‘Wanton neglect of hundreds of animals’: 59 horses among +450 animals seized in one of the worst cases the RSPCA has dealt with

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An RSPCA spokesperson said its officers went to the farm with Nottinghamshire Police officers, who were executing a warrant, on 1 November, 2023. “He reported Hayes to the RSPCA.”On 1 November 2023, RSPCA inspector Laura Baker and her team found “many animals living in squalor”. “Donkeys and horses were suffering from rotting feet without attention from a vet or a farrier,” the RSPCA spokesperson said. “The court heard Hayes had collected all kinds of animals at his farm,” the RSPCA spokesperson said. Ms Baker, who led the operation, said: “The conditions we found all these animals living in were absolutely appalling.