Obese, overfed and dangerously unhealthy - this is the current crisis in horse welfare, according to a groundbreaking survey released today by World Horse Welfare.

An 18 year old man from Guildford has been banned from keeping horses for two years after he pleaded guilty to failing to provide veterinary treatment to a pony with a horrific eye injury.

Twenty ponies rescued from a scrap yard can finally look forward to a happy and secure future, thanks to the hard work of World Horse Welfare.

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

A West Sussex man who neglected horses in his care has received a three month suspended jail term and been banned for life from keeping equines.