Rancher Harold Kelly loves his horses , but he 's going broke feeding them in the drought . `` In a month from now , I wo n't have many left . '' He now must sell off horses and is wary of buyers who want to re-sell them for slaughter . The government has been trying to get ranchers to stop selling their animals by offering incentives like free hay or food stamps. `` Now we have to live with a very serious drought of uncertain duration , '' governor says .
Rancher Harold Kelly loves his horses , but he 's going broke feeding them in the drought . He now must sell off horses and is wary of buyers who want to re-sell them for slaughter . The government has been trying to get ranchers to stop selling their animals by offering incentives like free hay or food stamps. `` Now we have to live with a very serious drought of uncertain duration , '' governor says .