Surprised I didn't hear about this sooner.

Over the past seven months, the community of Miami-Dade County, Fla., has been a scene right out of a Wes Craven horror movie -- the equine version. Police say at least 17 horses have been killed in that time, some even hacked alive while the butcher did his work, their carcasses strewn along roads and farms.

It's a gruesome tale to anyone who loves animals, and especially to those who love horses. The latest victim -- missing hunks of flesh from its chest and legs -- was discovered last Sunday along a northwest Miami-Dade highway, according to the police report. Several months ago two horses were found slaughtered in a similar fashion in the neighboring town of Miramar.

It's become a familiar scene for Miami-Dade authorities, and photos of the aftermath sent to ABC News were too graphic for use. Horse remains have been discovered mutilated, body parts hacked at the limbs and meat cut away from their stomachs, some apparently killed in remote locations and others on the horse owners' property, slaughtered in their own stalls.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/Story?id=8223214&page=1