The cost of owning a horse continues to increase as the price of feed for the animals creeps up. That's one reason why Walkin' N Circles Ranch says they've seen a spike in owner surrenders. In fact, the horse rescue organization says they're at capacity right now, caring for 90 horses that have been mistreated or starved. In this week's Hometown Heroes, meet the ranch hands and volunteers that keep these horses alive. For a decade, Walkin' N Circles Ranch, a non-profit organization, has been rescuing horses. Executive Director Charles Graham said, "We have horses that come in that have been starved for over a year and you don't know if they're going to live until the next morning." Horses like Hitch - as in hitch-hiker. He was picked up on a highway after being dumped, emaciated, with a huge growth on his chest. Walkin' N Circles Ranch took him in to try and revive him. Graham says Hitch weighed just 275 pounds. He should have been closer to 600. "Probably that they couldn't afford to feed him or couldn't afford the medical attention that he needed. So instead of taking him someplace and having it done, they just dumped him," said Graham. When asked if he's seen a lot here, he said, "absolutely, absolutely."...more
Horses abandoned and starving, thanks to the do-gooders.
2 comments:
To solve this abandoned horse problem and get the slaughter industry going,since we see the other things aren't working, every one should write a letter to the sec of interior vilsak and explain to him in rational terms the problem that exists. I will be composing my letter tomorrow.
It is getting so you can't tell one fed from the other vilasak is the sec of ag and salazar is the sec of the interior. Both of them are buffons to the max
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