Horses abandoned in West as feed prices rise

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"What concerns me is a fate worse than slaughter," said

Temple Grandin, professor of animal science at Colorado State

University and an authority on the handling of livestock such

as horses. "We've got people turning horses loose in fields,

dropping horses off in the night -- my worst nightmares are

coming true."

 

"They have no survival instinct in the wild, no clue as to

what's dangerous to eat, no knowledge of how to grub for food

under the snow," he said.

 

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