'She was just bone and she was rotting': Horse put down after being 'savagely beaten' in Cork

An animal charity has slammed the level of cruelty in the country after a pony had to be destroyed due to what they believe were several savage beatings inflicted over several days and weeks.

Gardaí were called to an area in Fairhill, in the north of Cork city last night by a stranger alerting them to a horse which was in distressed.