A woman has issued a warning over "toxic" vegetables given to animals in fields.
Lauren Jones has issued a stark warning to anyone who feeds horses that don't belong to them after spotting people feeding them in the fields she often walks past.
The 32-year-old, who owns horses herself, took to social media to remind people not to feed horses that aren't theirs, as well as telling them about the dangers of giving them certain foods.
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In a Facebook post, she wrote: "Hi not a crime and they’re not my horses however I have walked past the horses at the end of Warwick Street numerous times now and someone has thrown onions and potatoes along with other veg in their field.
"These are dangerous for horses! They can kill them.
"So I’m posting here in the hope the person who is doing it will stop. Not sure who the owner of the horses is but I posted before and was asked to remove the toxic veg from the field so presuming they don’t want them in there and haven’t got their contact details to ask to post."
Speaking to the ECHO, Lauren said: "As a general rule, if you see horses in a field then don't feed them. There are a number of different reasons, the main one being that horse owners don't want them being fed by other people. The problem is that not everybody knows what is okay to feed them so for example onions and potatoes are toxic and potentially fatal.
"The same is with grass cuttings. People think that it's okay because they eat grass but grass cuttings can kill them. If you've got a horse it might also be on a particular diet, especially if they're prone to things like laminitis and if their diet is too high in sugar they could get laminitis which is potentially fatal.
"A lot of horse owners are trying to manage their horses' diet quite particularly so they might be on a limited turnout or hay rations and things like that. It can have quite bad consequences.
"Another thing is if you feed the horses over the fence or something and there's more than one horse, which there usually is, they can fight to try and get to the food. Then you have the potential of a horse getting kicked and injured, and again that's not a good thing. You could also end up damaging the fences. That's why it's a bad idea to feed horses."
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