Erin

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Bring Me a Shrubbery!

A horse can thank some rubbery shrubbery for breaking his fall after the animal tumbled off a hillside, the San Gabriel Valley News reported. Los

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Self defense?

A donkey named Spike is in trouble after he jumped a fence and mauled a man. However, questions remain as to whether the animal was

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Ditched

A horse believed to be stolen from his Georgia pasture was found alive in a nearby ditch three weeks after going missing, reported television station

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RoboCow

A New Mexico calf might provide an example of advances in livestock prosthetic technology. Meadow, a yearling Black Angus calf, sustained major damage to her

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Earning their Stripes

Behind a blockade through which only humanitarian and basic supplies are allowed, Gaza’s Happy Land Zoo gets creative when it comes to introducing new animals

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Attack of the Zedonk

A zedonk (a zebra/donkey hybrid) at a farm market in Spring Lake, Fla., attacked a worker last weekend, biting the man on his feet and

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Postcard from Aruba

Ahh, Aruba. White sand, turquoise water, and donkeys. Donkeys? Yes, lots of them, as I was lucky enough to be able to verify in person

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Busing Miss B

Five days after she went missing, Houston mare Miss B turned up at a bus stop, The Houston Chronicle reported. Her owners’ friend alerted the

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Eddie’s Bad Day

Eddie, a 9-year-old gray Arabian gelding from Powell, Wyo., survived a wild ride last week after the trail beneath him collapsed, sending him through water

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Hit and Run

A 77-year-old woman from the U.K. died of injuries she sustained when struck by a spooked zebra, a new coroner’s report concluded. Eileen Whale was staying

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Some Like Them Fast

After weeks of news on a female track athlete’s gender testing and associated scandal regarding officials’ handling of the issue, it’s timely to point out

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Sea Horses

Swimming with dolphins? That’s so last year. Try riding with dolphins. A Bradenton, Fla., horse owner is offering "horse surfing" for those looking for a

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Fat Asses

The ever-expanding waistlines of some burros in Oatman, Ariz., have prompted the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to ask tourists to kindly refrain from feeding

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Sinister Sands

Earlier this month we reported on a sad incident on a French beach in which a horse and rider fell into decomposing green algae. Toxic

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Summertime Haikus

We’ve nearly let a season pass us by without another round of readers’ horse haikus! Read the great submissions on the springtime haiku post.  

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