The arrival of three rare shire horse foals at a Nottinghamshire farm has been hailed as "wonderful news" by an animal conservation group. Once a common sight in farms and industry, shire horses ...

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“The Shire breed is one of the four, maybe five recognized draft horse breeds in the United States,” said Wareing, who first began importing Shires to his several-acre lot in the late 1960s.

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"Shire horses, in common with many larger equine breeds, have been really struggling in recent years," he explained. "They were everywhere.

The arrival of three rare shire horse foals at a Nottinghamshire farm has been hailed as "wonderful news" by an animal conservation group. Once a common sight in farms and industry, shire horses ...