Reward of Up to £3,000 Offered to Catch Thug(s) Responsible for Dumping Abused Horse in Sedlescombe

14 February 2025

Reward of Up to £3,000 Offered to Catch Thug(s) Responsible for Dumping Abused Horse in Sedlescombe

Sedlescombe, East Sussex– PETA is offering a reward of up to £3,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person(s) responsible for dumping a horse in Sedlescombe. According to reports, the female cob was found dead, tied to a nearby telegraph pole with a rachet strap at the junction between Crazy Lane and Chapel Hill Lane on Monday, 27 January. Her body was visibly thin, and she was missing her right eye. The RSPCA has indicated that the horse had been severely neglected before being abandoned.

“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.”

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.

The RSPCA is urging anyone with firsthand information about the attack to contact the appeals line number on 0300 123 8018, quoting incident number 01435963.

PETA – whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to abuse in any way” – points out that Every Animal Is Someone and offers free Empathy Kits. For more information, please visit PETA.org.uk or follow PETA on Facebook, X, TikTok, or Instagram.

Contact:

Lucy Watson +44 (0) 20 7837 6327; [email protected]

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