Horse and burro sanctuary
In the early morning light, emaciated horses eat hay in a barn at the Dream Catcher Wild Horse and Burro Sanctuary in Ravendale, Calif. The barn is used as a rehabilitation center for old and ailing horses. With little funding coming in at the nonprofit sanctuary because of a misunderstanding involving another sanctuary, some of the horses that can’t be adopted will have to be euthanized. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Director Barbara Clarke feeds horses in the morning at the Ravendale sanctuary. Clarke has almost run out of hay and money for the animals that she had rescued from other horse rescuers who could no longer afford to care for them. She feeds the animals twice a day. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Ailing horses gather in front of a barn at the Dream Catcher sanctuary. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Sanctuary director Barbara Clarke, right, and intern Carolyn Schnurr prepare meals for ailing horses. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Barbara Clarke nuzzles a colt on the 1,200-acre spread that houses 200 domestic horses, mustangs and burros. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Burros wait to be fed at Dream Catcher sanctuary. Where the next meal is coming from there is increasingly in doubt; contributions have dried up because of a misunderstanding. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
