Agents Patrol U.S.-Canadian Border on Horseback

by Elizabeth Wynne Johnson

All Things Considered, August 30, 2006 · The U.S. Border Patrol's newest weapon against drug-smugglers and terrorists is old-fashioned: the horse. Agents on horseback keep watch along some of the roughest and most remote terrain along the U.S.-Canadian border. The mounted patrols are unique to the West; they stretch from Washington state to Montana.

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