Update 4 - Police show the press around their stables - TX replies
Video: Mark Zammit Cordina
The Commissioner of Police this afternoon showed journalists around the police stables in Marsa to counter footage shown on One TV's TX programme yesterday which showed the place to be a shambles.
The TX team, however, stood its ground and said the situation was disgraceful.
"I was shocked when I saw the footage," Commissioner John Rizzo told the press.
He said he had immediately investigated and found that the footage was taken four months ago when maintenance works were under way. Tiles had been removed and fans were not in their place because of the works, Mr Rizzo said.
He said he regretted that a policeman had allowed in a journalist to take that footage in the dead of night. "That policeman should be ashamed" he said. He said the policeman had also harmed the horse shown in the footage as it was startled and woken up when the camera light was cast on it. That horse, he said, was a mare that was between 22 and 24 years old and had since been put down.
Her condition was the result of age, Mr Rizzo said, because the police did not put down their animals because of age and kept and treated them 'like colleagues' for as long as they could eat, drink and stand. They were only put down on directions of a Vet.
Asked about rats shown in the footage, Mr Rizzo said the rat seen going up a wall adjacent to the stables. It was actually heading towards a rats trap.
He said that the presence of rats could be expected in a place where there were 19 horses and animal feed, but the issue was under control.
The horses, he said, were cared for in a dignified manner and the stables were cleaned every day.
He said there was currently another horse, aged 33, and the process was under way for it to be put down. But all the other horses were in very good condition.
A spokesman for the Animal Welfare Department said inspectors were sent to the stables this morning to asses the state of the animals and the situation was not as shown in the footage. He said the horse shown to be in poor condition was not malnourished or maltreated and the appearance was due to the age.
In a statement, the Labour Party said the TV footage showed the shameful state of abandonment at the police stables, yet more proof of how the Home Affairs sector had been abandoned.
Spokesman Michael Falzon said it was unacceptable that policemen were made to work in such degrading environment, and it was also shameful that animals were being kept in such a state.
He noted that when people were found keeping animals in such a state, they were charged with animal cruelty.
Dr Falzon asked who would be shouldering responsibility.
TX TEAM'S REPLY
Meanwhile, the TX production team said the state of abandonment in the Mounted Police section was spread to more areas than those shown to the press by the Police Commissioner, and the date when the footage was shot did not reduce the gravity of the case.
The team said it received the footage a few days ago and it was transmitted after its authenticity was confirmed.
It had always been pointed out that the horses that were shown were old and retired, but their age certainly did not justify the poor state which they had been in, more so when such horses were, according to the Commissioner, considered as ‘colleagues ‘of the police.
While the Commissioner had tried to give the impression that the rats were far from the stables, the footage showed rat droppings in the stables and rats running around in the garages forming part of the section.
Nothing justified the state of abandonment and filth which the stables and the quarters were in. While it had been easy for the police to quickly clean up the stables, journalists were kept away from sections of the building which were structurally unsound, the team said.
And it was shameful that instead of discussing the real situation, the police were trying to hinder the journalists’ work as a time when the country was discussing a Whistle Blowers Act.
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Neville Debattista
Oct 12th 2012, 19:53
The police officer who spilled the beans has nothing to be ashamed of. You should be ashamed instead for allowing this place to degenerate after which you came out with these silly excuses and nonsensical explanations.
Jannicke Attard
Oct 12th 2012, 11:09
it shows that the horses are neglected,, i have had horses and for a mare to go in that state shows that it has not been feed for a very long time. and a horse will never go in that state even if it is old. As long as you take good care of your horse. rats going in stables nice lets get them sick.. not only that... it shows that the horses has not been brushed down and their hooves filled down
Toni Muscat
Oct 12th 2012, 10:35
35 year old horse
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UG_1bMWPT3A
Toni Muscat
Oct 12th 2012, 09:40
Here is a video of a 24 year old mare
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySG8QMsYMgE
Mario Camilleri
Oct 12th 2012, 09:22
The Comm. said that the footage was that of 4 months ago. It does not justify the state of the stables prior to that date.
Then the Comm. stated that his officials under his command are supposed to take care and inform him of any irregular situation. Something 's wrong here!! Most probably, money is the major problem!!
But then he stated that he will investigate who leaked the footage! Unjust!
william cauchi
Oct 12th 2012, 09:20
A four month old film is showing Mr. A running his car over Mr. B. Today a new film is seen seeing Mr. B recovered and in apparent good health. What the Commissioner is say is that it's all OK now and no police action is now required because after all Mr. B recovered from his injuries. The rats, oh, just visitors. Commissioner also says, that whoever took that film should be ashamed. Really...
Andrew TAbone
Oct 12th 2012, 08:48
never the less no horse should ever be seen in that condition and not have anything done I saw that mare when i went the several times and she always was in that state One last thing the horses in the stable all all over16h and the stable is way to small for them if u look closely the horse couldnt even move around in his stable The secret is out and instead of covering up something should be done
Andrew TAbone
Oct 12th 2012, 08:43
this was never seen to until one day a pharrier saw the horse and took pitty on him, and shod the pony out of his own will. Another thing is that a horse does not lose so much weight in a couple of days, and being old has nothing to do with it. I'm not saying the Mare didn't used to be fed far from it but maybe she needed her teeth to be done or maybe the rats where eating her food instead.
Andrew TAbone
Oct 12th 2012, 08:39
Iv been to the mounted police section several times. And the state that some of the horses where in is unbelievable. There used to be this pony which had not had his hoofs trimmed in such a long time that they ended up curling under his body therefore forcing him to stand on what we call the coronet, wish is the part of the foot that meats the hoof.
mario ellul
Oct 12th 2012, 06:04
As an animal lover all I can say is poor horse ! Having been left to live in that sorry state with all those rats running around her ! No excuse can justify the situation dear Police Commissioner !
Karmen Koleiro
moira sciberras
Oct 12th 2012, 03:28
The same PL trying to get votes in all ways and means especially with his lies!!do I waste my vote on a mouse now after the promise of the bendy buses ?????I give an idea to TX if just incase we have a heavy rain fall to do a program on mater dei flooded with water she can go in her archives to get shots that should be their next lie!!!come on people wake up its clear PL has nothing to offer !
J Caruana
Oct 12th 2012, 00:12
Ma tixbawx taqghu ghac cajt!
Paul Sammut
Oct 11th 2012, 21:52
ITS A KIND OF MAGIC. I do not think that TX lost it credibility but those people that think that people are stupid. Just to show how much you really care for animals what if you found that horse on a farm i guess the owner whould have been on the front page being taken to court and accused of animal cruelty right?
IT looks like the dog was left in a skip and this horse was left in a stabile.
Joseph Borg
Oct 11th 2012, 21:09
Well it's not hard to imagine who's telling the truth and who's lying....just visit a couple of police stations and you'll notice how pitiful their very own state is...LET ALONE THE STABLES. Tal-misthija specjalment JEKK sar xi tghawwig ta kliem jew tghattiet il-verita minn naha tal-Kummissarju! Deher car minn dak il-video li qabel ma ttiehed il-post gie overhauled wahda u sew!!!
J Muscat
Oct 11th 2012, 21:06
in nazjonalist b'ghajnejhom maluqin bhaz zwiemel kollox tajjeb ghadej u laburisti bhal grieden jaraw minn fejn se jitilaw u jidhlu biex jikxfu il verita .....
M Darmanin
Oct 11th 2012, 20:57
Good job TX at least you brought to us the state the Police left the stables and building to deteriorate.Such deterioration is not a month or 2 old.Good job that at least maintenance works were carried out at least where the cameras were allowed to film.Shame that horse was left abandoned. TX's cameras didnt lie thats for sure & its irrelevant trying to cover up the mess now.
Mr leo attard
Oct 11th 2012, 20:36
what also surprised me was a police commissioner stating that he was shocked by the video -- meaning that he was unaware of what's going on under his nose!
Dennis Zammit
Oct 12th 2012, 09:16
How can the CoP's nose be in Marsa? DO you any idea on the environment in a stable or a farm?
The area in subject, near most of Malta's stables and the horses race course is full of rats. After all the rats where see in the road.
P Bonnici
Oct 11th 2012, 20:26
After seeing the video this morning I condemned the police for the state of the stables.
Now that I have seen the new video with the stables in perfect condition, I notice that the PL is trying to score dirty political points against the PN.
J Grima
Oct 11th 2012, 20:25
Disgusting Mr Commissioner, i can't imagine your office in such a shameful state even if it is in need of refurbishment, so please stop trying to make us believe the poor excuses, shame on all responsible!!
Victor Laiviera
Oct 11th 2012, 20:23
The usual whitewash we have come to expect from the police force whenever it is criticised.
But this takes the biscuit: "Asked about rats shown in the footage, Mr Rizzo said the rat seen going up a wall adjacent to the stables. It was actually heading towards a rats trap."
Toni Muscat
Oct 11th 2012, 20:10
If the video was taken 4 months ago,wouldn't you see building materials laying around ( tiles , cement ,etc)?Stop making this political people .These are helpless animals that serve us ,yet don't have a vote.Clearly they have been kept like this for a long time.Have they ever heard of Barn cats. Well fed cats can still take care of a rat problem. Shelters are full of cats looking for a new home .
Marco Galea
Oct 11th 2012, 20:02
sorry TX you lost all your journalistic credibility
Eddy Privitera
Oct 12th 2012, 07:41
If any credibility has been lost, it is that of the commissioner of police, who was unaware of the incredible situation the horses were being kept in for years !
Toni Muscat
Oct 12th 2012, 09:37
This is what is exceptionable for horses being kept , please read and educate your self .
http://www.petcaregt.com/horsecare/Horse-Stalls.html
anthony sultana
Oct 11th 2012, 19:44
ah ah il pesuna jew persuni li ridu post ahjar ghaz zwiemel, sa jigu ikkastigati.
Dennis Zammit
Oct 12th 2012, 09:17
It-tixwix huwa hazin. Kellhom u ghandhom metodi ohra officjali jekk riedu.
Smajt b'rapport li kien waqa' fuq widnejn torox? Nahseb li le !
Alfred Bugeja
Oct 11th 2012, 19:37
Dear TX, I'm afraid that some of you have forgotten one of the basics of decent journalism. Why, what, when, where and who is the name of the game. By forgetting to mention when that footage was taken, you were either trying to deliberately mislead, or you are shoddy journalists.
Robert Agius
Oct 12th 2012, 07:43
Funny, I thought the fundamental thing about journalism was revealing the truth. You see, even with shoddy, and definitely thanks to it, the analytic mind can see the writing on the wall. So was that situation AOK for you 4 months ago? So if you show a video of a murder taking place 5 months ago and the video gets aired 5 months too late then we scrap the video and say 'ah! 5 months too l8 m8!
Robert Agius
Oct 12th 2012, 07:51
Actually, why don't we stop all maintenance and cleaning for all departments etc. until the state you find acceptable - the state the stables were in 4 month ago. Well, the island is heading in that direction, slowly but surely, so you shouldn't worry much, I'm sure you will feel in you element then.
Antonia Vella
Oct 11th 2012, 19:29
I think many places in the police need restoration especially certain police stations are very old and in bad state
Anthony Camilleri
Oct 11th 2012, 19:26
Lil min se nemmnu? Zgur mhux lill Kummissarju, ghax kieku kellu jammetti li veru l-istallel tal-pulizija jinstabu f'dak l-istat kien jkollu jirrezenja. Imma ma tarax mela insejna li qed nghixu Malta u li hadd mhu responsabli.
Ma ninsewx ukoll li l-pulizija jew ahjar il-kbarat tal-pulizija kollox sew sex jaghmlu anzi kollox perfett.
Paul Bajada
Oct 11th 2012, 19:18
Well said TX. So we have the Police Commisioner condemning the person who allowed the cameramen in during the night! Why may I ask? Just out of pity for the horses? If he really felt pity for the horses, he should have taken action BEFORE they ended up in such a situation and not when the only option left was to put one of them to sleep.
c scudi
Oct 11th 2012, 20:24
Yes I can,t beleive that the Commisioner is ducking the issue.He should have comended the person who brought this to his attention....what an amzing excuse..
Kurt Mifsud
Oct 11th 2012, 19:18
Iz-ziemel maghlub bil-kustilji jidhru u l-gurdien kienu parti mill-"maintenance works" ukoll?
G. Gerada
Oct 11th 2012, 18:58
I am in shock. As a true animal lover, the Police Stables was the last place I expected to see such a mess! "Maintenance works"... "Maintenance works" ?? Oh, come'on, give some credit to that poor sick horse with keeping up appearances. No wonder-maintenance can ever restore the bad health and well being conditions those horses were doomed to live in. Proset tassew! What a true DISGRACE!
anthony sultana
Oct 11th 2012, 18:54
Prosit PL keep it up, where there is places like that in the first video , tell the people incharge to fix the problem or else,on this one I give you 100 points.I don't know if we saw every thing,but it looks good on the video.
Gillian Snook
Oct 11th 2012, 18:43
My sister's horse was 32 when he died and was in much better condition than the poor horse shown in your photo who you said was 22 and 24 years. Why on earth was he made to live when he had obviously been very poorly for a long time. It can only be neglect or trying to save money certainly not love of the poor creature.
J Busuttil
Oct 11th 2012, 18:41
Keep them coming Labour and your media this way you are showing your true colours. To the Maltese voters I say caution this is the tip of the iceberg and they are still in opposition. Welcome back to the 80's. with PL in the near future God forbid.
Toni Muscat
Oct 11th 2012, 19:44
Photos and videos don't lie
Eddy Privitera
Oct 11th 2012, 21:30
J. Busuttil: Why did the commissioner say that he was disgusted that a police officer had allowed journalists to enter the stables, without receiving permission ? Was he angry because journalits were able to see the poor state in which he horses are kept , which also reflects on his leadership ?
Brian Gatt
Oct 12th 2012, 09:40
Int bis serjeta?
What does the PL has to do with this situation? the tip of the iceberg of what? it was a journalistic scoop well placed, the whole of the Police Force should be ashamed, no excuses.
J Busutill im sure if Lou was the one who did this scoop you would be the first one to applaud.
Mr Rudiger Gatt
Oct 11th 2012, 18:36
technically no they are not lying, did you see all the video was filmed 4 months ago yes, but what for how long was the stable in that mess? did you see the rats? masses of rats like that dont come over night
Sharon Cini
Oct 11th 2012, 18:19
It's the Labour way - lie, lie and lie again and hopefully some people will believe it.
Mr Rudiger Gatt
Oct 11th 2012, 18:37
i dont think anyone is lying, he clearly said the video was shot 4 months ago. did you see the electrical work etc, that place was probably in that state for years. This is obvious
Matthew Grima
Oct 11th 2012, 19:33
Lie? Did you go there and witness a different sight?
Toni Muscat
Oct 11th 2012, 20:20
First video is of what the stables look like as of today. Second video they said was done 4 months ago in the dead of the night. What no watch men to stop them ? Who is watching the stables ? Someone was able to go and take video and only one person knew ? Come on
Eddy Privitera
Oct 11th 2012, 21:36
Sharon Cini: Even if the video was taken 4 months ago, can't you then realize that those poor horses had been kept in such disgraceful conditions for years ??? Is this a lie too ?
A.Felex Busuttil
Oct 11th 2012, 18:00
Commissioner said that someone went during the night to take filming. So there was no security or CCTV. What happens if there is a fire who is going to let go the other horses?
Peter Montebello
Oct 11th 2012, 18:33
I'm sorry but you missed the first part: he regretted that a policeman had allowed in a journalist to take that footage in the dead of night. So there must have been a policeman on duty as a security.
Paul Bajada
Oct 11th 2012, 17:57
I trust the PL media. What we saw yesterday couldnt be made up. In one day the perpetrators could have given a quick clean up and showed the cameramen only what they wanted to show them.
Someone must resign over this!
Frank Gauci
Oct 11th 2012, 18:20
Hahahaha I think you likes magics... Do you think you can fix new soffit and tiles in half day?? As said in this video refurbishment starts about 4 months ago and not 4 hours ago !!!
Paul Bajada
Oct 11th 2012, 19:15
you cant imagine what 20 or 30 people can do in one day. Abroad I have seen houses being erected and fully finished in 3 days. You must still be living in stone age mentality.....
Lucienne Spiteri
Oct 11th 2012, 17:53
typical Labour lies!
George Cutajar
Oct 11th 2012, 17:49
Mr. Rizzo's show around this morning is further proof that the PL media is ready to to clutch to any straw to try an depict the PN government and the Home Affairs Ministry in the worst possible light.
On seeing the initial video aired on TX I was shocked and dismayed but seeing the latest video uploaded I confirmed to myself that the horses at the mounted police are well cared for.
Anthony Scicluna
Oct 11th 2012, 17:42
If any of you see Police on horses around in our towns and villages you will realise how these animals are well cared for and loved. Shame on Labour! Why don't they condemn the Cabbies or is it power at all costs? Labour is petty. Labour won't work
Joseph Attard
Oct 11th 2012, 17:40
Biex tara l-istat veru ta' post trid tmur ghallarrieda, mhux meta jkollok kollox lest ghall gurnalisti
Marco Galea
Oct 11th 2012, 17:59
kollox ghal-lest meta l-video intwera lbierah??? bnew stalel godda mill-bierah?
proset tas-sense of humor!!
M Cutajar
Oct 11th 2012, 18:50
Naqbel mieghek perfettament. U trid turi video fuq l-istess passi li ttiehed l-ewwel wiehed u mhux juruna biss fejn hemm iz-zwiemel li jidhru li huma mizmuma fi stat tajjeb.lil gurnalisti hallewhom jaraw fejn dehru dawk il-grieden daqsiex ghaddejjin mal-hitan u kullimkien? urewhom kif issa suppost li gew il-kmamar tal-banju u fejn kien hemm il-cooker? f'4xhur suppost tlestew u gew sura ta' nies.
leon camilleri
Oct 11th 2012, 17:38
jin ma nafx imma mill injoranza tijej jien nifhem li dawk il grieden kolla ma kienux se johorgu matul il gurnata . ftit tindif fuq fuq kien bizzejed biex iddawar il media matul il jum ... pero il grieden bil lejl johorgu nahseb jien
A. Mizzi
Oct 11th 2012, 17:38
Jekk mhux illum , xahar ilu , erbgha xhur ilu dawk l-istalel THALLEW IKUNU F'DAK L'ISTAT!
Zgur mhux film imbabas u hadd ma cahad li kien film imbabas!
Manuel Camilleri
Oct 11th 2012, 17:34
Trust the PL media
R. Cilia
Oct 11th 2012, 17:33
In my opinion whoever gave permission for this footage wanted to mislead One TV if he failed to mention that woks were in progress since the footage was taken.The condition of the stables four months back are deplorable..I am happy to see that woks were carried out, better late than never
Ian Mamo
Oct 11th 2012, 17:22
it wont't Work!
Ivan Falzon
Oct 11th 2012, 17:16
so any drug addicts who reformed but have still to be sentenced by the courts after nearly 10 years can expect not to be prosecuted,no? it happened a long time ago
Maris Spagnol
Oct 11th 2012, 17:08
Ghadt hawn zwiemel li ghandhom certa eta u jkunu sbieh hafna u kundizzjonati... fl-opinjoni tieghi ma narahiex gustifikazzjoni ghax kienu f'dak l-istat habba l-eta!! Kull min jaf jaghraf ziemel b'sahhtu kullhadd jaf kif ikun.....mhux il-kustilji kollha jidhru.....Meta gilli rajt ziemel f'dak l-istat ghax ikun gralu xi haga waqt it-trasport minn barra ghal Malta (ikun ghamilu id-deni il-vjagg)
Daniel Borg
Oct 11th 2012, 17:05
We are a nation full of politically infected human beings who put party politics before anything. We justify facts according to our beliefs & see everything through a brainwashed blue or red lens. Some people should be exiled from this country & replaced by immigrants (at least they can be trained)
This is ANIMAL CRUELTY at its best. The police should be PROSECUTED. The LAW is EQUAL to ALL.
Franco Attard Trevisan
Oct 11th 2012, 19:31
couldn't have said it better!
Noel Abela
Oct 11th 2012, 17:00
Excuse me but if four months ago the place was in shambles and in need of maintenance which Government was responsible for this state during the past 25 years……………………….the one and only Partito Nazjonalista later known as GonziPn. I rest my point.
Paul Zammit
Oct 11th 2012, 16:52
PL's media is resorting to nasty tricks ... yet, it fired back big, big time!!!
Alfred Vassallo
Oct 11th 2012, 16:58
Nasty tricks??? Ma qalux li mhux veru!!! trid tejd li il verita twegga!!!
A Zammit
Oct 11th 2012, 16:52
The comments of this article answer the definite question why the MLP/LP (choose your flavour) is condemned to the opposition.
Alfred Vassallo
Oct 11th 2012, 17:00
Will see, A.zammit if labour is condemned to the oppostion . will see!
Noel Abela
Oct 11th 2012, 17:00
Excuse me but if four months ago the place was in shambles and in need of maintenance which Government was responsible for this state during the past 25 years……………………….the one and only Partito Nazjonalista later known as GonziPn. I rest my point.
Carmel (Nenu) Aquilina
Oct 11th 2012, 16:45
Imma kif jaslu għall kollox dawn in-nies, basta jħamġu u jitolbu r-riżenji.
Prosit lill pulizija tal-Kavallerija li dejjem kienu mfaħħra kemm jieħdu ħsieb iż-żwiemel u jżommuhom f'' saħħithom u eleganti li ittik gost!
Kieku kienu traskurati ma jidrux sbieħ bħal ma jidhru dawn iż-żwiemel tal-Kavallerija f'xi okkażjoni Nazzjonali..
Alfred Vassallo
Oct 11th 2012, 17:01
Kif jaslu iktar u ferm iktar il nies tieghjek Nen!!
Franco Attard Trevisan
Oct 11th 2012, 16:31
While feeling a bit relieved that the current condition of the stables are good I am still very disappointed by the fact that until 4 months ago the police force was keeping their horses in such a disgusting state.
S. Zammit
Oct 11th 2012, 16:29
MLP will remain the same. Get your facts right and grow up. You cannot lead a country if you act like children.
J Farrugia
Oct 11th 2012, 16:44
Fact is, the stables where in that state, and for how long where they like that? if things are being done now all i can can say is about bloody time.
Jimmy Ventura
Oct 11th 2012, 18:03
Sur Zammit, tista' tmeri xi haga mill-film in kwistjoni? Jekk int kuntent li wara 25 sena ta gvern nazzjonalista dak il-post kien f'dik il-kundizzjoni haddiehor mhux.
M Cutajar
Oct 11th 2012, 19:02
Facts are facts. It's good to know that something has been done but you cannot be happy to say the least when you see a video showing such a pitiable state that the stables and of course the horses, were in. I only hope that the rest of the place was refurbished throughout because the 2nd video only shows the part where the horses are kept. what about the kitchen, what about the bathrooms?
Alfred Bugeja
Oct 11th 2012, 16:27
Ah... and the truth will set you free!
The so called Institute of Maltese Journalist should censure the producers and presenter of TX for deliberately trying to mislead public opinion on this matter.
They should be ashamed of themselves, not the Commissioner or the Government.
G Schembri
Oct 11th 2012, 16:48
The only fault of TX is that they showed the film 4 months too late. As the commissioner said himself "He said he had immediately investigated and found that the footage was taken four months ago when maintenance works were under way. " So up to 4 months ago that was the state of the stables.
Robert Agius
Oct 11th 2012, 17:48
Mislead? So four months ago we were still in the middle ages, right?
Mr Eric Camilleri
Oct 11th 2012, 16:18
Xort wahda l-istalel kienu f'dik il-kundizzjoni li rajna! Issa jekk irrangajtuwhom xi xhur ilu xorta dizastru kienu
Chris Vella
Oct 11th 2012, 16:12
Speachless
Dennis Zammit
Oct 11th 2012, 16:11
So will Franco Debono pop up here as well?
Who will he ask to resign? The CoP?
m borg
Oct 11th 2012, 16:10
Total disgrace. Shame on whoever is ''supposed'' to be responsible. Poor animals. The eyes of this horse in picture shows fear and hunger. Poor poor animal. Take action now ! This is what they need to know now in the UK after the Arriva fiasco. Do really animal rights exists on this island??? A real third world country.
Charles Micallef
Oct 11th 2012, 16:08
So a few months old makes it OK?
Justin Spiteri
Oct 11th 2012, 15:58
"Video is several months old" ... thats bad news, the horses have probably starved to death by now then.
Kurt Mifsud
Oct 11th 2012, 18:29
Prosit Justin. Ta l-anqas hawn xi hadd li nnota l-istess haga, mhux jien biss
George Attard
Oct 11th 2012, 15:57
While the station and the show was right to bring this into the news, they shouldn't have shown outdated footage. But that's the type of non professional investigative journalism you come to expect from One, isn't it?
M Manduca
Oct 11th 2012, 16:30
Spot on
victor bonello
Oct 11th 2012, 16:30
how can one be so blindfolded.. animal cruelty and total abandon is never outdated.
Well done One for helping these animals out.
Alfred Vassallo
Oct 11th 2012, 16:40
‘‘They shouldn't have shown outdated footage. ''
That' rich! So if the station came by this video just now, does it abscond whoever left the animals in that condition simply because ''it was taken several months ago’’?
By your reasoning if a reporter comes upon a story showing ill treatment of humans or animals months ago then he simply leaves it because as you say ''it's outdated'.
Victor Laiviera
Oct 11th 2012, 20:27
4 months is not outdated - it's current. The neglect we saw in that footage has been going on for decades.
Charles Micallef
Oct 11th 2012, 15:52
This is shocking footage and a disgrace both to Humans and Animals. Animal welfare should confiscate these animals without further delay. I like many others am so, so angry that such conditions are being utilised for what they are meant to be the cream of horses in Malta. Whoever is ultimately responsible should resign!
Joseph Galea
Oct 11th 2012, 15:43
Bhal dak li qallu, ghax il-Video ilu xhur, huwa accettabli?
Maris Spagnol
Oct 11th 2012, 15:33
Kemm ahna sbieh minn jaf jarana.....imbad jghidu li ghax issuq iz-zwiemel mohqrija... imnalla ma jsuquhomx eee tal-Kavallerija ax ma nafx kif ikunu kieku...hemm bzonn jaraw x'jaghmlu.. mhux mohhok fit-trasport publiku..... nisthi nghid li jien Maltija meta dara dik it-tip ta krudilta fuq animal li ma jista’ jaghmel xejn
T Cassar
Oct 11th 2012, 15:30
Can those who have been regularly entering the building and those who are responsible for the building and animals please explain why they did not do their duty while they were happily being paid to do so from everyone's taxes? Are they not duty bound to prevent crime and to report crime?
Edward Zammit
Oct 11th 2012, 16:11
Because the Police don't have a union to speak out for them ( although promised to them years ago), and if they speak out for themselves, retribution will be cruel and swift on them. The most important thing is that GHQ is kept spotless everything else is below the administration ! As long as the displays are done, and the media is happy and a pretty picture is painted, all is good.
D Borg
Oct 11th 2012, 15:29
several months old......
then resignations and criminal action against who is ultimately responsible (if nobody the bucks stops at John Rizzo and/or his superiors), are MONTHS overdue.
victor bonello
Oct 11th 2012, 16:34
Dear Mr. Borg,
We live in the banana republic of Malta. Our prime minister repeats ad nauseam that everyone has to carry his/her responsibility - but resignations do not form part of his dictionary !
Paul Borg
Oct 11th 2012, 15:20
Il Gvern ghandu obbligu jghagixxi minnufieh ,anke jekk il footage huwa xhur ilu. Ir Remissa ghandha taqa minnufieh taht idejn ic Chief Veterinarian ta Malta u minn kien responsabbli jsallbuh mal media kollha.
S.M. Cuschieri
Oct 11th 2012, 15:18
How terribly terribly disgusting and sad!! Shame, Shame Shame. I never expected this from the police force who seem so proud of their cavalry......!!
L Borg
Oct 11th 2012, 15:17
I think the reason they left this place in this state is because the stables will shortly be moved to the Ta' Kandia complex so any expenses done there would have been deemed (quite wrongly) unnecessary, but this is no excuse, the horses and the people stationed there deserves better treatment !
L Borg
Oct 11th 2012, 15:13
Footage is 4 months old they said! I bet if one goes there today he will find it in a spick and span state! If the Police wants us to take it seriously, they should have invited all the journalists to visit the stables TODAY to see for themselves the refurbishment done and the state it is in today.
Marco Galea
Oct 11th 2012, 16:15
erm they did?
Victor Pulis
Oct 11th 2012, 15:12
efforts continue to be made to control the problem of rats.
What kind of statement is that?!
We're talking about rats here not the Taliban!
The point remains that four months ago the horses shown in the video were suffering and from theirlook they had been for a long time.
Noel Abela
Oct 11th 2012, 15:12
Four months ago or not, it is shameful. This is like when it was reported that two people died due to the fact that they were given the wrong dosage when attending chimo therapy and the authorities said that that happen some years before, as if that could be excused. Shameful.
Joanne Micallef
Oct 11th 2012, 15:11
Maybe a reporter can go with a crew and film the stables again, because the state of the place was close to derelict, not to mention all the ill health and safety issues both men and animals were enduring
P. Ciantar
Oct 11th 2012, 15:09
if it is months old can we see how they are today. This would be a very inquistive and interesting article.
Daniel Vella
Oct 11th 2012, 15:06
jideher li ghadu ma nstabx xi habib biex inkunu nistghu niprivatizzaw is sezzjoni taz zwiemel. Sirna kollox jew tal privat jew mitluq. Pero il-haddiema li hemm jahdmu hemm ghandhom parti mill htijja ukoll. Biex taqbaghad pala u tnaddaf ma tridx xi erf imma semplicement ftit hegga. Dawn l-affarjiet jinqataw biss meta il post tax xoghol ikun jiddependi fuq ir rizultati.
Paul Smith
Oct 11th 2012, 15:04
"..and efforts continue to be made to control the problem of rats"
Get some hunters down there, surely they can kill the rats, or do they only shoot things that fly??
stephen mifsud
Oct 11th 2012, 15:02
what a DISGRACE of a country to let this happen ... im disgusted with Malta .... Rats are taking over the island and the RATS are bigger then the CATS ....
Charles Grixti
Oct 11th 2012, 16:10
Because cats are killed at every available opportunity, the RATS are having a ball.
Place a few cats (and take good care of them) and I would guarantee there will be no more rats in the stables.
pat muscat
Oct 11th 2012, 14:53
Allura l-Pulizija bil-Kummissarju u bil-Ministru b'kollox ghandhom l-wicc jarrestaw lil xi hadd ghall--Qorti ghax ikun haqar l-annimali? Vera imgrati lejn dawn iz-zwiemel li min jaf kemm ferhu nies! Shame and shame.
Jonathan Sorrell
Oct 11th 2012, 14:48
Shocking, sad, heart wrenching, immoral, dispassionate, negligent, ruthless, cruel, barbaric - the list goes on and on ! M Sorrell. Vegan World Network Malta.
Maris Spagnol
Oct 11th 2012, 14:48
Kemm ahna sbieh minn jaf jarana.....imbad jghidu li min issuq iz-zwiemel fil- korsa mohqrija... imnalla ma jsuquhomx eee tal-Kavallerija ax ma nafx kif ikunu kieku...hemm bzonn jaraw x'jaghmlu.. mhux kullhadd mohhu fit-trasport publiku..... nisthi nghid li jien Maltija meta dara dik it-tip ta krudilta fuq animal li ma jista’ jaghmel xejn.....
J Farrugia
Oct 11th 2012, 14:48
Ok then show is a film of the place today and the same horses. Untill this you are as much worth as horse manure police ta malta.
J Micallef
Oct 11th 2012, 14:44
"several months old".
That's not decades or centuries.
I though we were civilised enough to show some more respect towards animals, particulalry those that have served Man so well and so faithfully.
Perhaps this (past) sorry state was the result of budgetary measures? Now that would be nasty.
R. Balzan
Oct 11th 2012, 14:38
Why is it that government entities always tend to find excuses and never, never ever admit their deficiencies. Even if the footage was 4 months old it was SCANDALOUS. And of course that anorexic mare was put down, she was already starving to death when the film was shot. And what about the shabbiness of the place, the huge rabbit-like rodents roaming freely everywhere?
Victor Calleja
Oct 11th 2012, 14:36
Il video ma jigdibx. Issa ilu erba xughur jew ilu gurnata xorta wahda iz zwiemel kienu jew ghadhom jghixu f'kundizzjoni misera.'Bhas soltu lawtoritajiet jippruvaw ipingu stampa differenti.
Kieku ma kienx Tx hadt ma kiem ikun jaf xhemm hemm gew.
James Tyrrell
Oct 11th 2012, 14:29
So will the police be issuing a new updated video showing the beautiful conditions that their horses and men now enjoy at this location?
Michael Hudson
Oct 11th 2012, 14:28
I don't know why some are blaming the Police. One needs to know if there was a budget allocated for the improvement of these stables, if so how much? Bla flus la tghannaq u lanqas tbus, Hon Tonio Borg.
R. Cilia
Oct 11th 2012, 14:20
Shame on the authorities!This is why I can never agree to the building of a new Parliament There are so many departments that need upgrading. Our money should be spent wisely, renovating that we already have!
Charles Grixti
Oct 11th 2012, 16:16
But you forget that the Parliament is to be enjoyed by our elected elite and it was a prioritiy for them. Who cares about the other things which are more important.
Marco Galea
Oct 11th 2012, 14:17
the footage is shameful ... but also the journalist behind it for not verifying the source and story - the footage is old, the mare was sick and had to be put down, the stables are refurbished and the quarters have been renovated ... times can verify what im saying
David Farrugia
Oct 11th 2012, 15:50
four months means last JUNE
Alfred Bugeja
Oct 11th 2012, 14:14
Wherever there is animal feed, there are rats. The problem with rats in these stables exists in every other stable in Marsa near the racecourse.
JJ Agius
Oct 11th 2012, 16:24
As far as I know there are no stables in Tower Road! yet there are rats as big as the ones seen on the film.
I remember being a kid use to see people from Health putting poison in country walls all over Malta.
Do they still do ??
J.J.Agius
Julie Portelli
Oct 11th 2012, 14:10
One of the main obligations for every employer,no matter the work place, is to provide a safe environment for his/her employees to work. From a health &safety perspective, the provided work place is open 2serious hazards such as electrical shock (due to the lack of, what is commonly termed, a salva vita), fire, hygiene.Police officers need to be protected together with their partners: their horses
M Grima
Oct 11th 2012, 14:09
So because the footage is four months old it didn't happen? Is that so Mr. Police Spokesman (whoever you are)?
Unbelievable, and these people are payed from our taxes to ensure that nothing of the sort takes place and yet these atrocities are being conducted on their own doorsteps.
effie stafrace
Oct 11th 2012, 14:09
min jihu hsieb dawn l istallel possibli andu daru fdan li stat ukol.ma amx bzon xi investigazjoni fi tul.tara min hu il bidillu li suppost jihu hsieb inadaf dawn li stalel u itih dak li haqqu
Ms.D. Galea
Oct 11th 2012, 14:08
Irrespective of WHEN this shocking footage was taken, this is a national is a disgrace.
Who is. was supposedly in charge of these unfortunate creatures which such hauntingly sad eyes should be made to suffer their own plight for a few weeks. I
snt there some government vet who is supposed to check on their health every so often?
Mr charles calleja
Oct 11th 2012, 14:04
fuq net news ghadu ma instema dwar dan il kaz tal kavallirija tal pulizija,dawn mhux f'malta jaqaw qedin.
j brincat
Oct 11th 2012, 13:56
Don't tell me that now we have a state of the art stables!
(jb)
A Dimech
Oct 11th 2012, 13:56
are you saying the this was when MLP was in government?!
E. Cuschieri
Oct 11th 2012, 13:55
'One of the animals was put down some time ago while the other was some 35 years old, the spokesman said.' Is this the excuse for these poor animals to have to live in this dispicable conditon!
MT Caruana
Oct 11th 2012, 13:54
Was a video taken to prove the update information?
Rosalind Tabone
Oct 11th 2012, 13:52
Whether the video was taken four months ago or four years ago it really makes no difference. The fact that the poor horses were living in such conditions is digusting to say the least. The horse in the picture seems to have been abandoned for a long time to become in this poor condition.
Mr Karl Ciarlo'
Oct 11th 2012, 14:13
Nor does the fact that this mare has been put down absolve the person/s responsible from this crime. Shame indeed.
Julie Portelli
Oct 11th 2012, 14:25
The horse in this picture is 33 years old, she simply aged. I have horses myself and i can tell that the horse is an old one. Just like us humans.. we all look tired, thin and weak once we age.Doesnt mean that we have been abandoned or neglected. Most elderly look frail unfortunately.
A. Schembri
Oct 11th 2012, 14:43
Rosalind, if the 35 year old horse mentioned is the one in the picture than its body is not shocking. It is like comapring it to that of a 90 to 95 year old human
Jonathan Sorrell
Oct 11th 2012, 14:49
Well said.
A. Schembri
Oct 11th 2012, 15:42
That hose at 35 is equivalent to around 90 to 95 years in human years
Mr Karl Ciarlo'
Oct 11th 2012, 15:46
If the horse is indeed 35 years old, then this should have been stated from the outset not as an afterthought. Aging is something that everyone immediately understands
Charles J. Buttigieg
Oct 11th 2012, 13:51
improved considerably? It needs a radical overhaul not a considerable improvement.
Manuel Zammit
Oct 11th 2012, 13:51
I bet that the first investigation to be carried out will be to find the one who brought all this to the attention of the media and then, maybe, how things got to this state.
Charlie DeBattista
Oct 11th 2012, 13:50
Shame!
Andrew Portelli
Oct 11th 2012, 13:48
Ma nahsibx li l-kummissarju ghandu tort fuq dawn l-affarijiet. Ma' jistax ikun li joqghod imur gewwa l-istallel biex jiccekkja hux kollox sejjer tajjeb ghax suppost hemm min jiehu hsieb li jinzammu f'kundizzjonijiet tajbin hafna. Pero minn naha l-ohra ghandu jinvestiga l-kaz bir-reqqa u bla ebda riservi kulhadd jiehu dak li-haqqu.
Lawrence Attard
Oct 11th 2012, 15:06
U ghax le ghandu jaghmel surprise visits kullimkien. inkella f wednejn jassal biss dak li jridu jwasslulu. Is surRizzo huwa persuna serja pero l amministrazzjoni tohodlu hafna hin. biex ikun zgur li dawn l-affarijiet ma jsirux huwa irid ikun li johrogmill ufficcju w jdur. per ezempju quddiem l-ghassa tal fgura ta kulljum ikun hemm double u triple parking quddiem ghajnejn il pulizija u x'jigri?
Sandro Lapira
Oct 11th 2012, 15:24
u zgur li ghandu tort ...kullhadd jaf fl-iema stat qieghed il-korp u din hija wahda biss mill problemi li ghandu l-korp.
Mela fejn jaqblilna dejjem irridu lil ministri jehlu ta kollox u ta kulhadd u dan le... jekk hu ragel supretendent Rizzo jitfa r-rizenja tieghu issa qabel ghada u jhalli l-korp jimxi l-quddiem ghax tahtu l-korp mar 20 sena lura.
Charlie Formosa
Oct 11th 2012, 13:47
I want to see to believe. Will they allow me to pay a visit?
M Grima
Oct 11th 2012, 13:46
Doesn't change anything which TX has shown because these horses lived exactly in these appalling conditions.
Doris Sarlo
Oct 11th 2012, 13:42
What a shame!
R Mallia
Oct 11th 2012, 13:42
Prosit ONE TV for showing these. Arukaza... pajjiz ta' tielet dinja.
Paul Bajada
Oct 11th 2012, 13:42
So by removing a filthy oven and putting the mare to sleep.. can this be called an improvement? For God's sake!
Tonio Micallef
Oct 11th 2012, 13:41
Excuses start flowing in! 4-month old video??? So show us a video of today's state of the stables. Come on! After 4 months, they are still trying to control the rats!! Unbelievable! And the oven has been removed. What about the toilets? What about the rusting beams in the ceilings? And the dangerous electricity wires running around? Shame on who is responsible for this state of affairs.
Mark Portelli
Oct 11th 2012, 13:41
Aaa Ok its 4 months old ..... Nothing to worry about. I left my child locked up in a room without food for a whole month.... but that was four months ago. Now I stopped doing it.
What a Joke!
Thomas Rubicon
Oct 11th 2012, 13:41
And then "they" have the nerve to parade up and down Valletta, all bright brass and all......!
No more watching Police Parades for me.
And no, there shouldn't be a resignation ..... resignations what should follow - no excuses.....!
L Farrugia
Oct 11th 2012, 13:40
What a disgrace and all this under our noses. These are people who should be giving us an example, prosit ghalikom,misskom tisthu, vera apparenza inganna
Joseph Buttigieg
Oct 11th 2012, 13:40
If I were the police commissioner, i would take steps against the officers who left them in this condition
R. Cilia
Oct 11th 2012, 15:22
What do you expect the officers to do J.Buttigieg ? Shoot the rats ? Change the roof?Plaster the walls?
Alfred Bugeja
Oct 11th 2012, 13:40
This footage is old. The stables were totally refurbished a few months ago.
Charles Grixti
Oct 11th 2012, 13:39
It is ok guys. The problem has been solved. The mare has been put down. What else do you want?
Go back to sleep, sleep everyone, you are in good hands.
JJ Debono
Oct 11th 2012, 13:36
I am not in the least bias but i do hope that the next government hopefully Give< Labout a chance, would clear up the mess this government has got us into. () taken from the british labour conference text () this also applies to Malta. give labour a chance,. maybe i will
JC Sullivan
Oct 11th 2012, 13:35
Sickening that these animals are so mistreated.
M Cassar
Oct 11th 2012, 13:33
Rajt il-filmat Xokkanti.....emmnuni vera tal-MIsthija!!!!!! Imbghad jghamlu plejtu b'kaccatur jew nassab.... nispera li -ghaqdied jitkellmu issa; u wisq izjed il-ministru koncernat. Mhux la kemm ziemel joghlob...ghax ziemel huwa annimal fsahhtu, mela nemmen li dan ir-rejat ta negligenza lejn dawn iz-zwiemel ilu sejjer xhur twal. Isthu jekk tafu!!!!!
B. Storace
Oct 11th 2012, 13:27
If the poor creatures have reached retirement age and as stated elsewhere here below they cannot be humanely put down, then they should be put out to pasture. Alas, our open country is void of such luxury so other means have to be found and soon too it appears.
Jana Vella
Oct 11th 2012, 13:26
It is more important to have the 'Bridge to nowhere'!!!!
Andrea Giallombardo
Oct 11th 2012, 13:25
To Protect and Serve. Ha..
victora dennis
Oct 11th 2012, 13:24
DISGUSTING!!!! GET THOSE HORSES OUT OF THERE TO A 'SAFE' AND 'CLEAN' ENVIROMENT AND SORT THAT HORRID PLACE OUT OR FIND THEM OTHER STABLES, ALSO GET SOMEONE IN TO TREAT THEM WITH THE CARE THEY DESERVE AND NEED.
YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELVES!
Ian Bugeja
Oct 11th 2012, 13:22
I really can't understand what the problem is, the horses are not in a poor state, yes true, the building is in a bad state and there are rats and bugs but that's the state of any farm.
Neil Zammit
Oct 11th 2012, 14:14
int qed tarah lil dak iz ziemel li hemm fir-ritratt? fil-footage qas felah iqum fuq siequ sew ta! dak mhux stat hazin??
stephen mifsud
Oct 11th 2012, 15:08
inti bis serjeta. ----no farms are not always like that were horses are starved and rat droppings all over and to add the Rats are multiplying and are bigger then cats ... some farm that would be !!!!
peter ellul
Oct 11th 2012, 13:05
DISGUSTING IMMAGINE IF THE QUEEN S CAVALERY SAW THIS WE LL BE MORE RIDICULED THAN ARRIVA
Eve Axiaq
Oct 11th 2012, 13:02
Kemm kellu ragun Franco Debono jikkritika lil CMB u gaghlu jirrizenja! Tghaffiga wara ohra!
P Bonnici
Oct 11th 2012, 12:59
...another reason why former minister Dr Mifsud Bonnici had to resign.
John Caruana
Oct 11th 2012, 12:56
Il-veru disgrace Sur Ministru i/c mill-pulizija.
Alfie Lewis
Oct 11th 2012, 12:52
Even the shanty buildings in Mumbia are in a better standard than tthese stables , poor horses specialy the poor brown couldnt even get up it looks so unhappen. Mr, Rizzo or who is in charge of these stables, please, please do something right now, please and thanks on behailf ot those poor horses.
Maria Mallia
Oct 11th 2012, 12:51
Something MUST be done not tomorrow or in a months time NOWWWWW......... this is a disgrace!!!!!!!!!
Carmel Camilleri
Oct 11th 2012, 12:50
Fil- veru sens tal-kelma
ONLY IN MALTA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
joseph green
Oct 11th 2012, 12:50
Sar rapport lil pulizija fuq din il mohqrija fuq dan iz ziemel , u jekk sar ittiehdet xi azzjoni . Il kummisarju jaf bihom dawn l affarijiet.
Ms Maria Vella
Oct 11th 2012, 12:47
Part of me would like to hear some sort of valid reason behind this but am sure there isn't. What is sad is that these animals are suffering due to incompetence, ignorance and non chalance.
Can't someone responsible act?
Mario Borg
Oct 11th 2012, 12:44
Animal welfare, please confiscate these poor horses and care for them.
As for the police, they should be charged for animal neglect and cruelty. Shame on them!
Jonathan Sorrell
Oct 11th 2012, 14:50
Agreed and well put.
Peter Shaw
Oct 11th 2012, 12:39
Will the police arrest themselves ?
P Bonnici
Oct 11th 2012, 13:00
They did not arrest themselves in the Nicholas Azzopardi's case. The police force must be reformed with help from OUTSIDE not inside.
Peter Shaw
Oct 11th 2012, 12:39
UNBELEIVABLE!!!!
Victor Calleja
Oct 11th 2012, 12:36
The police commisioner and his minister (Dr. Gonzi) should resign as soon as possible.
SHAME on you both. Par idejn sodi my foot.
Anthony Camilleri
Oct 11th 2012, 13:20
I totally agree with you.
Pisellu Pisellu
Oct 11th 2012, 13:30
And the officers who were directly in charge of these poor animals should be promoted, & given some shiny medal of HONOUR too, once your at it.... lol
BigJulieRawbottom Rawbottom
Oct 11th 2012, 12:36
Shame on the person running the place, the Maltese might call us British whingers but in this case we do have something to whing about, its ok for your government to show the state of the art, schools, and perfect standard, but now we are not so sure after watching the video - absolutly disgusting.
Mr Anthony Formosa
Oct 11th 2012, 13:23
Ms Rawbottom, months ago a British was charged of animal cruelty involving also horses, there's no difference between Maltese and British Whining we all care about animals.
Billie Watson
Oct 11th 2012, 13:24
State of the art and perfect country, good job we only make short visit to the island. i would have thought by now Big Julie that you realize that the maltese are just braggers/Bost., they brag about anything and everything, but the bottom line is - they are just a third world country and still have alot to learn from us, i would suggest the man in charge to take an educational trip to NL.-Holland
Mr Henry Borg
Oct 11th 2012, 12:30
How can justice be done against those who harm animals, when the police themselves do not even care about their animals who help them perform their tasks!!
Jules Edwards
Oct 11th 2012, 12:28
Now the commissioner or some politician comes out with some cover story that this is not what it looks like and so forth. Come on, please take action!
denise hobson
Oct 11th 2012, 12:27
As an american visitng this lovely country,reading the article the video has alot to say to us animal lovers, and this is a very sorry state of affairs specially from the local police, we have never ever thought of such cruelty to their animals until we read this article above, this is way out of order and no doubt the pictures are now circultaing half way around the globe. Shame on them.
Marisa Debono
Oct 11th 2012, 12:26
"The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated. "
Mahatma Gandhi
Charles Zammit
Oct 11th 2012, 12:19
This is so shameful . Why has it been left for so long ? This is not a thing of weeks neglect but of years . Does the Police Commissioner know about this ? Or is this not part of his Police Force ? Get things moving now . Get a cleaning company & A Pest Control Company in today A building contractor to start on the building repairs . A Vet to examine these poor animals .
joe galea
Oct 11th 2012, 12:18
The Police Commisioner should resign with immidiate effect !!!!!! this unacceptable to these poor animals and the Maltese people!!!!!!!! Shame on you!!!!!
Michael Camileri
Oct 11th 2012, 12:11
And we wonder why no-one respects the law here.. the departments charged to enforce the law do not adhere to it!
joe galea
Oct 11th 2012, 12:11
Unacceptable !!!!!! shame !!!!!
Marie Borg
Oct 11th 2012, 12:11
My Great Uncle would turn in his grave if he saw the state this place is in now. No way would that have happened during the English Cavalry. DISGUSTING
M Sciberras
Oct 11th 2012, 12:11
This is what marks Malta from the 'Europe' we are apparently part of. Just like roads that are refurbished only when a Head of State visits, just like hospitals that are built for hundreds of millions and are too small to cater for the demand from day 1. Dont think that a change in govt will change these things - I have seen no policy showing us how this shambles of governance will be improved.
Marija Falzon
Oct 11th 2012, 12:09
This is DISGRACEFUL. And this is on YOUR HANDS Dr. Gonzi, as minister of internal affairs. Do you know how to spell responsibility?
Paul Bajada
Oct 11th 2012, 12:09
Anka l-annimali spiccaw vittma tal-politika mahmuga ta GonziPN. L-ewwel juzawk u mbaghad jarmuk!
Francis Grech
Oct 11th 2012, 12:08
How discasting it is to show the sorry state of the one's pride police cavalery horses I do hope that now the SPCA of Malta or any other supposedly animal lovers will take some action to solve that problem what Malta is a member of the EU more than a third country from deep African jungle Shame on you all who is responsable you call your selves good chatolics.
Mr Victor G Mercieca
Oct 11th 2012, 12:07
Where is animal welfare protection just across the Marsa grounds??
Jules Edwards
Oct 11th 2012, 12:26
So true, I agree,charity begins at home...........
Marco Galea
Oct 11th 2012, 12:07
of course now it is the blame of the PM ... why did no police report this? and if he did why did his superiors never make this public?
David Caruana
Oct 11th 2012, 12:40
Because someone up high would make the life of that officer hell!!
Who do you think alerted the media about this?
Lino Busuttil
Oct 11th 2012, 12:06
Unbelievable 2012. Cannot get one right, may be the Fall of the Minister of Police created a break in the chain of command? This horse has not been fed, someone forgot to do his duty no?
Franco Attard Trevisan
Oct 11th 2012, 12:50
It is quite obvious from the footage that this thing has been going on for a very very long time and a horse doesn't become skin and bones by missing a meal or two neither!
Mario Camilleri
Oct 11th 2012, 12:06
X'agħarukaża, x'agħarukaża u agħarukaża!! Tal-mistħija!! Imsieken dawk il-povri żwiemel.Nisperaw li l-Kummissarju jagħtina spjegazzjoni għal dawn l-atti inumani u jieħu passi kontra min qed jordna dawn il-ħniżrijiet.
aldo Attard
Oct 11th 2012, 12:04
I was once told that horses are afraid of rats.
Do not tell me this is part of the training.
I hope that when I come across the elegant mounted police this clip would not spring onto my mind.
Sure this is a lack of discipline.
laurent caruana
Oct 11th 2012, 12:04
Not all animals have four legs!!!! X'Misthija
william cauchi
Oct 11th 2012, 12:03
Resignation is one thing, but what we saw is a criminal act.
If this place belonged to Joey, Charlie, Zeppi, the Police would close down the place with immediate effect and arrest whoever is in charge.
George Caruana
Oct 11th 2012, 12:02
A member of the public was recently commited for animal cruelty due to the state of the hoarse. Does this mean that the Police will get away with it as they are seen a authority figures. Something realy need to be done to provide proper care for these animals.
What is this country coming to.
marit pedersen
Oct 11th 2012, 12:01
That place should be closed down immediately its more like a concentration camp than a stables. Where is the Government Vet, why has he not closed it down ? Its disgraceful.....
anthony sultana
Oct 11th 2012, 12:00
Call for our votes,WHAT ELSE IS GOING WRONG?
Leonard Cole
Oct 11th 2012, 12:24
VOTES !!!! So you blame the government for such a situation ?? Blame the Assistant Commissioner in charge for not handling such situation in a professional way. Also shame goes to those in charge, since the state of the stables in haywire.
The Police Commissioner should act immediately as regards to this matter.
D Borg
Oct 11th 2012, 12:00
John Rizzo should tender his resignation and the PM (as Minsiter responsible) should accept it outright
Should Mr. Rizzo fail to do so, the PM should sack him
if the PM fails to do so, the PM will be sacked very shortly....
twanny borg
Oct 11th 2012, 12:17
mela l-kummissarju se jlahhaq ma' kollox? min jiehu hsieb dawn iz-zwiemel irid jerfa r-responsabbilta'. iz-zwiemel mhux tirkibhom biss imma trid tiehu hsiebhom u fejn jghixu.
cert li l-kummissarju se jiehu passi.
Franco Attard Trevisan
Oct 11th 2012, 12:46
@ twanny borg
Il-Kummissarju huwa l-kap tal-pulizija ghalhekk HU responsabli ta dan u jekk ma jistax 'ilahhaq ma kollox' jara x'jghamel u jibda jlahhaq ghax dak xogholu!
P Bonnici
Oct 11th 2012, 11:59
This video makes me sick. The rat infestation is due to the availability of animal feed.
The PN neglected the police force which they inherited from the Mintoff/KMB regime. They inherited brutes and professional policemen, yet they failed to reform the force.
L Borg
Oct 11th 2012, 15:07
@P Bonnici: are you serious?? How many officers from the Mintoff/KMB era are still serving in the force? Didn't PN have enough time in 25 years to clean it from the so called "brutes"? Nearly all the present officers joined the force under the EFA regime, so this is what the PL will be inheriting after all, will not be an easy task for him I bet!
Franco Attard Trevisan
Oct 11th 2012, 11:58
who is going to shoulder responsibility for this disgrace???!!! Where are the animal welfare people??? Since animal cruelty is a crime, isn't this a case where the police are committing a crime they are duty bound to prevent??? Both the police commissioner and the minister responsible for the police should resign and be punished in court!!!! This is outrageous !!!!!!!!!!
William Attard McCarthy
Oct 11th 2012, 11:57
It's a pity the commentary is in Maltese...but on the other hand I am sure the video footage alone is enough to cause international outrage! How despicable, shameful and downright criminal!
Alfred Vassallo
Oct 11th 2012, 11:57
This is the legacy of the pn ministers total disregard for almost everything except were it suits them.
What has the Police commissioner to say to all this. I think the police force is really at its lowest ebb.
pat muscat
Oct 11th 2012, 14:55
@ A Vassallo:
L-unika haga efficjenti hija l-fabbrika ta l-izkuzi fi hdan GonziPN!
Joanne Micallef
Oct 11th 2012, 11:55
APPALLING!!! Animal welfare should take action immediately, whoever is responsible should be sacked and heavily fined
M Cauchi
Oct 11th 2012, 11:53
Shame on the police. How is it that this is only coming to light now!!! Shameful!!!
Christopher Camilleri
Oct 11th 2012, 11:51
This is completely unacceptable! My heart goes out to those poor horses :(
Gillian Snook
Oct 11th 2012, 11:51
ACTION IS NEEDED AT ONCE
Victor Laiviera
Oct 11th 2012, 11:50
Definitly not "smart" or "state of the art".
laurent caruana
Oct 11th 2012, 12:01
Xi dwejjaq ta' nies. Imma kif dejjem trid iddahhal il-gvern f'kull haga li tghid?
Morana Axisa
Oct 11th 2012, 12:17
Skuzi min semma l gvern? U qas kieku, l pulizija mhux parti mill gvern? Mela r responsabilta ta min hi? Mhux ovvja? Nahseb iktar inti ahjar tnehhi dak it travu minn ghajnejk ta!
David Caruana
Oct 11th 2012, 12:37
Tajba Laurent!
Il-pulizija taht min jaqghu mela?! Taht il-Kurja?!
Mhux ovvja li xoghol il-Gvern dan?!
c sultana
Oct 11th 2012, 11:48
I think from the knowledge that i have is that corp animals cannot be put down if they are sick and they have to die with a natural cause. So perhaps someone can explain this. And before accusing police officers i think its better to see how the law is.
When an ill human being who has a non recover sickness is not put down ? I think the same applies for these beautifull animals.
William Attard McCarthy
Oct 11th 2012, 11:59
You are right, in fact I know of a case of an officer who got transferred to another section after he took matters into his own hands and put down two dogs from the Dog Section which were in a lot of pain and suffering.
John Williams
Oct 11th 2012, 12:01
?????? it's not that the poor animal has the sickness, but the state which these animals are living.
I am not sure what would you say if a human is sick and there are rats running around!!
Ivan Tabone
Oct 11th 2012, 12:03
Maybe this is true. But does this justify the rats, the condition of the building and the filth in the stables?
Would you put 'an ill human being' in a room with the same state and full of filth and rats?
Also, if you don't care about the horses, would you care about the police themselves? ..."the men even afraid of leaving their clothes there because of the bugs"
David Caruana
Oct 11th 2012, 12:35
I don't blame the officers, I actually believe that the officers who work with these creatures would care for them like they were their own.
The problem is probably that only little resources are given to these police sections.
Philip Pace
Oct 11th 2012, 11:47
Jista xi hadd mill korp tal pulizija jispega ghaliex dawn iz zwiemel huma ittrattati hekk?
Jista xi hadd importanti jirranga din is sitwazzjoni li ghalija u ghal hafna ohra mhix accettabli, MINNUFIH?
A. Sciberras
Oct 11th 2012, 11:46
What a pity! Fejn jidher naqtghu z-zigarella u fejn ma jidhirx imxi se mmorru!
B. Theuma
Oct 11th 2012, 11:46
Tal-misthija ... din mohqrija fuq l-annimali !
Clifford Galea
Oct 11th 2012, 11:45
Whoever is responsible should resign now. Ressaq mozzjoni fuq din Franco!!! Jew ghax l-annimali bla vot hadd ma jimpurtah minnhom? Well done to journalists for bringing this up hoping this was a move triggerred by compassion rather than a political move. Tal-misthija dak li jidher fil-video.
John Williams
Oct 11th 2012, 12:01
well said
Paul Zammit
Oct 11th 2012, 11:44
Unacceptable! Indeed outrageous!
vella m
Oct 11th 2012, 11:44
MY God,I never thought I'll see this,once these(IL CAVALLERIA)were the pride of the police force.Who is responsible?
donald borg
Oct 11th 2012, 11:43
As usual no one is accountable. Shame.Whoever is responsible should be taken to court for this cruelity.
A A Camilleri
Oct 11th 2012, 11:41
whoever is responsible for this cruelty should be brought to justice and punished. i thought this type of thing is only on animal planet, never thought i would see it here in malta and especially in a goverment run stables.
Paul Bajada
Oct 11th 2012, 11:40
Something to make the PM, Justice Minister and those responsible for this mess proud! Carry on like this! The PL will surely win by default....
Shame on those responsible!
Would be nice to put the PM's office where it deserves to be.... in one of those stables! Hopefully they shall realise the misery others are going through.
B. Borg
Oct 11th 2012, 11:40
I only hope the Animal Welfare take all the steps for the wellbeing of these horses by the end of the day. These animals do give a public service too, so should be treated same as our MPs
J. Darmanin
Oct 11th 2012, 11:40
Appalling! The situation has to be taken care of immediately! Shame on you!
Kenneth Grima
Oct 11th 2012, 11:39
TAL-MISTHIJA KIF TRIDNA NIMXU L-QUDDIEM X'DISGUST
Joe Grech
Oct 11th 2012, 11:38
How absolutely disgusting. Someone has to to responsible!! But in this wretched place no one seems to be responsible for anything!!!
MT Caruana
Oct 11th 2012, 11:37
Shame on who is responsible for this mess...
anthony sultana
Oct 11th 2012, 11:36
OUTRAGOUS
J Farrugia
Oct 11th 2012, 11:36
This is disgusting, the Police commissioner must resign after this, how can people and animals live/work in these conditions in 2012??? Is this the police force we deserve in 2012.
I expect animal rescue for these poor horses and the person in charge to be fined for cruelty even if he is a police official.
Tony Borg
Oct 11th 2012, 11:29
And these are the same police that accuse people in court on animal cruelty.
The police commissioner should resign .
SHAME!!!
David Caruana
Oct 11th 2012, 11:45
The police commissioner can only use the resources he's provided for.
Resignations in this case should go higher up the ladder.
P Bonnici
Oct 11th 2012, 13:05
I have always suspected that the authority of the police commissioner is being undermined by bent subordinates and by incompetent political superiors.
The police were not paid their overtime, how does one expect expenditure on animal welfare?
The PN inherited a dysfunctional police force from the corrupt KMB regime and they will hand back to the PL intact.
L Borg
Oct 11th 2012, 15:01
!!@ P Bonnici: you wrote:"The PN inherited a dysfunctional police force from the corrupt KMB regime", as if the PN didn't have enough time on his hands to clean the force, in 25 years! Only a handful of officers who joined the force in the KMB era are still serving in the force, nearly all existing officers were engaged during the EFA regime! Same old story, KMB and Mintoff still getting the blame
Matthew Grima
Oct 11th 2012, 19:29
L Borg, why bother? Some people, only with with blinders on.
Please choose the reason of your report below: