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A FORMER primary school teacher who was allegedly filmed slapping and kicking a horse has DENIED animal cruelty.
Sarah Moulds, 37, plead not guilty to two Animal Welfare offences during an appearance at Lincoln Crown Court today.
Sarah Moulds has denied animal cruelty[/caption]
Footage of the gathering was shared by Hertfordshire Hunt Saboteurs[/caption]
Moulds was accused of grabbing grey pony Bruse before slapping him repeatedly as he tried to pull away during a hunt last year in Lincolnshire.
She was charged with causing unnecessary suffering and failing to take reasonable steps to protect the pony from pain, suffering or injury following an RSPCA probe.
The mum-of-two today plead not guilty on both charges.
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Moulds, who is well known in the equestrian community, was taking part in a Cottesmore Hunt meet on November 6 last year in countryside known as “The Drift” in Gunby.
Footage of the gathering was shared by Hertfordshire Hunt Saboteurs – an anti-hunting group – who monitored the event.
The mum lives with her plumber husband Daniel and children in the village of Somerby, Leicestershire, where she had worked as a teacher.
After anti-hunt saboteurs released the clip, she received death threats and was forced into hiding with her family.
The mum-of-two was a primary school teacher[/caption]
Moulds was charged with two Animal Welfare offences[/caption]
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