Mrs Margaret Porter, 67, was issued a restraining order after she refused to stop feeding a retired racehorse looking “sad”.
It all started last year when Porter noticed Nelson, a chestnut man, on his lawn in the winter. Based on Time, Porter thought that Nelson looked sad and cold.
She says that after passing the horse six or seven times a day, she hasn’t seen its owner with her even once. So she decided to do everything herself.
Porter goes to Nelson’s fence and gives him some carrots. It seemed like a simple act, but it turned out to be a legal matter when the horse’s owner, Suzanne Cooke, 50, found out.
The Times reported that Cooke caught Porter feeding Nelson vegetables over the fence and was quite upset about it. Cooke confronted Porter, saying, “Why are you feeding my horse? Do you realize what you’re doing? You can poison my horse or make it upset and make it sick. “
Despite the confrontation, Porter continued to feed Nelson and even called the RSPCA to check on the horse’s welfare. Nelson passed the welfare test with the color of the feathers, but Cooke was not pleased to have her animal investigated.
After that incident, Cooke caught Porter continuing to secretly sell vegetables to Nelson, so she called the police. It had been going on for about a year, and Cooke was tired of it, so he took Porter to court.
Because the RSCPA deemed the animal fine and Porter continued to secretly feed it vegetables, the judge ruled in Cooke’s favor and issued a restraining order against Porter. Grandmothers will no longer be allowed near Cooke or her property.
Speaking to The Times, Cooke said her horse is “a thoroughbred”, being “very well cared for, trained and fed.”
