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If asked to describe a typical horse cruelty case, most people would immediately think about a thin horse, but in reality fat and obese horses are now at epidemic level and the long term effects they suffer can be catastrophic. In the first research of its kind, World Horse Welfare surveyed 2150 members of the general public to provide feedback on the biggest horse welfare problems in Britain today

In July 2008 World Horse Welfare took Horse and Hound magazine to mainland Europe to see the reality of what horses are subjected to in their last few days before slaughter.

25 thin and neglected foals, stallions and pregnant mares were removed from an isolated farm in Aberdeenshire.

Field Officer Nick White gives a graphic description of the sights, sounds and smells that confronted him as one of the first animal welfare charity employees to enter Spindles Farm, Amersham.

At four years old Digger the Clydesdale still has some growing to do, but at 19hh already, the staff at Belwade Farm in Aboyne are wondering just how much!

Actress Claire King, travelled to Lesotho in August 2008 where she met farriers and saddlery students being trained by the charity and the problems faced by horses there.

World Horse Welfare is working to help the scrapheap horses of Soweto - will you help?