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Hernando sheriff slow to act against illegal horse slaughter ring, nonprofit says
Richard Couto watched as men corralled Funny Biz and tied the retired racehorse to a tree. One man raised a rifle, took aim and shot it point blank in the head. The horse, a descendant of Triple Crown winner Secretariat, didn’t die immediately. It …