Animals’ deaths at cliffs ‘planned and sinister’

A live horse was discovered near where rotting carcasses of around 17 animals were found at the base of cliffs in what has been described as a “planned and sinister” act.

It was initially thought the horse was also dead but it started moving and a vet had to put it down, as it was in a very bad condition.

Clare ISPCA officer Frankie Coote described the deaths of the animals — 10 horses, four cattle, and three calves — at the base of Baltard Cliffs in Doonbeg, Co Clare, as “planned and sinister”.