- The tarpaulin was covered in logs and stones.
- Pulled back
- it revealed a pony
- six months old
- weak, barely alive, terrified
- out of sight of the road
- his front legs strapped together.
- Too weak to move it himself
- his head was twisted around over his back
- where it had flopped as he was dragged across the field
- covered over,
- body tied and twisted,
- left in the dark
- to die.
- The post-mortem found the pony
- was dehydrated
- had diarrhoea
- and a worm infestation.
- It could have been treated
- for five pounds.
[The Guardian, 27/01/2011, Pony dragged to corner of an English field and hidden under a tarpaulin to die]