Border Patrol Impounds Horses

Six horses are in USDA/Animal and Plant Health Services (APHIS) custody after U.S. Border Patrol agents impounded them from a pair of alleged smugglers near the California-Mexico border.
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Six horses are in USDA/Animal and Plant Health Services (APHIS) custody after U.S. Border Patrol agents impounded them from a pair of alleged smugglers near the California-Mexico border.

U.S. Border Patrol Impounded Horses

The impounded horses are currently in quarantine and undergoing disease testing.

Agent Jerry Conlin, of the U.S. Border Patrol, San Diego sector, said agents impounded the animals on Oct. 15 after they witnessed two men walking five of the animals across the border from Mexico into California, near Campo. The sixth horse was impounded after it was unloaded from a trailer brought to the site to transport the other five

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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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