The problem came to light again this week after a pony starved to death in a field in the centre of Carlow town and was then left there to rot.
When Jane Kelly, a volunteer with the local SPCA, arrived the pony had been down for four days and was in the last stages of death.Jane rang the vet but 20 minutes before he arrived the animal died.

Yet Another Horse Starves To Death In The town Centre (Lynda Connolly, Carlow People)