A former teacher has been found not guilty of causing a protected animal unnecessary suffering after video footage showed her kicking and slapping a horse.
The 39-year-old says she lost her job as a teacher over the incident but denied two animal cruelty offences, claiming her actions were proportionate and necessary in the circumstances.
Moulds told the jury she owns four horses, has ridden them since the age of four and had owned child's pony Bruce for two-and-a-half years at the time of the incident on 6 November 2021.Bruce, 11 years old at the time, was being ridden by a child in the Cottesmore Hunt, one of Britain's oldest foxhound packs, in the vicinity of The Drift, Gunby.
Bruce eventually stopped to graze on a grass verge and was seen on camera returning to his owners before being chastised by Moulds and being led into a horse box, the court heard.The pony is still owned by Moulds, lives on her property in Somerby, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, and has a"wonderfully idyllic" life, she said.
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