My husband has a customer who is in charge of a sort of ASPCA for horses here in Texas.
She said they have to turn away “homeless” animals the economy has created. (Made worse by idiots who come down here thinking all they need is a couple of acres of grass.)
The law is pretty stiff down here for anyone who neglects or abuses...
The unfortunate result is that many are being taken across the border and dumped in Mexico.
You can imagine what happens to them there.
An out of work horse is a dead horse.
That is so sad! I always said that if I am ever able to get out of these darn suburbs and buy a place with some land/outbuildings, that I would allow the ASPCA to use the barn just for homeless horses. (granted, I will have to learn correct terminology and how to care for the but if there is a will...)