"The Knacker's Yard" (by Piotr Malecki)

Dublin, Ireland, January 2, 2011:.Horse grazing by abandoned appartment block in Ballymun estate. .Since the beginning of crisis, between 10 and 20 thousand horses have become homeless or went in the hands of the youths in urban areas. Lots of 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 week to properly maintain a horse. This animal previously worth 2000 Euro now can be purchased for as little as 80 Euro. New owners keep their horses in city greens, city ruins, or their house gardens, in very bad conditions. Most do not get much food, many are starving, dying, being mistreated..(Photo by Piotr Malecki / Napo Images)

Thu, 02 Jun 2011 10:52:32 +0000

Dublin, Ireland, January 2, 2011:.Horse grazing by abandoned appartment block in Ballymun estate. .Since the beginning of crisis, between 10 and 20 thousand horses have become homeless or went in the hands of the youths in urban areas. Lots of 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 week to properly maintain a horse. This animal previously worth 2000 Euro now can be purchased for as little as 80 Euro. New owners keep their horses in city greens, city ruins, or their house gardens, in very bad conditions. Most do not get much food, many are starving, dying, being mistreated..(Photo by Piotr Malecki / Napo Images)
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Dublin, Ireland, January 6, 2011:.Young boys and their horses on Bell Camp housing estate..Since the beginning of crisis, between 10 and 20 thousand horses have become homeless or went in the hands of the youths in urban areas. Lots of 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 week to properly maintain a horse. This animal previously worth 2000 Euro now can be purchased for as little as 80 Euro. New owners keep their horses in city greens, city ruins, or their house gardens, in very bad conditions. Most do not get much food, many are starving, dying, being mistreated..(Photo by Piotr Malecki / Napo Images)

Thu, 02 Jun 2011 10:52:45 +0000

Dublin, Ireland, January 6, 2011:.Young boys and their horses on Bell Camp housing estate..Since the beginning of crisis, between 10 and 20 thousand horses have become homeless or went in the hands of the youths in urban areas. Lots of 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 week to properly maintain a horse. This animal previously worth 2000 Euro now can be purchased for as little as 80 Euro. New owners keep their horses in city greens, city ruins, or their house gardens, in very bad conditions. Most do not get much food, many are starving, dying, being mistreated..(Photo by Piotr Malecki / Napo Images)
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Dublin, Ireland, January 2, 2011:.Boys and their horse walk in central Dublin. .Since the beginning of crisis, between 10 and 20 thousand horses have become homeless or went in the hands of the youths in urban areas. Lots of 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 week to properly maintain a horse. This animal previously worth 2000 Euro now can be purchased for as little as 80 Euro. New owners keep their horses in city greens, city ruins, or their house gardens, in very bad conditions. Most do not get much food, many are starving, dying, being mistreated..(Photo by Piotr Malecki / Napo Images)

Thu, 02 Jun 2011 10:52:56 +0000

Dublin, Ireland, January 2, 2011:.Boys and their horse walk in central Dublin. .Since the beginning of crisis, between 10 and 20 thousand horses have become homeless or went in the hands of the youths in urban areas. Lots of 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 week to properly maintain a horse. This animal previously worth 2000 Euro now can be purchased for as little as 80 Euro. New owners keep their horses in city greens, city ruins, or their house gardens, in very bad conditions. Most do not get much food, many are starving, dying, being mistreated..(Photo by Piotr Malecki / Napo Images)
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Dublin, Ireland, January 2, 2011:.Boy beats a horse during the Smithfield horse market in central Dublin. This traditional market has now become a place for the young boys from poor northern neighborhoods of the city trade the horses, selling them for as little as 80 Euros, mistreating them and roaming on them up and down the slippery square..Since the beginning of crisis, between 10 and 20 thousand horses have become homeless or went in the hands of the youths in urban areas. Lots of 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 week to properly maintain a horse. This animal previously worth 2000 Euro now can be purchased for as little as 80 Euro. New owners keep their horses in city greens, city ruins, or their house gardens, in very bad conditions. Most do not get much food, many are starving, dying, being mistreated..(Photo by Piotr Malecki / Napo Images)

Thu, 02 Jun 2011 10:53:09 +0000

Dublin, Ireland, January 2, 2011:.Boy beats a horse during the Smithfield horse market in central Dublin. This traditional market has now become a place for the young boys from poor northern neighborhoods of the city trade the horses, selling them for as little as 80 Euros, mistreating them and roaming on them up and down the slippery square..Since the beginning of crisis, between 10 and 20 thousand horses have become homeless or went in the hands of the youths in urban areas. Lots of 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 week to properly maintain a horse. This animal previously worth 2000 Euro now can be purchased for as little as 80 Euro. New owners keep their horses in city greens, city ruins, or their house gardens, in very bad conditions. Most do not get much food, many are starving, dying, being mistreated..(Photo by Piotr Malecki / Napo Images)
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Dublin, Ireland, January 5, 2011:.Luke, 12, with his horse by their home on Bell Camp housing estate..Since the beginning of crisis, between 10 and 20 thousand horses have become homeless or went in the hands of the youths in urban areas. Lots of 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 week to properly maintain a horse. This animal previously worth 2000 Euro now can be purchased for as little as 80 Euro. New owners keep their horses in city greens, city ruins, or their house gardens, in very bad conditions. Most do not get much food, many are starving, dying, being mistreated..(Photo by Piotr Malecki / Napo Images)

Thu, 02 Jun 2011 10:53:22 +0000

Dublin, Ireland, January 5, 2011:.Luke, 12, with his horse by their home on Bell Camp housing estate..Since the beginning of crisis, between 10 and 20 thousand horses have become homeless or went in the hands of the youths in urban areas. Lots of 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 week to properly maintain a horse. This animal previously worth 2000 Euro now can be purchased for as little as 80 Euro. New owners keep their horses in city greens, city ruins, or their house gardens, in very bad conditions. Most do not get much food, many are starving, dying, being mistreated..(Photo by Piotr Malecki / Napo Images)
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Dublin, Ireland, January 5, 2011:.Dead horse on recultivated Dunsink landfill. Here the horses are being abandoned by their owners. .Since the beginning of crisis, between 10 and 20 thousand horses have become homeless or went in the hands of the youths in urban areas. Lots of 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 week to properly maintain a horse. This animal previously worth 2000 Euro now can be purchased for as little as 80 Euro. New owners keep their horses in city greens, city ruins, or their house gardens, in very bad conditions. Most do not get much food, many are starving, dying, being mistreated..(Photo by Piotr Malecki / Napo Images)

Thu, 02 Jun 2011 10:53:34 +0000

Dublin, Ireland, January 5, 2011:.Dead horse on recultivated Dunsink landfill. Here the horses are being abandoned by their owners. .Since the beginning of crisis, between 10 and 20 thousand horses have become homeless or went in the hands of the youths in urban areas. Lots of 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 week to properly maintain a horse. This animal previously worth 2000 Euro now can be purchased for as little as 80 Euro. New owners keep their horses in city greens, city ruins, or their house gardens, in very bad conditions. Most do not get much food, many are starving, dying, being mistreated..(Photo by Piotr Malecki / Napo Images)
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Dublin, Ireland, January 10, 2011:.Horses being kept by their young owners at the abandoned Bell Camp College in northern Dublin. .Since the beginning of crisis, between 10 and 20 thousand horses have become homeless or went in the hands of the youths in urban areas. Lots of 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 week to properly maintain a horse. This animal previously worth 2000 Euro now can be purchased for as little as 80 Euro. New owners keep their horses in city greens, city ruins, or their house gardens, in very bad conditions. Most do not get much food, many are starving, dying, being mistreated..(Photo by Piotr Malecki)..Dublin, Irlandia, 10/01/2011:.Konie trzymane przez swoich mlodych wlascicieli w opuszczonej szkole Bell Camp College..Od poczatku kryzysu od 10 do 20 tysiecy koni zostalo wyrzuconych na ulice przez wlascicieli nie chcacych placic okolo 35 Euro/tydzien za ich utrzymanie. Wpadaja one czesto w rece mlodziezy z ubogich dzielnic miasta, ktora handluje nimi, bije, glodzi, trzyma w skrajnie trudnych warunkach, w przydomowych ogrodkach lub ruinach budynkow i szaleje na nich po miescie. Kon, ktory byl wart 2000 Euro teraz moze byc kupiony za 80. .Fot: Piotr Malecki.

Tue, 31 May 2011 14:55:33 +0000

Dublin, Ireland, January 10, 2011:.Horses being kept by their young owners at the abandoned Bell Camp College in northern Dublin. .Since the beginning of crisis, between 10 and 20 thousand horses have become homeless or went in the hands of the youths in urban areas. Lots of 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 week to properly maintain a horse. This animal previously worth 2000 Euro now can be purchased for as little as 80 Euro. New owners keep their horses in city greens, city ruins, or their house gardens, in very bad conditions. Most do not get much food, many are starving, dying, being mistreated..(Photo by Piotr Malecki)..Dublin, Irlandia, 10/01/2011:.Konie trzymane przez swoich mlodych wlascicieli w opuszczonej szkole Bell Camp College..Od poczatku kryzysu od 10 do 20 tysiecy koni zostalo wyrzuconych na ulice przez wlascicieli nie chcacych placic okolo 35 Euro/tydzien za ich utrzymanie. Wpadaja one czesto w rece mlodziezy z ubogich dzielnic miasta, ktora handluje nimi, bije, glodzi, trzyma w skrajnie trudnych warunkach, w przydomowych ogrodkach lub ruinach budynkow i szaleje na nich po miescie. Kon, ktory byl wart 2000 Euro teraz moze byc kupiony za 80. .Fot: Piotr Malecki.
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Dublin, Ireland, January 2, 2011:.Boy sits on a horse and smokes a cigarette during the Smithfield horse market in central Dublin. This traditional market has now become a place for the young boys from poor northern neighborhoods of the city trade the horses, selling them for as little as 80 Euros, mistreating them and roaming on them up and down the slippery square..Since the beginning of crisis, between 10 and 20 thousand horses have become homeless or went in the hands of the youths in urban areas. Lots of 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 week to properly maintain a horse. This animal previously worth 2000 Euro now can be purchased for as little as 80 Euro. New owners keep their horses in city greens, city ruins, or their house gardens, in very bad conditions. Most do not get much food, many are starving, dying, being mistreated..(Photo by Piotr Malecki / Napo Images)

Thu, 02 Jun 2011 10:53:52 +0000

Dublin, Ireland, January 2, 2011:.Boy sits on a horse and smokes a cigarette during the Smithfield horse market in central Dublin. This traditional market has now become a place for the young boys from poor northern neighborhoods of the city trade the horses, selling them for as little as 80 Euros, mistreating them and roaming on them up and down the slippery square..Since the beginning of crisis, between 10 and 20 thousand horses have become homeless or went in the hands of the youths in urban areas. Lots of 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 week to properly maintain a horse. This animal previously worth 2000 Euro now can be purchased for as little as 80 Euro. New owners keep their horses in city greens, city ruins, or their house gardens, in very bad conditions. Most do not get much food, many are starving, dying, being mistreated..(Photo by Piotr Malecki / Napo Images)
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Dublin, Ireland, January 6, 2011:.Young boys riding their horses by Mc Donald's on Bell Camp housing estate..Since the beginning of crisis, between 10 and 20 thousand horses have become homeless or went in the hands of the youths in urban areas. Lots of 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 week to properly maintain a horse. This animal previously worth 2000 Euro now can be purchased for as little as 80 Euro. New owners keep their horses in city greens, city ruins, or their house gardens, in very bad conditions. Most do not get much food, many are starving, dying, being mistreated..(Photo by Piotr Malecki / Napo Images)

Thu, 02 Jun 2011 10:54:05 +0000

Dublin, Ireland, January 6, 2011:.Young boys riding their horses by Mc Donald's on Bell Camp housing estate..Since the beginning of crisis, between 10 and 20 thousand horses have become homeless or went in the hands of the youths in urban areas. Lots of 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 week to properly maintain a horse. This animal previously worth 2000 Euro now can be purchased for as little as 80 Euro. New owners keep their horses in city greens, city ruins, or their house gardens, in very bad conditions. Most do not get much food, many are starving, dying, being mistreated..(Photo by Piotr Malecki / Napo Images)
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Galway county, Ireland, January 7, 2011:.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..Since the beginning of crisis, between 10 and 20 thousand horses have become homeless or went in the hands of the youths in urban areas. Lots of 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 week to properly maintain a horse. This animal previously worth 2000 Euro now can be purchased for as little as 80 Euro. New owners keep their horses in city greens, city ruins, or their house gardens, in very bad conditions. Most do not get much food, many are starving, dying, being mistreated..(Photo by Piotr Malecki / Napo Images)..Galway, Irlandia, 7/01/2011:.Janine Zanon, inspektorka GSPCA (towarzystwo opieki nad zwierzetami) zabiera kucyka od dziecka, ktore go glodzilo. Zwierze bylo wyczerpane i przewrocilo sie pozniej w transporcie, ale zostalo uratowane..Od poczatku kryzysu od 10 do 20 tysiecy koni zostalo wyrzuconych na ulice przez wlascicieli nie chcacych placic okolo 35 Euro/tydzien za ich utrzymanie. Wpadaja one czesto w rece mlodziezy z ubogich dzielnic miasta, ktora handluje nimi, bije, glodzi, trzyma w skrajnie trudnych warunkach, w przydomowych ogrodkach lub ruinach budynkow i szaleje na nich po miescie. Kon, ktory byl wart 2000 Euro teraz moze byc kupiony za 80. .Fot: Piotr Malecki / Napo Images

Tue, 31 May 2011 14:55:37 +0000

Galway county, Ireland, January 7, 2011:.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..Since the beginning of crisis, between 10 and 20 thousand horses have become homeless or went in the hands of the youths in urban areas. Lots of 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 week to properly maintain a horse. This animal previously worth 2000 Euro now can be purchased for as little as 80 Euro. New owners keep their horses in city greens, city ruins, or their house gardens, in very bad conditions. Most do not get much food, many are starving, dying, being mistreated..(Photo by Piotr Malecki / Napo Images)..Galway, Irlandia, 7/01/2011:.Janine Zanon, inspektorka GSPCA (towarzystwo opieki nad zwierzetami) zabiera kucyka od dziecka, ktore go glodzilo. Zwierze bylo wyczerpane i przewrocilo sie pozniej w transporcie, ale zostalo uratowane..Od poczatku kryzysu od 10 do 20 tysiecy koni zostalo wyrzuconych na ulice przez wlascicieli nie chcacych placic okolo 35 Euro/tydzien za ich utrzymanie. Wpadaja one czesto w rece mlodziezy z ubogich dzielnic miasta, ktora handluje nimi, bije, glodzi, trzyma w skrajnie trudnych warunkach, w przydomowych ogrodkach lub ruinach budynkow i szaleje na nich po miescie. Kon, ktory byl wart 2000 Euro teraz moze byc kupiony za 80. .Fot: Piotr Malecki / Napo Images
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Dublin, Ireland, January 2, 2011:.Two girls watch boy and his horse during the Smithfield horse market in central Dublin. This traditional market has now become a place for the young boys from poor northern neighborhoods of the city trade the horses, selling them for as little as 80 Euros, mistreating them and roaming on them up and down the slippery square..Since the beginning of crisis, between 10 and 20 thousand horses have become homeless or went in the hands of the youths in urban areas. Lots of 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 week to properly maintain a horse. This animal previously worth 2000 Euro now can be purchased for as little as 80 Euro. New owners keep their horses in city greens, city ruins, or their house gardens, in very bad conditions. Most do not get much food, many are starving, dying, being mistreated..(Photo by Piotr Malecki / Napo Images)

Thu, 02 Jun 2011 10:54:20 +0000

Dublin, Ireland, January 2, 2011:.Two girls watch boy and his horse during the Smithfield horse market in central Dublin. This traditional market has now become a place for the young boys from poor northern neighborhoods of the city trade the horses, selling them for as little as 80 Euros, mistreating them and roaming on them up and down the slippery square..Since the beginning of crisis, between 10 and 20 thousand horses have become homeless or went in the hands of the youths in urban areas. Lots of 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 week to properly maintain a horse. This animal previously worth 2000 Euro now can be purchased for as little as 80 Euro. New owners keep their horses in city greens, city ruins, or their house gardens, in very bad conditions. Most do not get much food, many are starving, dying, being mistreated..(Photo by Piotr Malecki / Napo Images)
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Dublin, Ireland, January 5, 2011:.Jayl and his horse Gizmo on Bell Camp housing estate..Since the beginning of crisis, between 10 and 20 thousand horses have become homeless or went in the hands of the youths in urban areas. Lots of 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 week to properly maintain a horse. This animal previously worth 2000 Euro now can be purchased for as little as 80 Euro. New owners keep their horses in city greens, city ruins, or their house gardens, in very bad conditions. Most do not get much food, many are starving, dying, being mistreated..(Photo by Piotr Malecki / Napo Images)

Thu, 02 Jun 2011 10:54:35 +0000

Dublin, Ireland, January 5, 2011:.Jayl and his horse Gizmo on Bell Camp housing estate..Since the beginning of crisis, between 10 and 20 thousand horses have become homeless or went in the hands of the youths in urban areas. Lots of 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 week to properly maintain a horse. This animal previously worth 2000 Euro now can be purchased for as little as 80 Euro. New owners keep their horses in city greens, city ruins, or their house gardens, in very bad conditions. Most do not get much food, many are starving, dying, being mistreated..(Photo by Piotr Malecki / Napo Images)
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Dublin, Ireland, January 6, 2011:.Homeless horse on the street in Finglas estate. .Since the beginning of crisis, between 10 and 20 thousand horses have become homeless or went in the hands of the youths in urban areas. Lots of 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 week to properly maintain a horse. This animal previously worth 2000 Euro now can be purchased for as little as 80 Euro. New owners keep their horses in city greens, city ruins, or their house gardens, in very bad conditions. Most do not get much food, many are starving, dying, being mistreated..(Photo by Piotr Malecki / Napo Images)

Thu, 02 Jun 2011 10:54:48 +0000

Dublin, Ireland, January 6, 2011:.Homeless horse on the street in Finglas estate. .Since the beginning of crisis, between 10 and 20 thousand horses have become homeless or went in the hands of the youths in urban areas. Lots of 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 week to properly maintain a horse. This animal previously worth 2000 Euro now can be purchased for as little as 80 Euro. New owners keep their horses in city greens, city ruins, or their house gardens, in very bad conditions. Most do not get much food, many are starving, dying, being mistreated..(Photo by Piotr Malecki / Napo Images)
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Dublin, Ireland, January 9, 2011:.Mural of a horse at the estate in northern Dublin. .Since the beginning of crisis, between 10 and 20 thousand horses have become homeless or went in the hands of the youths in urban areas. Lots of 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 week to properly maintain a horse. This animal previously worth 2000 Euro now can be purchased for as little as 80 Euro. New owners keep their horses in city greens, city ruins, or their house gardens, in very bad conditions. Most do not get much food, many are starving, dying, being mistreated..(Photo by Piotr Malecki)

Thu, 02 Jun 2011 10:55:02 +0000

Dublin, Ireland, January 9, 2011:.Mural of a horse at the estate in northern Dublin. .Since the beginning of crisis, between 10 and 20 thousand horses have become homeless or went in the hands of the youths in urban areas. Lots of 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 week to properly maintain a horse. This animal previously worth 2000 Euro now can be purchased for as little as 80 Euro. New owners keep their horses in city greens, city ruins, or their house gardens, in very bad conditions. Most do not get much food, many are starving, dying, being mistreated..(Photo by Piotr Malecki)
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Dublin, Ireland, January 6, 2011:.Homeless horses grazing on the lawns in Finglas estate. .Since the beginning of crisis, between 10 and 20 thousand horses have become homeless or went in the hands of the youths in urban areas. Lots of 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 week to properly maintain a horse. This animal previously worth 2000 Euro now can be purchased for as little as 80 Euro. New owners keep their horses in city greens, city ruins, or their house gardens, in very bad conditions. Most do not get much food, many are starving, dying, being mistreated..(Photo by Piotr Malecki / Napo Images)

Thu, 02 Jun 2011 10:55:19 +0000

Dublin, Ireland, January 6, 2011:.Homeless horses grazing on the lawns in Finglas estate. .Since the beginning of crisis, between 10 and 20 thousand horses have become homeless or went in the hands of the youths in urban areas. Lots of 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 week to properly maintain a horse. This animal previously worth 2000 Euro now can be purchased for as little as 80 Euro. New owners keep their horses in city greens, city ruins, or their house gardens, in very bad conditions. Most do not get much food, many are starving, dying, being mistreated..(Photo by Piotr Malecki / Napo Images)
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Dublin, Ireland, January 6, 2011:.Young boys riding their horses on Bell Camp housing estate..Since the beginning of crisis, between 10 and 20 thousand horses have become homeless or went in the hands of the youths in urban areas. Lots of 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 week to properly maintain a horse. This animal previously worth 2000 Euro now can be purchased for as little as 80 Euro. New owners keep their horses in city greens, city ruins, or their house gardens, in very bad conditions. Most do not get much food, many are starving, dying, being mistreated..(Photo by Piotr Malecki / Napo Images)

Thu, 02 Jun 2011 10:55:31 +0000

Dublin, Ireland, January 6, 2011:.Young boys riding their horses on Bell Camp housing estate..Since the beginning of crisis, between 10 and 20 thousand horses have become homeless or went in the hands of the youths in urban areas. Lots of 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 week to properly maintain a horse. This animal previously worth 2000 Euro now can be purchased for as little as 80 Euro. New owners keep their horses in city greens, city ruins, or their house gardens, in very bad conditions. Most do not get much food, many are starving, dying, being mistreated..(Photo by Piotr Malecki / Napo Images)
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Dublin, Ireland, January 5, 2011:.This horse, just discovered by the ISPCA (Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) inspector is looking good. His new owner, on the picture, does not have a proper knowledge about horses, but treats him well. He keeps him on this field near motorway. ISPCA will take no action..Since the beginning of crisis, between 10 and 20 thousand horses have become homeless or went in the hands of the youths in urban areas. Lots of 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 week to properly maintain a horse. This animal previously worth 2000 Euro now can be purchased for as little as 80 Euro. New owners keep their horses in city greens, city ruins, or their house gardens, in very bad conditions. Most do not get much food, many are starving, dying, being mistreated..(Photo by Piotr Malecki / Napo Images)

Thu, 02 Jun 2011 10:55:43 +0000

Dublin, Ireland, January 5, 2011:.This horse, just discovered by the ISPCA (Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) inspector is looking good. His new owner, on the picture, does not have a proper knowledge about horses, but treats him well. He keeps him on this field near motorway. ISPCA will take no action..Since the beginning of crisis, between 10 and 20 thousand horses have become homeless or went in the hands of the youths in urban areas. Lots of 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 week to properly maintain a horse. This animal previously worth 2000 Euro now can be purchased for as little as 80 Euro. New owners keep their horses in city greens, city ruins, or their house gardens, in very bad conditions. Most do not get much food, many are starving, dying, being mistreated..(Photo by Piotr Malecki / Napo Images)
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Dublin, Ireland, January 6, 2011:.Young boys riding their horses on Bell Camp housing estate..Since the beginning of crisis, between 10 and 20 thousand horses have become homeless or went in the hands of the youths in urban areas. Lots of 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 week to properly maintain a horse. This animal previously worth 2000 Euro now can be purchased for as little as 80 Euro. New owners keep their horses in city greens, city ruins, or their house gardens, in very bad conditions. Most do not get much food, many are starving, dying, being mistreated..(Photo by Piotr Malecki / Napo Images)

Thu, 02 Jun 2011 10:55:55 +0000

Dublin, Ireland, January 10, 2011:.Horse being kept by their young owners at the abandoned Bell Camp College in northern Dublin. .Since the beginning of crisis, between 10 and 20 thousand horses have become homeless or went in the hands of the youths in urban areas. Lots of 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 week to properly maintain a horse. This animal previously worth 2000 Euro now can be purchased for as little as 80 Euro. New owners keep their horses in city greens, city ruins, or their house gardens, in very bad conditions. Most do not get much food, many are starving, dying, being mistreated..(Photo by Piotr Malecki)

Thu, 02 Jun 2011 10:56:07 +0000

Dublin, Ireland, January 10, 2011:.Horse being kept by their young owners at the abandoned Bell Camp College in northern Dublin. .Since the beginning of crisis, between 10 and 20 thousand horses have become homeless or went in the hands of the youths in urban areas. Lots of 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 week to properly maintain a horse. This animal previously worth 2000 Euro now can be purchased for as little as 80 Euro. New owners keep their horses in city greens, city ruins, or their house gardens, in very bad conditions. Most do not get much food, many are starving, dying, being mistreated..(Photo by Piotr Malecki)
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