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Horse & Hound Trending: Credit: RSPCA The RSPCA has launched a new strategy of increased partnership working in a bid to “bring an end to the decade-long horse crisis”. The crisis is believed to have been sparked by the 2008 financial crash and the charity’s senior equine clinician Roxane Kirton said it has now become a “horse catastrophe”. At its height the RSPCA had more than 900 horses in its care. That number reduced to 673 during 2020 through a surge in demand for rehoming and transferring some equines into the care of other charities. Ms Kirton said the charity has a...