Shortly after this photo was taken the dead horse was removed from the site off the Callan Road, Kilkenny
A horse left to die on waste ground on a site off the Callan Road, on the outskirts of Kilkenny city last night was being eaten by a starving dog this morning when a woman noticed it and put it on Facebook.
After it went on Facebook, the carcass was removed by a number of Travellers who were seen taking it away by people living in the College Avenue housing estate, adjacent to the vacant plot behind their homes.
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