Letters sent for Campaign for murdered horses

[Lorraine L]

Thanks to St4ffsmum for this to contact your MP


[e-mail]

This is the email address for the Chief Welfare Officer at the BHS who was on Central News last night.

www.writetothem.com/?keyword=write%20to%20them&creativeid=494396979&gclid=CO6ascvljJICFQOIMAodzH1u9g

Link to website where you just put your postcode in and takes you straight to your MP, copy Smudges letter, insert the bits you need to hit enter, simple

[Lorraine L]

Suggested letter from Smudge for us to send out:

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<your address>
<date>

<your MP's name> MP
House of Commons
LONDON
SW1A 0AA

Dear <your MP's name>

Re: Recent Cruelty Attacks on Horses

I am writing to you to express my concerns about the recent increase in equine related crime, specifically the knife attacks on horses resulting in severe injury and death.

I am an active member of Britains horse owning public and you should be aware that there is growing outrage amongst horse owners following some serious attacks on these gentle creatures in their owners fields and stables, on their owners own property.

Horses are gentle, trusting animals. They are not born to trust humans, owners and breeders spend huge amounts of time and effort training them to accept human contact. There is a lot of emotional involvement. Horses cost significant amounts of money to keep - on average £200 - £300 a month. Horses cost a lot of money to purchase initially - £3000 upwards on average. Therefore, I fail to understand why perpetraters of such crimes as this: (insert link to Maggies story) are not dealt with more severely by the courts and the crimes taken extremely seriously by the police.

The fact is that horses are the property of the tax paying, voting public. Why is our property not being properly protected with severe, deterrent sentences handed out when the perpetrators are caught and prosectuted?

To slash an innocent, trusting animal and leave it slowly bleeding to death in a field is a sad indication of exactly what these people are capable of. Why is the govenment not taking these crimes more seriously when there is a clear link between animal cruelty and even more serious crimes later on?

I am writing to you as my MP, as my elected member of government to ask you exactly what is going to be done about this appalling, growing trend of attacks on horses?

I look forward to your reply.

Yours

<name>

[EMW-UK]

We have had a good reply from Bill Wiggin MP. Our questions asked in our letter regarding the deterants and sentencing will be raised with Minister for Animal Welfare and the reply given to us.

emw.

[Lorraine L]

Oh thats excellent Elaine. I had a favourable response from mine to say that he shares our views on the matter and gave me some contacts.

[madmare1]

Waiting to speak to my MP...Nigel Evans..and will let you know how I get on!

[davinabowyer]

After speaking to my MP SIR PATRICK CORMACK last friday i've received a letter and it reads as follows.

It was so good to see you on friday and although nothing can ever make up for the appalling events of last year i thought it was a remarkable community occasion.
I also thought the potrait was splendid and i am sure it will give you much pleasure and comfort over the years.

You raised the question of sentencing and this is just to let you know that i shall be making some enquiries about this when parliament returns on 21 April, after which i wll write to you again.

Good all good wishes SIR PATRICK CORMACK.

[davinabowyer]

Sorry, ending should have read, ( With all good wishes ) Please keep fingers crossed.

[LuckyRed]

have you got a website link to maggies story?

[LuckyRed]

I wrote to my MP about this (from the link in the first post) and have just recieved the response below - who knows, there might be a drip-drip-drip effect!


Sarah, just a note to say that Ed has written on your behalf to the DEFRA Minister, Jane Kennedy MP, and will let you know when he receives a reply.

Anne


Anne Langley
Private Secretary to
Ed Vaizey MP
Shadow Minister for the Arts