After searching the field, the mum recovered a gross had been chopped done and that her animals had either escaped oregon been led retired deliberately. A abbreviated clip later, she was told by a neighbouring husbandman that helium had recovered the 3 animals successful a water-filled ditch connected his onshore - and that their hooves had been tied unneurotic with barbed wire.

Skye, who Julie owned for 30 years, was recovered successful a secluded country beside a railway enactment and had died successful the water. The ponies who were recovered successful the aforesaid spot fortunately survived the ordeal, and are present being cared for.

A vet recovered Oak had h2o connected his lungs portion Red had to beryllium sedated to person the ligament removed arsenic it was truthful choky and heavy into his flesh. Describing the sick cruelty inflicted connected the horses and ponies, Julie told Wales Online: "Some vile excuses of humans broke into my yard. It appears they made makeshift halters retired of barbed wire, chopped done the fences and forced my 3 ponies to locomotion done 40 acres of farmland to a secluded area.

"They were tightly tied with barbed ligament astir their legs. Two were forced into the reen. My aged miss Skye, who is successful her thirties, didn't marque it retired alive. I tin lone anticipation the 3rd pony, which wasn't successful the reen, enactment up a bully combat and kicked and wounded them. Unfortunately helium has been near traumatised. Skye was arsenic aged arsenic my children. It's a hellhole of a agelong clip to person an carnal successful your life. It's heartbreaking. This has perfectly destroyed me."

Julie is present asking anyone who whitethorn person witnessed antithetic enactment astir the workplace past Tuesday to travel forward, and added: "The fields they were walked crossed tally alongside the main intercity railway enactment betwixt Newport and Cardiff. I lone anticipation idiosyncratic connected those trains saw immoderate suspicious enactment that morning. The ponies that survived are expected to marque a afloat betterment physically but I person been forced to rehome them. I americium utterly heartbroken."

A spokesperson for Gwent Police told section media: "We received a study connected Tuesday, November 19, that a equine had been killed and 2 others injured successful a tract adjacent Wentlooge. Enquiries are ongoing and anyone with accusation is asked to interaction us, via 101 oregon online, quoting log notation 2400385175."