A teacher who was sacked after a video was shared showing a horse being punched and kicked has been charged with animal cruelty by the RSPCA.
The footage which went viral on social media was filmed by anti-hunt group Hertfordshire Hunt Saboteurs who said it showed members of the Cottesmore Hunt in Leicestershire.
Sarah Moulds, 37, was subsequently dismissed by Mowbray Education Trust.
She is due to appear at Boston Magistrates’ Court on Monday.
The RSPCA said it was prosecuting Moulds over two offences under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 against a grey pony called Bruce.
The charity will allege she caused “unnecessary suffering” to Bruce by “kicking and hitting” him, and for not taking reasonable steps to “protect the animal from pain, suffering, injury or disease”.
It said both of the alleged offences occurred on the 6th of November in Gunby, Lincolnshire.
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