Tag: Animals

00 out of sight of the road

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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]

42 down the stairs, fussing

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Two years after his wife’s death,
her widower was visited
by the husband of his niece.
‘I went in the back door.
The dog came flying
down the stairs, fussing.
He must have been in the room with him.’
He had suffered depression
following his wife’s death.
‘I went upstairs. I had
an awful feeling.
I put my head round the door.
I could see him lying at the side of the bed.
His face was straight down and
I just knew.’
Police officers searched the home;
empty packets of insulin.
An officer found a draft text message on his phone.
It gave the name of his niece.
It said, ‘I’m so sorry,
I hope you can forgive me one day.’

[Hull Daily Mail, 16/05/2013, Man found dead after wife drowned in Holderness Drain]