Two new cases of mutilation on horses are to be deplored in the Yvelines since the last assessment delivered last August by the public prosecutor Maryvonne Caillebotte.
These two new complaints bring to seven the number of animal cruelty incidents still unresolved in the department since the beginning of the year.
And they continue to fuel the psychosis with the owners.
Saturday, October 3 in Les Mesnuls, the owner of a pony had filed a complaint after the disappearance of her animal, which was finally found dead, lying in a ditch.
He had marks of mutilation on his head and tongue, and his nostrils were severed.
A few days earlier, on Monday, September 28, a horse had already been found in Chavenay with the rump punctured with notches of about fifteen centimeters.
"If there are two new complaints, confirms the prosecutor, the judicial file is at a standstill and no author and no explanation has been discovered for the time being".
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Always unexplained mutilations
Since the beginning of this strange wave of cruelty on horses which affects the whole of France, five proven facts had already been identified by the parquet floor of Versailles.
The first dates back to April 1st.
In Magny-les-Hameaux, a mare had both ears cut off and died of her injuries.
On July 14 in Moisson, a donkey was also found with a cut ear.
On August 3 in Marcq, a horse presented a large wound in the leg.
A mare was also discovered on August 24 at Chevreuse with a large cut at the neck.
Finally on September 2 in Longvilliers, it is a sheep that had been horribly mutilated.
His skin had notably been torn off on part of the back and neck.
A special investigation unit
In an attempt to identify the attacker (s), the Yvelines gendarmes created a special investigation unit comprising soldiers from the Versailles group and research section and working in conjunction with Oclaesp (Office central de Lutte contre les damage to the environment and public health).
The gendarmes have also put in place an action and prevention plan to try to reassure the horse owners in the department.
They monitor equestrian facilities and provide advice to horse owners on how to protect themselves.
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The Departmental Directorate for the Protection of the Population (DDPP) estimates that around 35,000 equines live in the Paris region, including 15,000 in the Yvelines for around 750 owners.
We must add to this total all the "retired" horses who live in the meadow and which are not registered.