Sunday, October 15, 2006
“Stray” Horses
The large herds of horses that roamed St. Mellons in 2002-4 have gone but a small hers lives on undeveloped ground in south St. Mellons. Sadly, they frequently trespass into residential areas and cause problems. There has been a lot of media interest and a TV company visited St. Mellons in the summer to make a film about the proposed solution of giving Anti-Social Behaviour Orders to irresponsible horse owners.
Your local Councillors have continued to press for action and have become such a nuisance that the Liberal Democrat Executive Member responsible for dealing with the problem foolishly tried to prevent us getting involved with horse-catch operation.
As a result the Council’s horse capture operation on the 15th of March failed to find any horses. In May we “got wind” of another planned operation and provided information that led to the capture of three horses!
Your Councillors are asking when the horses will be completely removed from Council-owned land.
Councillor Ralph Cook
Your local Councillors have continued to press for action and have become such a nuisance that the Liberal Democrat Executive Member responsible for dealing with the problem foolishly tried to prevent us getting involved with horse-catch operation.
As a result the Council’s horse capture operation on the 15th of March failed to find any horses. In May we “got wind” of another planned operation and provided information that led to the capture of three horses!
Your Councillors are asking when the horses will be completely removed from Council-owned land.
Councillor Ralph Cook
