Excerpt courtesy of theHorse
A half-dozen horses were rescued from rising waters that plagued the city of Houston and smaller Texas towns near the Brazos River. The flooding was the second incident in as many months to force humans and horses from their homes.
On May 26, another weather system resulted in a 21-inch rainfall and severe flooding in northwest Houston. Flood waters rose so quickly that some horses, cattle, and other animals were trapped, said Barbara Downen, animal cruelty investigator for the Houston Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA).
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