On Friday March 1, seven horses and two ponies discovered in deplorable conditions in Flanders were taken in by the associations Veeweyde Refuge du Marais, Animaux en Péril, Le Rêve d'Aby, Au Bonheur Animal, Equi Rêve and Silence Animal. Serious acts of negligence were observed by the Lokeren police at a stable, leading to this intervention. The owners, after several warnings, had tried to hide the equines by