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High Hay Costs Push Up Cases of Horse Abandonment

by: The Associated Press
High prices and scarce supply for hay this season are leading to abandoned horses, according to animal-welfare groups. "This is the first year where people are literally just opening the gate and kicking them (the horses) out," said Chuck Fisher, ranch manager at Equine Outreach in Bend, Ore., which rescues and rehabilitates horses and puts them ...



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