With a weekly feed bill of $4,000 — twice that just a few years ago — Meadow Haven Horse Rescue and Sanctuary struggles to keep the paddocks open.
Like Pruitt, most of the horses currently living at the 45-acre sanctuary are past their prime, their time spent as thoroughbred racers, rodeo horses, draft animals and doing other jobs at an end. Many are also infirm, due to age or illness.
Cherry’s aim is to let these four-legged retirees live out their sunset years in peace. But the double-whammy of high inflation and severe drought has made that increasingly difficult.According to Cherry, a 1,000-pound round bale of hay that used to cost $15 when she started Meadow Haven will today set her back about $200. And thanks to what economists call shrinkflation, it will weigh only about 800 pounds.
"We've been blessed with some good rain recently, and I had some hay left over and decided to send it to her," he said."Hay is selling for about $60 a bale down here."
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