Bracknell horse owner's warning after Rocky chokes on apple fed by public

'Please don't feed horses' is the message of one owner whose horse choked after being fed by members of the public.

Karen Harnden from Bracknell shared a warning on behalf of her friend about the incident, asking residents not to feed horses in open fields.

Rocky the horse had started choking after he was fed what the vet believed to be an apple by a member of public.

Karen said: "Rocky is fine but quite, with I would guess, a bit off a sore throat. Horses can’t be sick so what goes down has to keep going. "This will have left my friend with large vets bill and it is very lucky as horses can be killed if the blockage can’t be cleared or they can end up with pneumonia from fluid getting in the lungs.

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"It seems to be a big problem at the minute too. Just please asking if u don’t have permission please don’t feed horses."

A graphic image shows blood after Rocky had to have a tube down his throat to unclog his airways.

The horse was fed a piece of food from a passerby which got stuck in his throat.

As a result, he had to have a tube down his through to flush out the food.

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Rocky is doing well now with his fellow horse friends but incidents like this shouldn't be happening.

Following the post, one resident explained how there are signs located in the fields in Warfield telling people not to feed the horses.

She claims people still ignore the signs feeling horses various vegetables, carrots and bread.

Commenting on the post on We Love Bracknell, Leonie Johnson said: "During lockdown it got a lot worse as people were stopping with their kids etc (had various conversations with people standing there watching them when we went to collect) but it carried on."