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ANIMAL welfare charities and rural groups have launched a landmark report to highlight the problem of ‘fly-grazing’.
The organisations say the practice of leaving horses on someone else’s land without permission is on the increase “among some irresponsible horse owners.”
The report called ‘Stop the scourge – time to address unlawful fly-grazing in England’ reveals more than 3,000 horses are being fly-grazed causing “misery for horses, landowners, animal welfare organisations and local authorities”.
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