Reward of Up to £3,000 Offered to Catch Culprit Responsible for Mutilating and Killing a Horse
Reward of Up to £3,000 Offered to Catch Culprit Responsible for Mutilating and Killing a Horse
Worksop, Nottinghamshire – PETA is offering a reward of up to £3,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person(s) responsible for mutilating and killing a horse in Worksop. According to reports, Alfie, a 16-year-old traditional tri-coloured cob, was found dead on the morning of Thursday, 25 July, near Carlton-in-Lindrick, a village north of Worksop. Alfie had been turned out into the field by his guardian on Wednesday evening and was seen fit and well at around 7 pm. Nottinghamshire Police has warned horse owners in the area to be extra vigilant in the wake of this horrific attack.
“It’s imperative that any community faced with a cruel and callous act such as this take measures to find the culprit and bring them to justice,” says PETA Vice President Elisa Allen. “Animal abusers are a danger to everyone: they take their issues out on whomever is available to them – humans or other animals – and must be caught before they act again.”
“It has been heartening to see the extent of public outrage at the mutilation and killing of Alfie in Nottinghamshire,” says Nottinghamshire Police Rural and Wildlife Crime Lead Chief Inspector Clive Collings. “Anything that can be done to maintain the publicity associated with this case and maximise the opportunity to identify witnesses is very welcomed, so I am grateful to PETA for providing this kind reward in the hope it will lead to the successful conviction of those responsible for Alfie’s death.”
History shows that past incidents involving cruelty to animals regularly appear in the records of serial rapists and murderers. Young killers Mary Bell, Robert Thompson, and Jon Venables; murderers Ian Huntley, Thomas Hamilton (of the Dunblane massacre), and Raoul Moat; and serial killers Fred West, Dennis Nilsen, and Ian Brady all started out by deliberately harming animals.
Nottinghamshire Police is urging anyone with firsthand information about the attack to contact the force on 101, quoting incident number 244 of 25 July 2024, or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
PETA – whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to abuse in any way” – opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview. For more information, please visit PETA.org.uk or follow the group on Facebook, X, TikTok, or Instagram.
Contact:
Jennifer White +44 (0) 20 7837 6327; [email protected]
#