horse poo

flipnflap | 12:26 Tue 04th Sep 2012 | Animals & Nature

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Are riders not obliged to pick up the poo of the horses they're on in the same way that dog-owners/walkers are required to? And, if not, why not as it makes much more of a mess.

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B00

I remember quite a heated thread about this some time ago, and the answer, thank goodness is no, they don't.

Would you honestly expect riders, to dismount, on the road, scoop up crap, holding up the traffic while they do it?

woofgang

No they aren't but they shouldn't be riding on the pavement as that is illegal so there shoudn't be horsepoo on the pavement.

B00

And its usually on a road, where (usually) only cars go on- so it makes a mess...how?

woofgang

So far as I know, dog owners don't have to poopscoop if it's in the road either, but I wouldn't be asking my dog to poo in the road or in the gutter.....way too dangerous.

ummmm

Does it carry the same risks as dog poo?

B00

no ummmm, being herbivores their poo is totally organic.

Old_Geezer

I suspect the law is as it is because it was the landed gentry that rode horses and they couldn't be considered liable to clear that up as they go. But the plus point i s that vegatarian poo is less potentially dangerous to you than other poo. Which is why you can shovel it up and put it on your rhubarb (before picking & stewing it).

woofgang

Horses can have worms though and horse poo iirc carries a risk of tetanus if you get it in an open wound.

woofgang

Lol OG ......stewed poo.

Frank97

It's pretty dangerous if you're on a motorbike and it's in the middle of the road though!

andrew1707

Can't horses wear nappies?

islasmum

Can you imagine the size poo bags you'd have to carry? Pedal bin liners!

Frank97

Can't horses wear nappies?
Yes they can.
http://www.yourhorse....rses-to-wear-nappies/

lankeela

It used to be that dogs were encouraged to poo in the gutter but that is rarely done now for the reasons given, and anyway it is still illegal not to clear it up. Horse poo is totally organic and I can remember the scramble to get the droppings when the rag and bone man had been.