Horse grazing by abandoned appartment block in Ballymun estate, Dublin
Young boy riding his horse on Bell Camp housing estate.
The Smithfield horse market in central Dublin
Boy and his horse during the Smithfield horse market in central Dublin
Community warden Rosina Joyce walking between houses with the illegal shed on the Travelers estate in Tuam
Boys and their horse walk in central Dubli
Young boy riding his horse on Bell Camp housing estate
Dead horse on recultivated Dunsink landfill
Galway. Janine Zanon, inspector of GSPCA (Galway Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) is retrieving a horse from a young owner, with the police helping her. The pony was starved and it collapsed later during transport, but was finally saved
Homeless horses on the street in Finglas estate
Boy sits on a horse and smokes a cigarette during the Smithfield horse market in central Dublin
Jayl and his horse Gizmo on Bell Camp housing estate in Dublin
Dead horse, shot in a head by owners
Mural of a horse at the estate in northern Dublin
Young boys riding their horses by Mc Donald's on Bell Camp housing estate
Luke, 12, with his horse by their home on Bell Camp housing estate
Since the beginning of crisis, between 10 and 20 thousand horses in Ireland have become homeless or gone in the hands of the youths in urban areas. Many Irish people who used to buy horses for fun during the boom years of "Celtic Tiger", now are abandoning them faced with expenditure of 35 Euro a day needed to properly maintain such large animal. Horse previously worth 2000 Euro now can be purchased for as little as 80 Euro or just caught on the street for free. New owners keep their horses in city greens, city ruins, or their house gardens, in very bad conditions. Most animals do not get much food, many are starving, dying.
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