Romania's abandoned horses

Video report on the plight of Romania's abandoned horses. Hundreds of animals have been turned loose by their owners after the Romanian government started to enforce laws banning horse drawn carts from main roads. The laws were introduced in response to pressure from the European Union to cut accidents.

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• Romania
• gethin
• chamberlain
• horse
• horses
• european
• union

[mariusfauru]

in romania horses are expensiv animals!!! do you think someone just throw awai money ? you fucking impostors! dump fuck ! dick head!

[gethinchamberlain]

Oh, I do so love an intelligent debate... Pay attention. The whole point was that the horses were working animals and were of value until they could not work. Then they simply became another mouth to feed. Do try to keep up.

Now, there are grown ups talking, so if you can't mind your language, I'd rather you went somewhere else and let off your excess energy there. Thank you.

[mariusfauru]

fake !!!! not abandon horses !!! its a fake , the news man hadnt a story sow he made 1 up

[gethinchamberlain]

Your fatuous accusation and your use of multiple exclamation marks suggest that you find thinking a little difficult. Why on earth would anyone want to go to Galati to manufacture a news story about abandoned horses? What part of this story do you think is fake? The horses? They look real enough to me. The fact that they are abandoned? They are in the city pound. If you took the trouble to investigate the story, you would find officials from the city quoted talking about the problem.

[gethinchamberlain]

I have to say it really annoys me when someone like you comes along and shouts "fake", without providing a shred of evidence to back up their claims. I took the trouble to travel there, to research the story, to film it and to highlight a genuine problem. You seem to think you can just say "fake" and that's good enough. Well, it's not. I like my news stories to contain facts and to be evidence-based: I recommend that approach to you too.

[jaimepas2008]

very sad story but thank you for showing us that life can be very cruel.I feel sorry for those horses.

[davazno1]

You'r wrong , when horses or any other beast of burden can't work or get injured they are sold to the meat factory , sad but truth , i'd rather have the horses freed to live their lives in the wild after a lifetime of work.

[mariusfauru]

if romanians let horses on streets i get them and open a ranch for free! you pennishead :)

[terigower]

my heart hurts for what is done in our name to creatures nearer to god than i will ever be......

[terigower]

recently helped an ex- racehorse called Royal be saved from slaughter  through bankendequine rescue,,,, my,slideshow shows Royal homed in France in a forever home...