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Senate amends and passes bill to help find homes for retired mounted patrol horses
Summary
Senate Bill 38, amended to increase an annual reimbursement figure from $3,000 to $5,000, passed after troopers and the mounted‑patrol sergeant described daily care requirements and adoption risks for retired draft horses.
The Delaware Senate on March 25 amended and passed Senate Bill 38, a measure intended to assist in the aftercare and placement of retired law enforcement animals, with specific focus on the state police mounted patrol’s draft horses.
Senator Lawson, floor manager for the bill, said the amendment increased a referenced annual figure from $3,000 to $5,000 to better reflect the cost of caring for large horses. "This bill is just simply just, upping our [pilotage/pilot] rates, as we do every 3 or 4 years" — floor colloquy…
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