Once again, Phil Hoyle's report on the Carmarthenshire mutilation incident follows:
APFU
Pony Mutilation, 5th January, 2012. Cifflig, Whitland, Carmarthenshire.
Preliminary Report:
Animal: 7 year old Male Pony, 'Barney'
Mutilation Injuries: Both eyes removed, mouth slit, ear cut and body slashed open in the attack leaving a one by two foot cut along the abdomen.
Horse Owner: Linda Vickerage
Daughter: Nicola Mann.
Location: Cifflig, Whitland, Carmarthenshire.
Whitland, Carmarthenshire an area of renowned unusual activity
The attack on Barney was the first of 3 confirmed attacks from West Wales, Cornwall and Devon.
Police investigation concluded Barney had died of natural causes but the Facebook comments from Nicola, daughter of Linda Vickerage that owned mutilated pony clearly demonstrates the anger, frustration and bewilderment of what appears to an editing of the facts that the body had been cut upon and body parts removed by a sharp instrument.
Owner Linda Vickerage found 7-year-old Barney dead in his field in Ciffig, in the Whitland area, on Thursday (5 January) when she went to feed him and another pony he shared the field with.
Barney had reportedly had his eyes removed, mouth slit, ear cut and body slashed open in the attack.
Linda Vickerage had owned Barney for six-and-a-half years offered a reward to assist in the arrest of the perpetrators.
Her daughter Nicola Mann said his eyes appeared to have been cut to blind him and there was a long gash along his stomach.
"My mother is absolutely devastated. She has lost her little friend and animals are everything to her.
"Barney was a pet and he was so well loved. He was a rescue pony so had had a hard enough life anyway."
Dyfed-Powys Police said officers were called to a field on 5 January.
"The horse had sustained several injuries including to the abdomen and the eyes," it said, adding that initial tests had proved inconclusive.
Police were investigating the attack on Barney along the lines of a Satanic ritual but the 5th of January is not considered to be relevant to the Satanist calendar such as the 7th of January which is St. Winebald’s day which is falsely believed to be an event dedicated to animal or human sacrifice and dismemberment by Satanic cults.
But the 7th of January was the day another mutilation was reported in Cornwall where a stallion called Eric was found dean and mutilated in a similar way to Barney.
Dyfed-Powys Police force now say it has concluded that the horse died from natural causes.
"There will be no criminal investigation into this matter," it added.
His owners say they still believe he was attacked and his death may be linked to some sort of ritual due to cuts to his eyes and stomach and not forgetting the apparent precise and what appeared to the initial first two vets as surgical removal of the ***** and testicles.
It is clear from the F.B posting below by Nicola Mann daughter of the pony owner that the Dyfed-Powys Police conclusion was premature and a full and open mined investigation was not undertaken. A vet employed by the Dyfed-Powys Police did not examine Barney until a full 7 days after his death which would make any scientific evaluation for the cause of the injuries virtually impossible.
Face Book Posting by Nicola Mann:
Nicola Mann
"I'm Nicola, the daughter of Linda. Thanks for the lovely supportive comments. As you can imagine this is devastating. Barney was a rescue pony and the sweetest gentile little soul. I'm reading the news reports that the "police are doing an investigation"..well that's just not true...they took two hours to respond to the call, didn't even bother to go and look at his body on Thursday when it was reported and only did on Friday when my brother and I insisted that they do so. Since then the police have never once asked any questions or showed any interest in the mutilation of Barney. A two foot long by one foot deep cut deep cut has been made along Barney's stomach and his genitals (he was a stallion) have been removed, his eyes, ears and mouth were cut. I asked the police who attended on Friday why they haven't treated this as suspicious when anyone can see with an untrained eye that the wound to his abdomen was foul play. Her comment....."it was dark when we saw the pony's body" It was evident that boot prints and other evidence were around the scene. Now another poor stallion in Cornwall has been taken under the same fate. Can anyone help us get the word out about how serious this needs to be treated? We really need help to stop this happening again and find the people who did this to these two stallions. To date I have £500 reward for anyone giving information leading to a conviction..so please if you think you may know anything please contact us. Please email me with any help or information you might have missmann2001@yahoo.com. I just won’t stop or let these thugs sleep easy until we have justice for our dear friend Barney. Thanks again for your heart warming messages. Nicola"
Two further attacks followed the attack on Barney and a further 3 attacks one on a pregnant mare on Dartmoor and two separate mutilations of sheep and goats have yet to be confirmed near Bodmin
Again as with these attacks the media and authorities were quick to point the finger of suspicion at satanic cults and Satanism in general that apparently is rife across the southern counties or to conclude the animals died of natural causes which are simply absurd. The following newspaper articles show how the story unfolded over the following days and eventually resulted in a mass of contradictions media hype and accusations of a cover up.
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