The BLM is seeking public comments on motorized vehicles and aircraft use in managing wild horses and burros on agency-managed lands in Montana and the Dakotas.
The BLM said excessive grazing has degraded sage-grouse habitat and, due to a lack of forage and water within the HMA, an increasing number of horses have been moving outside the HMA, creating traffic hazards, conflicts with local property owners, and other public safety issues.
The 2019 National Equine Forum, scheduled to take place March 7 in London, U.K., will be live-streamed online.
In addition, the BLM said public comments are needed on the proposed update to the Fifteenmile HMA plan, which will guide management of the HMA and the wild horses within it for the next several years.
The conference, scheduled for March 4-5 at Gulfstream Park, will focus on medication, pharmacology, and medication regulation in horse racing.
Researchers found that one in 10 horses or ponies develop an episode of laminitis every year, but only half of those episodes were diagnosed by a veterinarian.
A week prior to the abortions, two horses on the same farm developed clinical signs consistent with the neurologic form of EHV-1. These horses were euthanized and no further diagnostic testing was performed, OMAFRA said.
The Association of Racing Commissioners International added more than 70 substances to Uniform Classification Guidelines for Foreign Substances and increased recommended penalties for clenbuterol and albuterol violations in Quarter Horse racing at the AQHA’s request,
Studies suggest that more than half of certain horse populations in the U.K. are overweight or obese. As such, BEVA urges owners to act now to reduce the risk of their horses suffering weight-related health and welfare risks come spring.
With the two-day seminar, taking place Feb. 14-15 in Hong Kong, the FEI will explain equine and human anti-doping regulations and procedures and more.
Six other horses from the same Rutherford County farm tested negative but will remain quarantined until they are tested a second time.
The 20-month-old colt from rural Cape May County had been treated at a referral facility and was tested for rabies because he showed neurologic symptoms.
Owners and organizations can nominate veterinarians who have contributed veterinary services or resources to benefit horses and the local equine community for recognition during the AAEP’s 2019 Good Works Campaign.
The BLM said it gathered and removed 996 wild horses from public and private lands in and outside the Silver King HMA in eastern Nevada.
The ASPCA is granting $125,000 to support innovative approaches to help at-risk horses.
The BLM Nevada Battle Mountain District is gathering and removing up to 20 wild burros from outside the Hickison Herd Management Area, where landowners say they are damaging private property, land, and crops.
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