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Drought Causes Hay Crisis All Over U.S.
Horse rescuers taking in record numbers amid drought, hay prices Saturday, December 29, 2007 RALEIGH, N.C. - A horse rescue agency that operates in North Carolina and two other states has taken in almost double the number of abused and neglected horses it usually accepts each year, and more than half came from North Carolina. Workers with the U.S. Equine Rescue League largely blame the dramatic price increase for hay, which is in short supply across the drought-parched Southeast. The record-dry conditions in North Carolina have wiped out hay crops and affected pasture land that horses would normally graze through November. . . . (to read the remainder of this article, please log in below.)
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