Horses found starved to death on abandoned golf course

FOUR horses starved to death on an abandoned golf course near Cork city.

And at least 10 other emaciated horses or ponies were running wild on the site outside Blarney yesterday.

Gardaí and the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ISPCA) were last night trying to trace those responsible for what one animal welfare inspector described as “an appalling and distressing” case.