WEATHERFORD, Texas (AP) - Authorities in North Texas are
investigating the deaths of 11 horses, possibly from a lack of food
and water.
     
Parker County Sheriff Larry Fowler says 40 horses total were on
the 3,000-acre ranch near Lake Weatherford.
     
He says nine horses were found dead Wednesday and two were
euthanized Thursday.
     
Fowler says the owner of the horses leased the land and hired
someone to feed and provide water to the horses.
     
He tells the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, "That's when things went
wrong."
     
Fowler says there was no water and the well was broken. He
declined to name the owner or the person hired to care for the
horses. He says that once the owner found out what happened, he got
a veterinarian to the horses and had the well repaired.
     
     
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