Horses on the brink of being trafficked to an unknown fate. A year after 26 horses were rescued from being illegally transported out of the UK, another lorry load of horses has been rescued from the murky smuggling trade. We can’t be certain why they were being smuggled or to where, but we believe some were headed for slaughter and fattening despite the ban on live exports of animals from the UK for slaughter or fattening that came into force last year. Shockingly, some of the horses who might h