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Dog walker's outrage after walks 'ruined' by grazing animals on the Ashdown Forest
The Hadlow Down resident says the roaming beasts have chased her and her dog and leave “horrible piles of excretion” everywhere
By
Brittany Tijou-SmithJunior Reporter
Jennifer Kersey - who stands 5ft 7ins next to the overgrown grass - is unhappy with how the owners of Ashdown Forest are managing it (Image: © William Evenden 2019 iWill Photo / Will Evenden Photography)
A dog walker says the grazing of animals on the Ashdown Forest is a “complete outrage”.
Jennifer Kersey, an engineering company administrator, is furious after having her walks ruined due to the grazing sheep, Riggit Galloway cattle and Exmoor ponies.
The 65-year-old, who has lived in the area for the past 20 years, said: “I can’t see the benefit of grazing animals on the forest except to the owners of the animals in question.
“It’s a complete outrage that expenditure is authorised to mow areas just so these animals can graze, erect fencing at no mean expense and dig watering holes while the fire rides are not maintained at all.
"I have had my walks ruined or curtailed because the grass has grown so high I get soaked and my dogs are in grave danger of getting grass seeds in their eyes.
'A giant farm'
"In most cases the grass is waist high and in some places up to my neck."
Grassland on Ashdown Forest that now been cut after Jennifer Kersey complained (Image: © William Evenden 2019 iWill Photo / Will Evenden Photography)
The Hadlow Down resident says the roaming beasts have chased her and her dog, leave “horrible piles of excretion” everywhere, and pose a threat due to electric fences.
She continued to say dog walkers feel unwelcome as Ashdown Forest “is fast becoming a giant farm”.
“Dogs have to be kept under control which, for many, means they can’t walk on vast swathes of the forest as their dogs chase sheep.
“People’s much-loved pets have been shot as a result of grazing sheep on the forest.”
www.kentlive.news
Sometimes you just really wonder where this country is going...........................
I had the privilege of a tour of The Forest and talks by the conservators of the forest and the part livestock has to play in maintaining the Lowland Heath ; some of the rarest ecology in Western Europe
100 acres in 6500 and still not enough
@egbert
The Hadlow Down resident says the roaming beasts have chased her and her dog and leave “horrible piles of excretion” everywhere
By
Brittany Tijou-SmithJunior Reporter
- 08:23, 15 OCT 2019
Jennifer Kersey - who stands 5ft 7ins next to the overgrown grass - is unhappy with how the owners of Ashdown Forest are managing it (Image: © William Evenden 2019 iWill Photo / Will Evenden Photography)
A dog walker says the grazing of animals on the Ashdown Forest is a “complete outrage”.
Jennifer Kersey, an engineering company administrator, is furious after having her walks ruined due to the grazing sheep, Riggit Galloway cattle and Exmoor ponies.
The 65-year-old, who has lived in the area for the past 20 years, said: “I can’t see the benefit of grazing animals on the forest except to the owners of the animals in question.
“It’s a complete outrage that expenditure is authorised to mow areas just so these animals can graze, erect fencing at no mean expense and dig watering holes while the fire rides are not maintained at all.
"I have had my walks ruined or curtailed because the grass has grown so high I get soaked and my dogs are in grave danger of getting grass seeds in their eyes.
'A giant farm'
"In most cases the grass is waist high and in some places up to my neck."
Grassland on Ashdown Forest that now been cut after Jennifer Kersey complained (Image: © William Evenden 2019 iWill Photo / Will Evenden Photography)
The Hadlow Down resident says the roaming beasts have chased her and her dog, leave “horrible piles of excretion” everywhere, and pose a threat due to electric fences.
She continued to say dog walkers feel unwelcome as Ashdown Forest “is fast becoming a giant farm”.
“Dogs have to be kept under control which, for many, means they can’t walk on vast swathes of the forest as their dogs chase sheep.
“People’s much-loved pets have been shot as a result of grazing sheep on the forest.”
Dog walker's outrage after walks 'ruined' by animals on the Ashdown Forest
The Hadlow Down resident says the roaming beasts have chased her and her dog and leave “horrible piles of excretion” everywhere
www.kentlive.news
Sometimes you just really wonder where this country is going...........................
I had the privilege of a tour of The Forest and talks by the conservators of the forest and the part livestock has to play in maintaining the Lowland Heath ; some of the rarest ecology in Western Europe
100 acres in 6500 and still not enough
@egbert
That's a brilliant turn of phrase! May I borrow that?!
