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Bob Williams who is founder of the Texas-based animal rescue organization Ranch Hand Rescue, launched the online campaign on Change.org, the world’s fastest-growing platform for social change. Williams has received a record number of requests to care for horses, cattle, and other farm animals as a result of the Texas drought, which has caused a major hay scarcity in the state.
Here is Sarah Parsons, Senior Organizer Sustainable Food: “Bob is one of the founders of Ranchhand Rescue which is a Texas based nonprofit that takes in farm animals that can no longer be cared for, treats them medically, rehabilitates them, and he has done that for a couple of years now and he is seeing a spike in the number of ranchers who are asking for help because they simply can’t afford to feed their animals anymore with this hay scarcity that is going on because of the drought in Texas. “We desperately need to raise awareness about this issue,” said Williams. “Hay prices continue to climb, and much of the hay that’s being brought into Texas is
