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Dead horse left rotting in stream at Monks Brook in Eastleigh
4:00am Tuesday 19th February 2013 in Environment
By Michael Carr, Reporter
The horse in the stream at Monks Brook in Eastleigh
A DEAD horse has been left rotting in a stream at a Hampshire beauty spot for five days, the Daily Echo can reveal.
The gruesome discovery was reported to police by a dog walker last Thursday – but the corpse was still there this morning.
Residents fear it could contaminate Monks Brook, which flows into the River Itchen at Woodmill in Southampton.
The horse is lying in the water next to Lakeside Country Park in Eastleigh.
It was found by Maureen Brown while she was walking her two dogs.
Mrs Brown, 48, of Chamberlayne Road, Eastleigh, was left so shocked she burst into tears.
She said: “I just noticed this great big white and brown thing in the stream. I couldn’t believe it was a horse. I cried when I saw it. I love animals and seeing that left me shocked.”
Other visitors to Lakeside Country Park were also disgusted that the horse had not been removed.
Theresa Denness, 48, from Eastleigh regularly walks her dog in that area. She said: “It is disgusting and worrying. What if the horse is contaminated?
“If I had made that discovery I would have been in a state of shock. It is saddening it has been left there for so long.”
Another dog walker Susie Morriss, 30, from Eastleigh, added: “It is horrible. I have never seen anything like that before here.”
Police said they had sent officers to the scene but they had determined that no crime had been committed.
A police spokesman said: “We appreciate this may cause concern for local people, however there are no further police lines of inquiry.”
He added that the police had contacted Eastleigh Borough Council, the Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Environment Agency and the RSPCA but none have been able to help.
When contacted by the Daily Echo, the Environment Agency, which is responsible for the UK’s rivers, said it was unable to comment on whether the carcass was a health hazard. It added that it was the responsibility of the landowner to remove it.
According to Eastleigh Borough Council the land where the dead horse is lying is private.
A spokesman said: “Police and the fire service are discussing ways to remove the horse and it is on private land and not the council’s responsibility.”
An RSPCA spokesman said: “If anyone has any information on how this horse came to be lying in the stream in the park could they please call our inspector investigation line on 0300 123 8018 where you can leave a message in confidence.”
Comments(57)
letshaveabeer
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7:31am Tue 19 Feb 13
rightway
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8:25am Tue 19 Feb 13
sue 63 wrote:Well it wasn't a human being, it was a horse.
Disgusting. If that had been a human being, Private land or not it would have been moved. All the powers that be should be ashamed of them selves.Can't believe they are leaving it there all this time. Never mind the Contamination that does not seem to matter. So is it going to just sit and rot.
What a stupid statement to make.
Big Mac
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8:35am Tue 19 Feb 13
southy
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8:38am Tue 19 Feb 13
sue 63 wrote:The trouble with people now days is that they do not know the intresting small facts of nature.
Disgusting. If that had been a human being, Private land or not it would have been moved. All the powers that be should be ashamed of them selves.Can't believe they are leaving it there all this time. Never mind the Contamination that does not seem to matter. So is it going to just sit and rot.
Its Not Contaminating any thing, Rivers and Streams and Brooks have marine creatures that deal with dead aminals. its all part of the food chain of a waterway.
southy
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8:39am Tue 19 Feb 13
Lionel P wrote:You could tell a British Slaughter house and they would do the same.
Just tell the Romanians. It'll be off in the back of a lorry and back in a few days as delicious beefburgers.
chunky_lover
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9:10am Tue 19 Feb 13
Yves1977
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9:22am Tue 19 Feb 13
chunky_lover wrote:what are you on about - it's an interesting story, certainly unusual.
What an incredibly slow news day.
BerryMan
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9:23am Tue 19 Feb 13
sue 63 wrote:How do you propose they move it then? I doubt you can get vehicles close looking from the picture.
Disgusting. If that had been a human being, Private land or not it would have been moved. All the powers that be should be ashamed of them selves.Can't believe they are leaving it there all this time. Never mind the Contamination that does not seem to matter. So is it going to just sit and rot.
Maybe you can get together with the dog walkers and get your feet wet?
elvisimo
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9:33am Tue 19 Feb 13
Lionel P wrote:or french - or british - dont get all ukip.
Just tell the Romanians. It'll be off in the back of a lorry and back in a few days as delicious beefburgers.
StuKeith
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9:43am Tue 19 Feb 13
St Retford
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10:02am Tue 19 Feb 13
Lionel P wrote:Yer daft racist.
Just tell the Romanians. It'll be off in the back of a lorry and back in a few days as delicious beefburgers.
sotonwinch09
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10:06am Tue 19 Feb 13
Might SS
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10:13am Tue 19 Feb 13
gladbachsaint
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10:25am Tue 19 Feb 13
pepepe
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10:42am Tue 19 Feb 13
southy
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11:11am Tue 19 Feb 13
pepepe wrote:Or from the Greens
A major issue but no comment from the parliamentary candidates yet!
DanielBrown
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11:11am Tue 19 Feb 13
southy wrote:While I recognize its a good point about the chain of a waterway can I just put it to you that Lakeside is the premier destination for dog walkers and outdoor leisure in Eastleigh. Many people use it including children, what kind of experience is it for them seeing a dead horse in a stream?! How would you like if your child came across it and was upset or put off nature from it?
sue 63 wrote:The trouble with people now days is that they do not know the intresting small facts of nature.
Disgusting. If that had been a human being, Private land or not it would have been moved. All the powers that be should be ashamed of them selves.Can't believe they are leaving it there all this time. Never mind the Contamination that does not seem to matter. So is it going to just sit and rot.
Its Not Contaminating any thing, Rivers and Streams and Brooks have marine creatures that deal with dead aminals. its all part of the food chain of a waterway.
DanielBrown
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11:19am Tue 19 Feb 13
BerryMan wrote:My mum said that if she had the strength to go in and move it she would! Its not really the point its the lack of effort here that is concerning.
sue 63 wrote:How do you propose they move it then? I doubt you can get vehicles close looking from the picture.
Disgusting. If that had been a human being, Private land or not it would have been moved. All the powers that be should be ashamed of them selves.Can't believe they are leaving it there all this time. Never mind the Contamination that does not seem to matter. So is it going to just sit and rot.
Maybe you can get together with the dog walkers and get your feet wet?
St Retford
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11:36am Tue 19 Feb 13
DanielBrown wrote:It's a good question. I would sit them down with a DVD of the Lion King and tell them it's all part of the circle of life.
southy wrote:While I recognize its a good point about the chain of a waterway can I just put it to you that Lakeside is the premier destination for dog walkers and outdoor leisure in Eastleigh. Many people use it including children, what kind of experience is it for them seeing a dead horse in a stream?! How would you like if your child came across it and was upset or put off nature from it?
sue 63 wrote:The trouble with people now days is that they do not know the intresting small facts of nature.
Disgusting. If that had been a human being, Private land or not it would have been moved. All the powers that be should be ashamed of them selves.Can't believe they are leaving it there all this time. Never mind the Contamination that does not seem to matter. So is it going to just sit and rot.
Its Not Contaminating any thing, Rivers and Streams and Brooks have marine creatures that deal with dead aminals. its all part of the food chain of a waterway.
southy
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11:44am Tue 19 Feb 13
St Retford wrote:Then if my kids felt like that, I would go and see one of my farmer friends and take my kid out hunting rabbits and show them how to kill, clean, gut and skin a rabbit and cook it afterwards and teach them about nature.
DanielBrown wrote:It's a good question. I would sit them down with a DVD of the Lion King and tell them it's all part of the circle of life.
southy wrote:While I recognize its a good point about the chain of a waterway can I just put it to you that Lakeside is the premier destination for dog walkers and outdoor leisure in Eastleigh. Many people use it including children, what kind of experience is it for them seeing a dead horse in a stream?! How would you like if your child came across it and was upset or put off nature from it?
sue 63 wrote:The trouble with people now days is that they do not know the intresting small facts of nature.
Disgusting. If that had been a human being, Private land or not it would have been moved. All the powers that be should be ashamed of them selves.Can't believe they are leaving it there all this time. Never mind the Contamination that does not seem to matter. So is it going to just sit and rot.
Its Not Contaminating any thing, Rivers and Streams and Brooks have marine creatures that deal with dead aminals. its all part of the food chain of a waterway.
Stillness
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11:46am Tue 19 Feb 13
sotonbusdriver
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11:47am Tue 19 Feb 13
It is not natural causes, but a murder by the local candidates, to swing the vote...
Bert the Builder
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12:05pm Tue 19 Feb 13
Why is it the landowner's fault though?
A trespasser leaves horses to fend for themselves at the landowner's expense, one dies and suddenly it's down to the landowner not the horse owner to remove the carcass.
And I would not like to be drinking water downstream of this location.
robbutler1984
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12:16pm Tue 19 Feb 13
southy
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12:17pm Tue 19 Feb 13
Bert the Builder wrote:just think your water that you drink as been recycled around ten times before you get to drink it.
Looks like a **** horse.
Why is it the landowner's fault though?
A trespasser leaves horses to fend for themselves at the landowner's expense, one dies and suddenly it's down to the landowner not the horse owner to remove the carcass.
And I would not like to be drinking water downstream of this location.
Ginger_cyclist
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12:23pm Tue 19 Feb 13
Stillness
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12:31pm Tue 19 Feb 13
Ginger_cyclist wrote:Yet the Council is reported as saying that the horse is on private land. The plot thickens.
The land owner there is Eastleigh Borough Council, Eastliegh and District Angling Club only lease the fishing rights for 2 of the lakes at Lakeside, so it's the Council who should remove it.
Shoong
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12:31pm Tue 19 Feb 13
southy wrote:You'd know about taking the pi55.
Bert the Builder wrote:just think your water that you drink as been recycled around ten times before you get to drink it.
Looks like a **** horse.
Why is it the landowner's fault though?
A trespasser leaves horses to fend for themselves at the landowner's expense, one dies and suddenly it's down to the landowner not the horse owner to remove the carcass.
And I would not like to be drinking water downstream of this location.
burgerboy
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1:17pm Tue 19 Feb 13
Stillness
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1:39pm Tue 19 Feb 13
burgerboy wrote:No one would be that corny....Oh....
no comments about flogging a dead horse yet then!!!.(;o).
bigfella777
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1:48pm Tue 19 Feb 13
There's something fishy about this.
Stillness
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1:56pm Tue 19 Feb 13
bigfella777 wrote:"Notify the horse's family"? Nay, I don't think so do you?
What about the horses family? Have they been notified? Are there any suspicious circumstances? How did it die? Where did it live?
There's something fishy about this.
Niel
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2:03pm Tue 19 Feb 13
Bert the Builder wrote:I thought that too, very much like one of their favoured cobs.
Looks like a **** horse.
Why is it the landowner's fault though?
A trespasser leaves horses to fend for themselves at the landowner's expense, one dies and suddenly it's down to the landowner not the horse owner to remove the carcass.
And I would not like to be drinking water downstream of this location.
If there's no vardo's about the owners probably live on Monks Way or in the avirary...
stephie101
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3:05pm Tue 19 Feb 13
Stillness wrote:The land is owned privately, it is not Eastleigh Borough Council's land
Ginger_cyclist wrote:Yet the Council is reported as saying that the horse is on private land. The plot thickens.
The land owner there is Eastleigh Borough Council, Eastliegh and District Angling Club only lease the fishing rights for 2 of the lakes at Lakeside, so it's the Council who should remove it.
wossit
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3:33pm Tue 19 Feb 13
DanielBrown wrote:Its not even in the compounds of lakeside its in the Monks Brook that runs along side Stoneham Lane.
southy wrote:While I recognize its a good point about the chain of a waterway can I just put it to you that Lakeside is the premier destination for dog walkers and outdoor leisure in Eastleigh. Many people use it including children, what kind of experience is it for them seeing a dead horse in a stream?! How would you like if your child came across it and was upset or put off nature from it?sue 63 wrote: Disgusting. If that had been a human being, Private land or not it would have been moved. All the powers that be should be ashamed of them selves.Can't believe they are leaving it there all this time. Never mind the Contamination that does not seem to matter. So is it going to just sit and rot.The trouble with people now days is that they do not know the intresting small facts of nature. Its Not Contaminating any thing, Rivers and Streams and Brooks have marine creatures that deal with dead aminals. its all part of the food chain of a waterway.
littleun
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3:52pm Tue 19 Feb 13
Lionel P wrote:I reckon it wanted a drink and slipped
Just tell the Romanians. It'll be off in the back of a lorry and back in a few days as delicious beefburgers.
Ginger_cyclist
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4:15pm Tue 19 Feb 13
stephie101 wrote:It''s land owned by Eastleigh Borough Council, there are properties on one side of it but the stream is not within the boundaries of those private properties but this isn't about who own the land, it's about removing the corpse, it won't contaminate any drinking water and in the current cold/mild weather it won't have any environmental impact but if it was in the summer and it was losing blood, the blood would cause a toxic algae bloom that would kill many creatures.
Stillness wrote:The land is owned privately, it is not Eastleigh Borough Council's land
Ginger_cyclist wrote:Yet the Council is reported as saying that the horse is on private land. The plot thickens.
The land owner there is Eastleigh Borough Council, Eastliegh and District Angling Club only lease the fishing rights for 2 of the lakes at Lakeside, so it's the Council who should remove it.
cantthinkofone
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5:27pm Tue 19 Feb 13
southy wrote:I'm not in favour of killing things for fun, and in my experience even those that are killing for a legitimate purpose (as your farmer friends are I expect) tend to take an unhealthy glee in it. So I'd not be doing as you would.
St Retford wrote:Then if my kids felt like that, I would go and see one of my farmer friends and take my kid out hunting rabbits and show them how to kill, clean, gut and skin a rabbit and cook it afterwards and teach them about nature.
DanielBrown wrote:It's a good question. I would sit them down with a DVD of the Lion King and tell them it's all part of the circle of life.
southy wrote:While I recognize its a good point about the chain of a waterway can I just put it to you that Lakeside is the premier destination for dog walkers and outdoor leisure in Eastleigh. Many people use it including children, what kind of experience is it for them seeing a dead horse in a stream?! How would you like if your child came across it and was upset or put off nature from it?
sue 63 wrote:The trouble with people now days is that they do not know the intresting small facts of nature.
Disgusting. If that had been a human being, Private land or not it would have been moved. All the powers that be should be ashamed of them selves.Can't believe they are leaving it there all this time. Never mind the Contamination that does not seem to matter. So is it going to just sit and rot.
Its Not Contaminating any thing, Rivers and Streams and Brooks have marine creatures that deal with dead aminals. its all part of the food chain of a waterway.
But what I would do is talk to the children about the life cycle, about nature. I'd agree with them that it was a bit sad, and not very nice to see, but that death is something that happens to everything eventually.
I grew up on the edge of Dartmoor, and we'd sometimes come across a dead sheep or other animal whilst out walking. Sometimes it would be recently dead, sometimes it would be just a skeleton, and sometimes somewhere in between. It wasn't a *pleasant* thing to see, but death is a fact of life and is something we should be educating our children about rather than running from with horrified shrieks, or complaining to the council about.
Although admittedly it would be quite fun to march up and down outside the council offices with placards demanding that they put an end to mortality.
WalkingOnAWire
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6:19pm Tue 19 Feb 13
pepepe wrote:Apparently, when asked about the horse, Maria Hutchings said, "I'm a local mother of four. I'm local. And I've got four children. So I'm a local mother, of four. That's the most important thing for you to understand. Local...four. Horse...eh? No, I've only got the four children. Oh, and did I mention I was local?"
A major issue but no comment from the parliamentary candidates yet!
J.P.M
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6:28pm Tue 19 Feb 13
mobrown
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6:39pm Tue 19 Feb 13
BerryMan wrote:I found this horse and if i had the strength to get in there and pull it out and bury it in the woods i would, anyone out there want to help me ?
sue 63 wrote:How do you propose they move it then? I doubt you can get vehicles close looking from the picture.
Disgusting. If that had been a human being, Private land or not it would have been moved. All the powers that be should be ashamed of them selves.Can't believe they are leaving it there all this time. Never mind the Contamination that does not seem to matter. So is it going to just sit and rot.
Maybe you can get together with the dog walkers and get your feet wet?
mobrown
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6:43pm Tue 19 Feb 13
sotonwinch09 wrote:When i phoned the police on 101 Not 999 i may add, they said i had done the right thing as this horse could have been stolen or shot or stabbed, no one knows if that happened because no one has turned it over to check the other side of it's body ! There have been many cases of horses being stolen and stabbed and dumped in hampshire !
Why phone the police for this? What are they going to do? It's not their job to remove dead animals from streams.
mobrown
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6:48pm Tue 19 Feb 13
St Retford wrote:Not if it has been stabbed or shot, the horse is in the same position as it was when i found it, it's laying on it's side and no one can see what the other side of it looks like ! The day before this horse was running around with another one and now there is no sign of the other one !
DanielBrown wrote:It's a good question. I would sit them down with a DVD of the Lion King and tell them it's all part of the circle of life.
southy wrote:While I recognize its a good point about the chain of a waterway can I just put it to you that Lakeside is the premier destination for dog walkers and outdoor leisure in Eastleigh. Many people use it including children, what kind of experience is it for them seeing a dead horse in a stream?! How would you like if your child came across it and was upset or put off nature from it?
sue 63 wrote:The trouble with people now days is that they do not know the intresting small facts of nature.
Disgusting. If that had been a human being, Private land or not it would have been moved. All the powers that be should be ashamed of them selves.Can't believe they are leaving it there all this time. Never mind the Contamination that does not seem to matter. So is it going to just sit and rot.
Its Not Contaminating any thing, Rivers and Streams and Brooks have marine creatures that deal with dead aminals. its all part of the food chain of a waterway.
J.P.M
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7:18pm Tue 19 Feb 13
Its only a horse
What emotion do you feel when you see the terrible atrocities against humans in Mali?
cantthinkofone
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7:30pm Tue 19 Feb 13
WalkingOnAWire wrote::-D
pepepe wrote:Apparently, when asked about the horse, Maria Hutchings said, "I'm a local mother of four. I'm local. And I've got four children. So I'm a local mother, of four. That's the most important thing for you to understand. Local...four. Horse...eh? No, I've only got the four children. Oh, and did I mention I was local?"
A major issue but no comment from the parliamentary candidates yet!
Nice job.
cantthinkofone
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7:33pm Tue 19 Feb 13
mobrown wrote:"The day before this horse was running around with another one and now there is no sign of the other one!"
St Retford wrote:Not if it has been stabbed or shot, the horse is in the same position as it was when i found it, it's laying on it's side and no one can see what the other side of it looks like ! The day before this horse was running around with another one and now there is no sign of the other one !
DanielBrown wrote:It's a good question. I would sit them down with a DVD of the Lion King and tell them it's all part of the circle of life.
southy wrote:While I recognize its a good point about the chain of a waterway can I just put it to you that Lakeside is the premier destination for dog walkers and outdoor leisure in Eastleigh. Many people use it including children, what kind of experience is it for them seeing a dead horse in a stream?! How would you like if your child came across it and was upset or put off nature from it?
sue 63 wrote:The trouble with people now days is that they do not know the intresting small facts of nature.
Disgusting. If that had been a human being, Private land or not it would have been moved. All the powers that be should be ashamed of them selves.Can't believe they are leaving it there all this time. Never mind the Contamination that does not seem to matter. So is it going to just sit and rot.
Its Not Contaminating any thing, Rivers and Streams and Brooks have marine creatures that deal with dead aminals. its all part of the food chain of a waterway.
The other horse has clearly stabbed and killed his friend in a fit of rage, and done a runner.
Can you describe this other horse? I think we all need to be on our guard against this equine psycho.
J.P.M
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7:47pm Tue 19 Feb 13
cantthinkofone wrote:Yes - if you grew up in Ivybridge, I am not surprised that you sometimes came across a dead sheep....
southy wrote:I'm not in favour of killing things for fun, and in my experience even those that are killing for a legitimate purpose (as your farmer friends are I expect) tend to take an unhealthy glee in it. So I'd not be doing as you would.
St Retford wrote:Then if my kids felt like that, I would go and see one of my farmer friends and take my kid out hunting rabbits and show them how to kill, clean, gut and skin a rabbit and cook it afterwards and teach them about nature.
DanielBrown wrote:It's a good question. I would sit them down with a DVD of the Lion King and tell them it's all part of the circle of life.
southy wrote:While I recognize its a good point about the chain of a waterway can I just put it to you that Lakeside is the premier destination for dog walkers and outdoor leisure in Eastleigh. Many people use it including children, what kind of experience is it for them seeing a dead horse in a stream?! How would you like if your child came across it and was upset or put off nature from it?
sue 63 wrote:The trouble with people now days is that they do not know the intresting small facts of nature.
Disgusting. If that had been a human being, Private land or not it would have been moved. All the powers that be should be ashamed of them selves.Can't believe they are leaving it there all this time. Never mind the Contamination that does not seem to matter. So is it going to just sit and rot.
Its Not Contaminating any thing, Rivers and Streams and Brooks have marine creatures that deal with dead aminals. its all part of the food chain of a waterway.
But what I would do is talk to the children about the life cycle, about nature. I'd agree with them that it was a bit sad, and not very nice to see, but that death is something that happens to everything eventually.
I grew up on the edge of Dartmoor, and we'd sometimes come across a dead sheep or other animal whilst out walking. Sometimes it would be recently dead, sometimes it would be just a skeleton, and sometimes somewhere in between. It wasn't a *pleasant* thing to see, but death is a fact of life and is something we should be educating our children about rather than running from with horrified shrieks, or complaining to the council about.
Although admittedly it would be quite fun to march up and down outside the council offices with placards demanding that they put an end to mortality.
Sir Ad E Noid
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7:56pm Tue 19 Feb 13
sue 63 wrote:It is only a horse. It is unimportant apart from the smell and the contamination issue. Saying that, who owns the horse?
Disgusting. If that had been a human being, Private land or not it would have been moved. All the powers that be should be ashamed of them selves.Can't believe they are leaving it there all this time. Never mind the Contamination that does not seem to matter. So is it going to just sit and rot.
J.P.M
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7:58pm Tue 19 Feb 13
Sir Ad E Noid wrote:Read the posts.
sue 63 wrote:It is only a horse. It is unimportant apart from the smell and the contamination issue. Saying that, who owns the horse?
Disgusting. If that had been a human being, Private land or not it would have been moved. All the powers that be should be ashamed of them selves.Can't believe they are leaving it there all this time. Never mind the Contamination that does not seem to matter. So is it going to just sit and rot.
Some chaps who do a fair bit of tarmacadam / wittling of clothespegs / checking that your garden shed is locked
cantthinkofone
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8:30pm Tue 19 Feb 13
J.P.M wrote:That's rather lost on me I'm afraid.
cantthinkofone wrote:Yes - if you grew up in Ivybridge, I am not surprised that you sometimes came across a dead sheep....
southy wrote:I'm not in favour of killing things for fun, and in my experience even those that are killing for a legitimate purpose (as your farmer friends are I expect) tend to take an unhealthy glee in it. So I'd not be doing as you would.
St Retford wrote:Then if my kids felt like that, I would go and see one of my farmer friends and take my kid out hunting rabbits and show them how to kill, clean, gut and skin a rabbit and cook it afterwards and teach them about nature.
DanielBrown wrote:It's a good question. I would sit them down with a DVD of the Lion King and tell them it's all part of the circle of life.
southy wrote:While I recognize its a good point about the chain of a waterway can I just put it to you that Lakeside is the premier destination for dog walkers and outdoor leisure in Eastleigh. Many people use it including children, what kind of experience is it for them seeing a dead horse in a stream?! How would you like if your child came across it and was upset or put off nature from it?
sue 63 wrote:The trouble with people now days is that they do not know the intresting small facts of nature.
Disgusting. If that had been a human being, Private land or not it would have been moved. All the powers that be should be ashamed of them selves.Can't believe they are leaving it there all this time. Never mind the Contamination that does not seem to matter. So is it going to just sit and rot.
Its Not Contaminating any thing, Rivers and Streams and Brooks have marine creatures that deal with dead aminals. its all part of the food chain of a waterway.
But what I would do is talk to the children about the life cycle, about nature. I'd agree with them that it was a bit sad, and not very nice to see, but that death is something that happens to everything eventually.
I grew up on the edge of Dartmoor, and we'd sometimes come across a dead sheep or other animal whilst out walking. Sometimes it would be recently dead, sometimes it would be just a skeleton, and sometimes somewhere in between. It wasn't a *pleasant* thing to see, but death is a fact of life and is something we should be educating our children about rather than running from with horrified shrieks, or complaining to the council about.
Although admittedly it would be quite fun to march up and down outside the council offices with placards demanding that they put an end to mortality.
I was a bit NW of there.
J.P.M
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8:44pm Tue 19 Feb 13
cantthinkofone wrote:Dead ponies then?
J.P.M wrote:That's rather lost on me I'm afraid.
cantthinkofone wrote:Yes - if you grew up in Ivybridge, I am not surprised that you sometimes came across a dead sheep....
southy wrote:I'm not in favour of killing things for fun, and in my experience even those that are killing for a legitimate purpose (as your farmer friends are I expect) tend to take an unhealthy glee in it. So I'd not be doing as you would.
St Retford wrote:Then if my kids felt like that, I would go and see one of my farmer friends and take my kid out hunting rabbits and show them how to kill, clean, gut and skin a rabbit and cook it afterwards and teach them about nature.
DanielBrown wrote:It's a good question. I would sit them down with a DVD of the Lion King and tell them it's all part of the circle of life.
southy wrote:While I recognize its a good point about the chain of a waterway can I just put it to you that Lakeside is the premier destination for dog walkers and outdoor leisure in Eastleigh. Many people use it including children, what kind of experience is it for them seeing a dead horse in a stream?! How would you like if your child came across it and was upset or put off nature from it?
sue 63 wrote:The trouble with people now days is that they do not know the intresting small facts of nature.
Disgusting. If that had been a human being, Private land or not it would have been moved. All the powers that be should be ashamed of them selves.Can't believe they are leaving it there all this time. Never mind the Contamination that does not seem to matter. So is it going to just sit and rot.
Its Not Contaminating any thing, Rivers and Streams and Brooks have marine creatures that deal with dead aminals. its all part of the food chain of a waterway.
But what I would do is talk to the children about the life cycle, about nature. I'd agree with them that it was a bit sad, and not very nice to see, but that death is something that happens to everything eventually.
I grew up on the edge of Dartmoor, and we'd sometimes come across a dead sheep or other animal whilst out walking. Sometimes it would be recently dead, sometimes it would be just a skeleton, and sometimes somewhere in between. It wasn't a *pleasant* thing to see, but death is a fact of life and is something we should be educating our children about rather than running from with horrified shrieks, or complaining to the council about.
Although admittedly it would be quite fun to march up and down outside the council offices with placards demanding that they put an end to mortality.
I was a bit NW of there.
WalkingOnAWire
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9:51pm Tue 19 Feb 13
Is that what those green horsey coats you sometimes see them wearing actually are? It's all making sense to me now!
mobrown
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10:37pm Tue 19 Feb 13
It will take ages to rot away, but if you are ever walking along the river itchen one day, look out for horse bones floating along it !! I have done all i can now !!
Subject48
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11:52am Wed 20 Feb 13
7:18pm Tue 19 Feb 13
Calm down Mo.
Its only a horse
What emotion do you feel when you see the terrible atrocities against humans in Mali?”
Dont be silly. Those africans are no where near as cute as our pets and far less important to worry about. The
"what about the children!?" argument is the joker card in this pack of arguments.
There has been a lot of horsing around regarding this. I'll trott off now, tada.
stephie101
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12:05pm Wed 20 Feb 13
Furthermore, this land is privately owned so all you outraged dog walkers have also been trespassing!
cantthinkofone
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10:01pm Fri 22 Feb 13
mobrown wrote:Very well intentioned mo. There's nothing wrong with you reporting it.
I want to point out that the reason i wanted this to be reported is incase there is a horse owner out there that has had their horse stolen and may recognise it and want to lay it to rest, and the hope that there is some kind person out there that would see it and think I can help remove this horse so it can be out of the river and away from children playing, but i doubt it, most people think it's a big joke on here. I hope any of you that own pets don't ever have a pet stolen and wonder what has happened to it !!!
It will take ages to rot away, but if you are ever walking along the river itchen one day, look out for horse bones floating along it !! I have done all i can now !!
People are taking the mick out of the Echo reporting it as a newsworthy story. It's not a reflection on you personally.
sue 63 says...
6:51am Tue 19 Feb 13