Horses Evacuated From Louisiana Flood Heading Home

Most of the evacuated horses have returned to their owners’ farms, but 149 horses are still waiting to go home.
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While their owners cope with rebuilding their homes and barns after this summer’s flooding in Louisiana, nearly 150 horses still displaced by the rising waters are waiting to go home.

In August, flash flooding displaced horses and their owners in and around Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Many horses were stranded by the quickly rising waters, but at least 400 were evacuated ahead of the flood to the Lamar Dixon Expo Center and the Parker Coliseum at Louisiana State University (LSU). Other horses were taken to the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine.

Most of the evacuated have returned to their owners’ farms, said Veronica Mosgrove, press secretary for Louisiana State Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Michael Strain, DVM. But 149 horses are still waiting to go home.

Ten of those horses are still being treated at the LSU Veterinary School, and another three horses remain at the Parker Coliseum, Mosgrove said. Meanwhile, 136 horses remain at the Lamar Dixon Expo Center, said Renee Poirrier, DVM, of the Louisiana State Animal Response Team (LSART)

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Pat Raia is a veteran journalist who enjoys covering equine welfare, industry, and news. In her spare time, she enjoys riding her Tennessee Walking Horse, Sonny.

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