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Horses at Fabens ranch
Date: 2/9/2012 Album ID: 1411759
Mark Lambie/El Paso Times
George Deamos worked to secure a large sign atop the Cincinnatti Bar & Grill at 207 Cincinnatti Wednesday. The eatery is gearing up for their annual Marti Gras celebration on Feb. 21. Rudy Gutierrez/El Paso Times
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A horse grazes on some of the 20,000 acres at MH Ranches north of Fabens Wednesday. Mark Lambie/EL Paso Times
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A pair of horses graze on grasses at MH Ranches Wednesday. Mark Lambie/El Paso Times
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Lore Heck of MH Ranches checks a pair of horses who arrived recently at the ranch with deep, infected wounds. The horses will be treated and then turned loose on the ranch's 20,000 acres. Mark Lambie/El Paso Times
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All horses arriving at MH Ranches are photographed to document their condition. Mark Lambie/El Paso Times
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A shipment of horses and mules waits to be unloaded at MH Ranches Wednesday. They were horses which did not sell at an auction near Clint. Mark Lambie/El Paso Times
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Tom Heck, owner of MH Ranches north of Fabens, talks about his ranch where horses are given a second chance and turned out to live their lives on his 20,000 acres. Mark Lambie/El Paso Times
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A group of horses not purchased at a horse auction are unloaded at MH Ranches Wednesday. Mark Lambie/El Paso Times
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Chris Heck of MH Ranches works with a mule shortly after it arrived at the ranch which is north of Fabens Wednesday. The mule came in a shipment of horses and mules which didn't sell at an auction. The family takes in injured or neglected horses, rehabilitates them, then either turn the loose on their 20,000 acres or try to sell them. Mark Lambie/El Paso Times
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Clay Heck, right, and Chris Heck check on a new shipment of donkeys and horses Wednesday at MH Ranches near Fabens. Mark Lambie/El Paso Times
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A mineral salt lick sits in the desert near a watering tub at MH Ranches. Mark Lambie/El Paso Times
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A horse roams some of the 20,000 acres at MH Ranches allocated for the rehabilitating horses. Mark Lambie/El Paso Times
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Lore Heck coaxes a horse to her as she checks the condition of a new shipment of horses and mules which didn't sell at an auction. Mark Lambie/El Paso Times
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Dr. Jose Ramos, DVM, checks on the condition of a few new arrivals at MH Ranches Wednesday with the owner Lore Heck. Mark Lambie/El Paso Times
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