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This article was originally written for a paranormal magazine called The Paranormal Journal, it became known as The Underground Files covering ghosts, ufos, cryptozoology, and government conspiracies amongst others. I no longer write for the magazine and it is no longer in existence. Profiling the Psychological Make-up of Horse Slashers In London, the UK, The Independent ran a story October 11th, 1998 by Sophie Goodchild about the connection of the psychological profile of make-up of people who have been abusing horses. Psychiatrists have established a link between paedophiles and the growing number of unexplained attacks on horses, often involving sexual mutilation. German scientists are to carry out the first full scale study into the attacks, which have baffled police and animal protection groups for more than a decade. The breakthrough with the first conviction in Germany for ‘horse ripping’, enabling the psychiatrists to study the motivation behind the attacks. The convicted man had a history of abusing children. Similar lines of enquiry had not been made possible in Britain, as no one had been arrested and convicted of such an offence at the time of writing. The three-year study was backed by the British arm of the International League for the Protection of Horses, which hopes to secure convictions in Britain. ‘Horse ripping’ was the subject of Peter Shaffer’s play, Equus, in which a boy called Alan is examined by a psychiatrist to discover why he uses an iron spike to put out the eyes of horses he loves. In Britain, police and animal experts have blamed fertility cults, rival horse owners and sadists for the attacks. The worst spate was between 1983 and 1993, when more than 160 horses were stabbed and sexually mutilated. The worst affected county was Hampshire, although attacks were reported in Humberside, Yorkshire and parts of Scotland. Hampshire police launched Operation Mountbatten, after scores of attacks, but it was shutdown 18 months later without anyone being charged. The Metropolitan Police also setup an equine crime unit. It was disbanded in 1996 because of lack of funds. Alexandra Schedel Stuppich, a biologist and a horse breeder, was to carry out the research into the mutilations with the help of a psychologist and German police. In Germany, the attacks were in epidemic levels with more than 300 crimes and 89 horse deaths since 1992. “There has been little research because it is a taboo subject,” said Ms. Schedel Stuppich. “We were lucky in that we were able in this case to catch up with one of the people involved in these attacks and we could research history. “He had been an abuser of children and had a sexual motive for abusing horses. Little girls give a lot of love to horses and is therefore a psychological connection with children. Paedophiles thrive on that tenderness shown by children and animals but there is also a sadistic side in that it gives them power. It’s time we got the experts to tackle the problem.” I’m wondering who is sicker, the child molester here, the horse ripper or the psychologist in question. That’s a pretty sick connection… What you generally find in these circumstances is their profiles fit unique characteristics, child molesters are child molesters and you will find, eventually, a horse mutilator does what he or she does for their own particular kink. This means the psychologist has problems too. Profiling the Psychological Make-up of Horse Slashers written by Bill Barber |
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