Cape Cod womans death sparks battle over whether her horse should live NBC Boston [Video]

Efforts are underway in a Cape Cod town to save a horse whose owner died after expressing she had wanted the animal buried with her.

Barbara Collins of Sandwich, Massachusetts, had a dying wish to be buried with her beloved horse, Brady — named after longtime Patriots quarterback Tom Brady.

After Collins’ death from stomach cancer, that wish is causing controversy.

“She was thinking in the best interest of the horse,” said Kathy Booth-frasier, manager of Crescent Moon Farm in Sandwich.

Booth-frasier says Brady is almost 20 years old, has a stifle injury and hasn’t been ridden in years. Collins didn’t want him passed from owner to owner, since someone could tire of caring for him.

“A horse isn’t a dog,” Booth-frasier said. “They’re more money, more responsibility, and they’re 700-pound animals. They can hurt you.”

“You gotta do right by the horse,” she added. “Sometimes you have to leave …