Effort to rescue horses strains sanctuaries

Habitat for Horses caters to guests of varied temperament: sweet horses, mean horses, mellow horses.

The Hitchcock organization that takes in — and dotes on — horses considered useless by their former owners is part of a loose network of 100 or more rescue groups across the country determined to provide a haven for every imperiled horse.

Those sanctuaries face a new urgency: saving American horses from being slaughtered across the border in Mexico and Canada.

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