This just breaks my heart.
Refugee Lipizzaners a sorry sight in Serbia
NOVI SAD, Serbia — The emaciated horses standing forlornly in a dusty field in northern Serbia are all that is left of a magnificent herd of white Lipizzaners.
There were nearly 90 of the famous breed when they became war refugees in 1991, losing their stables in the town of Lipik to shelling as Croatia fought for independence from Yugoslavia and Croatian Serbs rebelled.
Recent pictures of eight remaining horses at a farm near the city of Novi Sad have alarmed officials and animal lovers.
More: Globe & Mail
While a bunch of bickering jackasses argue politics over their skeletal bodies, and a greedy farmer tries to extort a fortune for the care of animals he has clearly neglected, these magnificent creatures are dying.
More: The Independant
I recall that Stan in Richmond B.C., who has himself rescued a few horses, once told me that of all the neglected and abused animals that share our lives, none suffer more than horses. I believe it.
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