Collection, Transportation, Livery and Disposal of Horses

Horses are being fly grazed without permission on various parcels of Council-owned land and are being allowed to roam the streets in the Borough. The Council cannot be specific about the number of horses that may be collected but there is a transient population of approximately 140 horses and ponies grazing Council land at any one time - these include stallions, pregnant mares and foals. They are usually free roaming and not tethered. The owners are not known but local enquiries suggest that most are travellers' ho...