The animal welfare charity revealed tonight that the pony which had died on a campsite on Sunday at this year's event had 'showed all the signs of exhaustion'.
The RSPCA has expressed more concerns about horses being overworked in acts of cruelty at the historic Appleby horse fair In some cases, owners were ordered to unhitch their buggies from their horses to allow the animals to rest from their exertions. 'Unfortunately, there is also an element of people who think it's okay to drive horses to the point of exhaustion, and disappointingly we've seen the most serious results of that this week.A boy tries to climb on a horse in the river in Appleby, Cumbria'Everyone knows about the horse who died at Jubilee Bridge on Wednesday, but we had a Shetland pony who died in the residential section at the back of the Trade Field on Saturday too, which showed all the signs of exhaustion.
The RSPCA recorded 438 interventions by their officers during the event which officially ends on Wednesday this week, although most travellers had left Appleby on Sunday or early today.A tradesman sells birds during the Appleby Horse Fair, pictured last week The RSPCA;s Chief Inspector Molloy said last week: 'The horse's temperature was very high, and he was covered in rubs.
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