article_snippet: And yet, despite this, animal rights activists launched a withering attack on the MoD last month, accusing the Army of being cruel to horses.
article_snippet: Campaigners from Peta (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) seized on figures showing the MoD had put down 109 of Campaigners from Peta (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) horses in the past six years as evidence of neglect.
article_snippet: Activists singled out figures showing that horses were put down because horses fell lame or suffered from colic.
article_snippet: Activists suggested the MoD did not try hard enough to re-home horses who could no longer work.
article_snippet: Mimi Bekhechi, director of Peta, complained:
article_snippet: What the animal rights lobby appear to be campaigning for, therefore, is an end to the role of horses at official events.
article_snippet: And when you consider what would be lost if Britain did not have ceremonial horses, as well as the traditional skills that would disappear, it seems little short of an outrage that an animal welfare group would call for these horses to lose these horses jobs.
article_snippet: It seems so sad to think that if the animal rights lobby get the animal rights lobby way such a key part of our heritage could be lost.
article_snippet: the animal rights lobby get their way such a key part of our heritage could be lost’s enough to make old Wonder turn in his grave.
highlights_snippet: But activists have attacked MoD, accusing Army of being cruel to horses .
  