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Abandoned: 250 wild horses have been left in Brigend by gypsies who could not afford to feed them
Abandoned: 250 wild horses have been left in Brigend by gypsies who could not afford to feed them
Five of the horses have been killed when they were hit by cars and others are starving because they are not being fed.
RSPCA inspectors were today on the scene at Bridgend, South Wales, after calls from worried animal lovers.
The horses are believed to belong to gypsy families who have moved on from the area and were unable to pay for their feed and upkeep.
Hundreds of people have posted messages on a Facebook page set up by the Society for the Welfare of Horses and Ponies.
Chairwoman Jenny Macgregor said: 'The horses are everywhere, we've had reports of them getting onto the M4 motorway and being killed.
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Campaign: Hundreds of people have posted messages about the wild horses on this Facebook page
Campaign: Hundreds of people have posted messages about the wild horses on this Facebook page
'The situation is out of control.'
Residents in the town say they have been woken up by small groups of horses galloping past their homes in the middle of the night.
'Animal lover Pat Jones said: 'They have apparently been wandering around for the last few days.
One of my friends has spent the morning trying to keep them from running into the road.
'There are around 250, but they have split up into groups and they are absolutely starving.
'I've heard that at least five or six have been found dead. It's really sad.'
An RSPCA spokesman said: 'We are assessing the situation.'
Comment: Something really strange has been going on for some time now in the area of Bridgend, South Wales. It started with the series of suicides, but also included other types of unstable behavior. Here is the chronicle of human tragedy:
25 Jan 2008: Number of young people found hanged in 'suicide cult town' rises to 13
15 Feb 2008: Bridgend, South Wales: Two cousins from 'suicide town' hang themselves within hours as death toll rises
19 Feb 2008: Bridgend, suicide and the internet: the facts
19 Feb 2008: Bridgend Suicides: Another young person's body found
21 Feb 2008: Father of Bridgend suicide teenager says death was linked
21 Feb 2008: Bridgend suicides: Some stories need to be told
08 Apr 2008: UK: Teenagers worked to keep young woman alive after 'suicide bid'
10 Apr 2008: What's going on? UK: Another hanging death in Bridgend
20 Apr 2008: Bridgend, UK: Officers probe death of man, 19
08 Jun 2008: Bridgend, UK: Tributes paid to the 20th person found hanged
17 Jun 2008: Suicide number 22: Three Bridgend 'hanging victims' lived in same street
22 Jun 2008: Bridgend Suicides Linked to Cell Phone Towers
12 Aug 2008: UK: Bridgend hanging is 23rd suicide in area in 20 months
11 Nov 2008: Bridgend, Wales: Woman found dead in 'suicide county'
06 Jun 2009: Wales: Earthquake hits Port Talbot
13 Oct 2009: South Wales cat killer strikes again
13 Nov 2009: Bridgend Is A Strange Place: Wife Posed As Schoolgirl To Trap Paedophile Husband
12 May 2010: UK: 20-Year-Old Hanged Himself in Private Prison
05 Jul 2010: UK: 5-Year-Old Girl is Second Child to be Crushed to Death by Electric Gates in a Week
06 Oct 2010: South Wales: "Bullied" 12-Year-Old Schoolgirl Dies in Dad's Arms
25 Oct 2010: What is going on in Bridgend, Wales? Another case in the string of weirdness: Schoolgirl battered to death with brick
05 Jan 2011: UK: Another hanging in Bridgend
Also, consider the following excerpt from Superluminal Communications session dated 20 June 2009: