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Denton County deputies seize 76 starving horses from ranch
Denton Record-Chronicle (Texas)
August 17, 2009
By Donna Fielder

Horse Rescue Groups See More Cases of Neglect
New, B
KVUE-TV (Texas)
July 22, 2009

Central Texas man rescuing abused, neglected horses, one at a time
Shanks, C
Waco Tribune-Herald (Texas)
June 15, 2009

Recession and drought leads to more neglected horses
De la Rosa M
KIII TV-3 (Tex.)
March 31, 2009

Brown: Horse disposal ongoing problem
Brown J
TimesRecordNews (Tex.)
March 21, 2009

Horses Fall Victim to the Economy (With Video)
Woodard B
KHOU-TV (Tex.)
January 23, 2009

Housing for Houston horses in short supply
Volano B
KTEN-TV (Texas)
January 21, 2009

Horse rescue group seeing increase in 'surrender' requests
Hahn A
Brenham Banner Press (Tex.)
January 17, 2009

Gilmer horse rescue group pleads for feed
Associated Press
Houston Chronicle (Tex.)
January 16, 2009

Horse shelter sees animals double in hard times
NewsWest9.com (Texas)
January 11, 2009

More Horses Abandoned
Welch K
Amarillo Globe-News (Texas)
December 16, 2008

Number of abandoned horses up in the area
Bassett E
The Fort Worth Business Press (Texas)
October 27, 2008

Horse Sales Slow to a Trot
Moreno J
Houston Chronicle
July 8, 2008

Weak Horses Sent to Mexico to be Slaughtered
Meyers J
DallasNews.com
July 6, 2008

On the Edge of Common Sense: Truly Humane Mop Up after Well-Meaners
Black B
Amarillo.com
May 24, 2008

Horse Industry is in Peril
Kessner T
Navasota Examiner (Texas)
February 12, 2008

Groups try to save horse from slaughter
Sandberg, L.
Statesman.com
December 1, 2007

Effort to rescue horses strains sanctuaries
Sandberg L
Houston Chronicle
October 21, 2007

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