Charity Takes Charge of Accused Breeder’s Ex-Racehorses

A charity for retired racehorses is raising money to care for 177 neglected animals seized last week from a prominent breeder, the Associated Press reports.

The Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation, which cares for some 1,200 horses on farms nationwide, is working with breeders and racing institutions to rehabilitate and seek new homes for horses taken from the breeder Ernie Paragallo’s farm near Albany.

Mr. Paragallo was charged with 22 counts of animal cruelty after a raid by police and the local humane society turned up horses that were malnourished and suffering from untreated cuts, infections, and parasites.

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