Volunteers still digging for horses in McBride (Canada)

Cross-posted from the Vancouver Sun EDMONTON — A handful of volunteers in British Columbia continued their frantic efforts Monday to dig out two starving horses thought to have been left behind by an Edmonton hunter. The horses were first spotted by snowmobilers about a week ago near McBride, B.C., a town in the mountains of…

Tough times mean horses killed for meat (Canada)

Waiting lists at shelters mean unscrupulous dealers saddle up Cross-posted from The Province Rejected horses find some tender care at Hayburner Haven in Langley, but the demand is so great the refuge has a waiting list of 10. Horses, says refuge operator Tara Nicholson, are considered a luxury item. "When things get tough, they're one…