What do abandoned horses do?

What should you do? Can you do anything? Yes, you can. The good news is that help exists for starving, abused, neglected and stray horses. read more

The reason the horse in this scenario manages to come home so easily is that it left home like all horses do: looking around and paying attention to its surroundings. It crossed hills it could see or smell from home, and kept track of which way it needed to go to get back to the herd and back to known sources of good feed and clean water. read more

Boarding barn operators in Illinois have a new tool for recouping costs of caring for horses abandoned by their owners under a new bill signed by that state's Governor Pat Quinn on Aug. 28. The legislation, HB 3012, amends the Illinois Innkeepers Lien Act to allow boarding barn operators to place a lien on animals and personal property belonging to owners who have not paid fees for boarding or other services. read more

The horses are on the right side of the road, behind a barbed wire fence next to a mobile home that appears to be abandoned. We often get directions such as, “The skinny horses are in Moody, Texas, on highway 7,” but highway 7 may be hundreds of miles long. read more