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|Articles|December 13, 2009

2009 Year in Review: An unwanted horse epidemic

2009 Year in Review

Estimated in the tens of thousands, an unprecedented abandonment of horses was blamed on the recession. Some of the same abandonment problems were reported for companion animals as home foreclosures increased in early 2009. Go to Equine welfare: An unwanted horse epidemic.


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