Gabriela Zaracho, 16, holds her baby as she waits to exchange her horse-pulled cart for a motorcycle in Asuncion, Paraguay, Friday, Oct. 21, 2016. Hundreds of poor trash collectors from the Bañado Sur neighborhood, who make about $300 dollars a month, left behind their work horses in favor of motorcycles, which cost $2,000 dollars each. (Jorge Saenz/Associated Press)ASUNCION, Paraguay — Nearly 100 horses that have clopped through the streets of Paraguay’s capital for years, hauling heavy loads of junk, are being retired to a farm sanctuary. The haggard, ill-fed horses pull carts filled with cans, cardboard and plastic that their owners scavenge from garbage bins and later sell to recycling centers. On Friday, the owners were able to trade the horses for 100 motorcycles they can use to pull carts or for any other purpose.

Source: Washington Post October 21, 2016 19:18 UTC