Equine rescue operators in Florida are seeking the most recent owner of an Arabian racing mare originally registered to a high-profile global breeding organization.

Law enforcement authorities discovered Virikis Sis, two other mares, and a filly on June 8 after a farmer reported seeing the animals wandering in a field in rural Hialeah. The horses were placed with the South Florida

A proposed Canadian law could halt the export of U.S. horses for slaughter in that country, one equine welfare advocate said.

Along with Mexico, Canada became a major destination for U.S. slaughter-bound horses after court actions shuttered remaining processing plants in Illinois and Texas in 2007. According to Canadian Food Inspection Agency records, 56 percent of the 93,812 horses processed

Two Nevada men each face penalties of up to one year in jail and $100,000 in fines after pleading guilty to shooting five Bureau of Land Management mustangs in Buckhorn Herd Management Area in Nevada in November 2009.

Agency helicopter pilots discovered the animals’ carcasses during a roundup of mustangs in a remote range along the Nevada-California border.

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Law enforcement authorities are seeking those responsible for a series of sniper attacks on horses in Ticonderoga, N.Y. The horses’ owners discovered the animals wounded in their pastures in May and early June. Each horse had been shot with a high-powered rifle, said Sgt. Michael LaVallie of the Ticonderoga Police Department. All the horses are expected to recover.

A Lipizzaner foal born on May 5 is the first cloned horse produced by using oocytes (immature egg cells) harvested from a live mare. Previously, oocytes recovered from live mare donors were used to clone mules, but horses were cloned using oocytes harvested from deceased animals.

The cloned foal was produced by a team led by Dr. Katrin Hinrichs, DVM, PhD, professor of veterinary p

The massive oil spill in Gulf of Mexico poses no immediate threat to horses residing in Gulf states, according to one Louisiana official.

The massive oil leak began last month when a deep water British Petroleum water oil rig off the Louisiana coast exploded pumping millions of gallons of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico. The spill threatens coastlines in that state as well as in

A New Hampshire couple hope the offer of a cash reward will help them recover two Paso Fino horses lost during a trail ride last month.

Garrett and Deb Caputo became separated from the horses on May 21 after one of the animals became stuck in a muddy a creek during a trail ride in rural Grafton County.

“My wife’s horse knocked her over into the mud and I let go

A Colorado man will serve one year in a work release program for maltreating 17 horses on his Jefferson County ranch.

Jefferson County Sheriff’s Deputies seized the animals from their owner, John McCulley, in May 2009 after a tipster reported seeing a downed horse on the property. County animal control officers and a veterinarian deemed the animals emaciated, in need of dental

A horse allegedly stolen from a Kansas breeding ranch last month was discovered dead in a ravine just one-quarter mile from its Ellis County pasture.

The mare’s owners reported the animal missing from the RMH Ranch on May 23 after discovering that a gate leading to the horse’s pasture had been cut. The mare and its newborn foal were among several animals residing in the pa

Wild mustangs removed from the Calico Mountain Complex range in Nevada would avoid placement in long-range holding facilities in the Midwest if the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), wild horse advocates and a Nevada rancher can agree on an alternative plan.

About 1,800 mustangs were gathered from the Calico Complex in controversial gathers in December 2009 and February 2010. The ga

Horse owners in Ohio whose animals unintentionally roam from their enclosures could be spared criminal prosecution under a new bill designed to refine the state’s so-called running-at-large law. Under current law, owners can be held criminally liable if their horses and other livestock are found running at large under any circumstances. HB 503 refines that state’

A West Virginia man faces animal cruelty charges connected to the alleged neglect of more than 50 equines seized from his Wayne County property last week. Acting on a tip, Wayne County law enforcement authorities discovered the 51 allegedly malnourished horses, mules, and donkeys residing in a muddy three-acre enclosure without access to adequate food and water. More than 40 alleg

An equine rescue is a business and should be run like one, or it risks putting its horses in more jeopardy.

A Maryland horse rescue is seeking volunteers and materials to assist in the care of 26 allegedly malnourished horses removed from a Garrett county farm on May 13.

Animal welfare authorities removed the horses along with other livestock after receiving a tip about their condition, said Denise Clatterbuck Lohr, animal control officer for the Garrett County Humane Society. The horses are curre

A South Dakota man has been sentenced to spend the next three consecutive Fourth of July holidays behind bars after pleading guilty to charges connected to the theft and injury of a champion barrel horse last year.

Owner Wendy Halweg and her horse Dually were competing at the Fort Pierre Rodeo, and the horse was taken from the Stanley County fairgrounds on July 5, 2009. She

Law enforcement and authorities in Monongalia County, W.V., are investigating the death of a horse that could be linked to high school bullying.

In a written statement, Monongalia County Sheriff Kenneth "Al" Kisner said the horse's owner, Allen Hixenbaugh, found the horse injured in its pasture on May 24. The animal later died. A necropsy later revealed that th