In my previous article, I reported on the inhumane and completely uncompassionate way the ponies were treated during this year’s Bolesławieckie Święto Ceramiki. The animals stood on the roadway all Saturday at the intersection of the streets near Asnyka and right beside the large carousel, under a billboard. All day in the so-called frying pan, in temperatures above 30 degrees Celsius.
As I later learned, the ponies were examined by a veterinarian, who stated that everything was fine; could they have forgotten about the Animal Protection Act, which clearly states that an animal must be provided with shelter protecting it from cold and heat, with constant access to water?...
Unfortunately, for two days the comments from Bolesławiec residents, who regularly suggested that the ponies should be provided with shade, made no impression on their owner.
On Sunday, history repeated itself and the animals were taken to exactly the same places they had occupied the day before. At around noon, I approached their “handlers” with my sister, and one of the employees then began behaving aggressively and vulgarly toward us. He took pictures of us, claiming that we were harassing his colleagues and the owners, and waved his hands. He followed us for about 100 metres, shouting that we should stop taking pictures and “f*** off,” and that “nobody else is picking on them, only we have some kind of problem.”
Fortunately, several minutes later, Anna Ryżewska also became interested in the matter. She was once the president and secretary of the Animal Aid Association and remains actively involved in the organisation’s activities. She noticed that the ponies had no water. She called the police to the scene and presented the entire situation very factually.
After a heated discussion with the owner of the animals and the officers, the animals were supposed to be moved to the shaded area around the municipal pond. The owner assured us that she knew where it was, after which, once we had left, the employees took them to the square in front of the Jazzva restaurant.
When I noticed, on my way home, that the horses still had no shade, I pointed out to the “handlers” that the indicated place was a little farther away and that the ponies would really be better off there. However, I was verbally attacked by the same employee who had threatened me earlier, while the owners completely ignored me and continued leading the animals around with children.
Before long, the matter was reported to the police again, this time by a friend of Ms Ania who is sensitive to harm done to animals. This time, the intervention was effective enough that the horses were taken away and removed from the city.
The whole matter was, in a sense, resolved, but Ms Ania drew attention to another important issue. The owners of these ponies claimed that they ran a stable. Naturally, they did not want to say where it was, but knowing the vehicle registration numbers, it is not difficult to find out.
Unfortunately, I do not even want to think about how the other animals are treated there…
What do you think?