More than 20,000 horses could have suffered at the hands of the meat trader arrested amid grotesque scenes of animal suffering this week. Jamie Gray, 44, has been dealing in horses, ponies and donkeys for at least 25 years, according to sources close to the investigation, who yesterday described the scene at his farm as an “equine Belsen”.
Throughout much of that time, the RSPCA claims to have been looking at his case, concerned about the conditions of the animals destined for Continental dinner Over the last few days 111 creatures have been rescued from the smallholding Last night the charity was under fire for failing to act quickly enough to end the suffering of scores of creatures trapped in hellish conditions at Spindles Farm in Hyde Heath, Buckinghamshire.