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The Anti-Slaughter Backlash
With new laws making it difficult to send horses off to the slaughterhouse when they are no longer suitable for racing or work, auction houses are glutted with horses they can barely sell, and rescue organizations have run out of room, The Daily Chronicle reports. Read more >> 



Horse Neglect Charge Dropped
When one woman’s horses were taken away on charges of neglect, she fought back and won, WBOY (W.V.) reports (with video). Read more >>



Horse ‘starves to death,’ Man charged
Michael Stewart of Mississippi was arrested Sunday on a cruelty to animal charge after his horse had to be euthanized due to its poor physical condition, the Kosciusko Star Herald reports. Read more >>  

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