A pony in Scone, near Perth had a brush with death when he munched on a discarded dog poo bag.The black plastic bag passed right through 11-year-old Archie the Exmoor pony, but his owner Rachel McLean (22), who found the evidence in his field, realised he might not have been so lucky.Rachel now wants dog owners to discard of their pet’s waste properly rather than put other animals at risk.Enchanted Forest cancellation hit to Pitlochry's hotelsShe said: “Ingested plastic can be fatal to livestock and wildlife.
It’s a miracle he passed out a length of torn plastic about 70cms long without it twisting round his gut.”Rachel, an optical consultant who is on furlough, keeps two ponies in a rented field at the top of Milk Boy’s Walk in Scone, a
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