A horse has escaped serious injury after being spooked by fireworks and running into an electric fence.
Fireworks were set off without warning in the early hours of Monday at Pirnirs Brig in Edzell, Angus about half-a-mile from where Kelsey Logan’s horses were sleeping.
Two-year-old show horse Hero was left with a gashed leg after getting caught in the fence and was described as a “very, very lucky boy”.
The horse owner is asking those discharging fireworks to be mindful of animals following the nasty accident which has left her with a £300 vet bill.
Hero was sleeping in the field outside Kelsey’s cottage with her other horse, Snoozy when they were woken abruptly by the fireworks and Hero ran into the electric fence.
He got tangled up and suffered electric shocks, snapped the wire and destroyed posts.
Kelsey, 27, discovered Hero cut and bleeding the next morning and immediately called the vet.
She said Hero was very sore although the wound was not as serious as it could have been.
“It was bleeding so much because it was right on the blood vessel,” she said.
“We’re worried about possible tissue damage and bruising and will be keeping a close eye on his recovery. He’s taken a lot of painkillers so we are hopeful he should be okay.”
Debris from the fireworks was found at Pirnirs Brig and Kelsey said it was “hugely irresponsible”.
“My horses are normally fine with fireworks as I usually give them a feed and stand outside with them when I know they are happening,” said Kelsey, who runs a pet service in Edzell.
“But he wouldn’t have been expecting fireworks to be going off in the early hours of the morning without warning — I don’t think anybody would have been at that time of day.
“This is farmland and there are animals all around and I think people have to be mindful of letting off fireworks so close to a field.
“Now I’ve got a £300 vet bill just before Christmas which is the last thing I need – I’d love to give it to the people who thought this was a good idea.
“The law needs to change – fireworks should not be on sale to the public.”
