What to do with unwanted horses?

From Jim: There's a lot of "unwanteds" in our society. They're not all the same species. Some are dogs and cats, some horses and mules and donkeys, some people-old, young, and in-between. I'm not real sure how we came to be in this place. It seems the nature of who we are as a people may have changed. Maybe it has something to do with scale, there's just too many of us, or maybe our core values have changed. Whatever it is, we aren't what I remember when I was a kid. We worked very hard, but so did everyone else. We felt a big responsibility for others, for our friends and neighbors. We were more hooked together as a community. The social ills we suffered, bigotry and ignorance and such were terrible. There were economic problems and all. We had the war in Viet Nam and Watergate and recessions and savings and loan scandals. But, it felt like people worked together. The tone was one of shared responsibility and a notion that, if we worked together, we'd fix the problems. Seems that now all people do is take sides and fight and get angry and refuse to find any middle ground. The sanctuary gives a home to some unwanted equines and some other critters. We know it's just a drop in a huge bucket, but it's something. It makes a difference to the animals that are here. It doesn't stop the rampant overbreeding, the abuse and neglect, the bad practices of those that are using horses for gambling, abusive competitions, and so on. The solutions for those things will take a commitment from society. We'll need to work together to fix that stuff. I don't know if that's in us anymore. The pro-slaughter folks don't seem to get it. The BLM doesn't. A lot of our politicians who need welfare-rancher votes don't. What to do with unwanted horses? The answer for that lies with the answers to a lot of other things. Maybe the real question is, "What to do with us, as a society"? Are we just an unhappy, angry, selfish rabble, or are we something better? I imagine time will tell. Right now? I'd say the jury is out. We still have a bunch of really good folks in this country. We see them all time. Man, I hope there's enough. I hope they can help us get past the mess we're in.