With expensive care, even more expensive euthanasia and a national ban on horse slaughter – the most common means in the past of unloading unwanted horses – the number of owners abandoning horses like Grace to the New Mexico desert is increasing. Now a group of animal rights activists is working to get a bill through the Legislature that would establish a permanent fund to help subsidize equine euthanasia and provide grants to licensed horse shelters to help with renovations and upkeep. “We woul