Over the weekend, the Humane Society of the United States sent two members of its disaster-response unit to Sharpsburg to help the Humane Society of Washington County round up dozens of sick, hungry and frightened horses on a poorly tended farm.

The unit's field operations director and equine specialist arrived in a 38-foot recreational vehicle and a truck pulling a smaller trailer to support local workers and volunteers in a three-day rescue operation at the Windrinker Farm near Sharpsburg.

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