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Blame firefighting shortages for the southern California wildfire disaster.
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Questions arise over a vehicle crash which involved 59 Belgian horses, including 14 who were killed:
Fisch said horse enthusiasts from northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin are mobilizing to try to keep the horses from continuing on their journey, which Fisch suspects will end in a slaughterhouse.
She said most of the animals were just 1 or 2 years old.
She said the trailer was not designed for horses, and the large draft horses inside this one would have had to duck their heads in the cramped quarters of the double-deck trailer.
"They were wedged in like sardines," said Fisch, who stayed at the crash until it was cleared about 1:30 a.m. Sunday.
"At least seven were removed alive and had to be put down," Fisch said. "They would literally come out flopping over on their side—if not dead, in terrible shock. So exhausted, and so stressed."
Fisch praised the veterinarians and horse lovers, as well as the Newport Township firefighters, who worked long hours saving the trapped horses.
"This was just sweaty, dangerous, back-breaking work," she said. "We're all sore from pulling and pulling, trying to get these animals up out of the trailer."
I suspect the surviving horses will not be slaughtered.
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Dr. Arnold says marijuana is not a drug.
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