Baltimore is the latest city to announce that it may retire its horseback unit because of budget cuts.

According to the Baltimore Sun, city leaders cut funding by more than half. Baltimore’s Mounted Police Unit is one of the oldest in the country.

The draft horse mixes have about 60 days of feed left. In the meantime, a private foundation is hoping to raise $200,000 to save the horses.

The officers have offered to pay board for the horses until homes can be found. The Mounted Units serve several purposes in their cities, whether Boston, New York or Baltimore. They are goodwill ambassadors as well as real law enforcement professionals who chase criminals and provide a valuable service in their ability to control crowds.

In the past year, several cities have eliminated or cut back on their Mounted Patrol units, including Boston, Denver, Toledo, Detroit, and Roanoke, Va. Overall, there are about 100 mounted units in the U.S. In the 1980s, there were 300, according to a story in the Wall Street Journal.