Apply for Equine Research Fellow Scholarships by Aug. 1
Edited Press Release
June 13, 2018
Two annual scholarships are awarded to AAEP-member veterinarians beginning careers in equine research in graduate school.
Two annual scholarships are awarded to AAEP-member veterinarians beginning careers in equine research in graduate school.
The BLM said the analysis focuses on a proposal to gather and remove excess wild horses in response to several issues currently occurring in the HMA.
Scholarship applications will be accepted until July 15 and winners will receive awards on Aug. 15.
The Little Bookcliffs HMA covers more than 36,000 acres, and the BLM manages the area for an appropriate management level of between 90 and 150 wild horses.
The Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act of 2018 included an amendment to increase Veterans Affairs’ Adaptive Sports Grant Program funding equine-assisted therapy.
Officials say “spring shots” can help protect horses from mosquito-borne diseases like West Nile virus and Eastern equine encephalitis virus.
Although Hendra virus—which has only been diagnosed in Australia thus far—can strike at any time, traditionally there are more cases during the winter months, which have arrived in Australia.
The BLM is seeking public comment on two potential wild horse gathers this summer or fall to help maintain healthy wild horse populations on healthy lands in Northwest Colorado.
Justify’s connections have committed to donating a percentage of earnings from Saturday’s Belmont Stakes to support New Vocations’ mission to rehabilitate, retrain, and rehome retired racehorses.
The U.S. Forest Service is planning to gather approximately 1,000 wild horses from the Devil’s Garden Plateau Wild Horse Territory.
The BLM Idaho’s Owyhee Field Office will release 26 wild horses to the Sands Basin Herd Management Area, nearly all of which was burned by the 279,144-acre Soda Fire in 2015,
The affected 4-year-old Thoroughbred filly from Bourbon County is improving and has a favorable prognosis for recovery.
The Deerwood Wild Horse Ecosanctuary, in Laramie, Wyoming, in partnership with the BLM, will host a free public day on June 9, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The BLM plans to remove all wild horses from in and outside herd area boundaries because there are insufficient resources available to maintain healthy horses and rangelands over the long-term.
Orthopedic surgeon Dean Richardson, DVM, Dipl. ACVS, will present “Stories About Horse Fractures,” as part of Penn Vet’s First Tuesday Lecture Series on June 19.
The presumptive positive horse is a 7-year-old Quarter Horse mare currently housed at the Grass Pass Downs at the Josephine County Fairgrounds.
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