Groups Working to Rescue Stranded Galveston Horses

by: Erin Ryder, TheHorse.com News Editor
While most residents fled the island of Galveston, Texas, as Hurricane Ike approached amid National Weather Service warnings of "certain death," numerous horses and other livestock were left behind. Now rescuers are working to get the surviving animals to safety on the mainland, where a staging area for horses has been set up at Jack Brooks Park in Santa Fe, Texas. Jerry Finch, president ...