Appleby Horse Fair: Time to Call a Halt to this Festival of Animal Abuse

Appleby Horse Fair takes place every June and attracts some 30,000 visitors who come to see horses being paraded, raced and bathed, and to get a taste of what they think is a Romany tradition that supposedly dates back to 1685.

The reality of this event is quite different. The Fair made national news in 2007 when one of the horses was drowned in the River Eden many of the riders seem to regard it as a macho challenge to completely submerge their horse under water. The river, whilst shallow at one side, has a steep ledge about half way across and horses easily lose their footing.

Animal Aid filmed at the 2009 Fair and captured many instances of animal cruelty. Please contact Eden District Council and demand that they ban the horse fair. Tradition is no excuse for animal cruelty. Visit our website http://www.animalaid.org.uk for contact details and more information.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Animal Aid
• Appleby
• horse
• fair
• Gypsy
• Traveller
• Romany

[annafanefjord]

Idiots!

They should try the same, fuckign bastards.

[CanadianCowgirl1955]

@13horselvr I'd love to stand on your back with a rope around your neck and see if you like the feeling of drowning...idiot!!!

[vito4355]

IGNORANTIIII ,BASTARDIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII ,BIFOLCHIIIIII ,BRUTTI COGLIONIIIII ,SHIT

[Florence23456]

Qu'elle bande de sadik aller vous pandre si vous fete se si avec les chevaux

[SantaMariadeBuenAyre]

and that poor thing is pregnant! she need calm an comfort not been there fighting x her life, this is too bad..iam sad

[SantaMariadeBuenAyre]

leave the poor horses alone! you sick mthr fckrs!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[AnimalLeftist]

Horsemanshit is in the UK too. How sad. Although Nags2Bitches is probably loving every minute of it. Nothing like not being to let go of "traditions". This one could die, and every horse would breathe a sigh of relief. Those idiots jumping on their horses heads to submerse them? sickening.

[CanadianCowgirl1955]

@sisco23100 you're all idiots and animal abusers!!! karma will get you!!!

[sexynellas]

dirty pikey filth

[lauraogveraforever]

shitty people. I feel like drowning and torture them. idiots hate them. hate them hate them !!!!! they have no conscience in life!? They should be killed! Cant they think!? Stupid brain dead people!

[sisco23100]

style hair had never swam a horse before and it was a once in a life time opertunity for her and i know this as i shouted to her to lean forward and give the horse its head and she told me afterwards i think non-supporters of appleby should go see for them selfs what lovely people they realluy are !!