{"id":481157,"date":"2026-06-03T15:42:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T15:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/481157\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T15:42:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T15:42:07","slug":"its-just-rotten-horse-rescue-charity-appeals-for-return-of-missing-pony-eleanor-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/481157\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018It\u2019s just rotten\u2019: Horse rescue charity appeals for return of missing pony Eleanor \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">An animal rescue group has issued an appeal for the safe return of Eleanor, a rescued pony, who was seemingly stolen from the My Lovely Horse Rescue\u2019s premises in Co <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/kildare\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/kildare\/\">Kildare<\/a> last weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">In a post on social media, My Lovely Horse said it was \u201cbeyond devastated\u201d, adding: \u201cplease share, we want her back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cThis sweet little girl was rescued two years ago and has done nothing to deserve this,\u201d the post continued.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cIf the person or people responsible are reading this, please do the right thing and return her safely.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cIf you have any information about where Eleanor may be, no matter how small it seems, please contact us.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cEvery call, text and message will be treated in the strictest confidence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The post also said garda\u00ed had been notified and asked people to call or text the charity on 087 261 1463 or send a private message on social media.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">My Lovely Horse spokeswoman Martina Kenny told RT\u00c9 radio\u2019s Morning Ireland the appeal was made after two days of searching.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">She said they had received threats and online taunts that Eleanor was now \u201cwith her rightful owner\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Kenny said she feared Eleanor would be brought to a horse fair in England.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cIt\u2019s very worrying, it\u2019s very distressing. And a lot of the guys in My Lovely Horse are crying and they can\u2019t sleep and they\u2019re searching everywhere.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cThey\u2019re constantly going around different places. You know, hotspots &#8230; around Dublin, Limerick, Cork. It\u2019s just rotten.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">A supporter of the My Lovely Horse rescue service has offered a reward of \u20ac1,000 for any information leading to the return of Eleanor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An animal rescue group has issued an appeal for the safe return of Eleanor, a rescued pony, who&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":481158,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[45,61,60,3770,82],"class_list":["post-481157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-science","tag-an-garda-siochana","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-kildare","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=481157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481157\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/481158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=481157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}