The financial crisis in Ireland has had serious human consequences with massive job losses. <br /> <br />But the country's animals have become victims as well. <br /> <br />The recession has reportedly hit thousands of horses, which have been left to survive on their own after being abandoned by their owners who could not afford to keep them. <br /> <br />Alan Fisher reports from Dublin, the capital. <br /><br />[November 21, 2010]
