Grand Jury Indicts Horse Trainer Wheelon, Three Others
Pat Raia
December 6, 2013
Wheelon is free on bond after a jury indicted him on animal cruelty counts for allegedly soring horses.
Wheelon is free on bond after a jury indicted him on animal cruelty counts for allegedly soring horses.
A federal judge is allowing the American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) to delay registering cloned horses until the association’s appeal of an earlier court ruling is decided.
Police are hoping the public can help identify whoever is responsible for shooting a horse pulling a buggy containing several passengers.
Indiana law enforcement authorities are investigating a trio of incidents involving hair being cut from horses’ manes and tails.
A Utah Quarter Horse trainer and riding instructor has filed a federal lawsuit against the American Quarter Horse Association alleging the breed association violated federal anti-trust laws by preventing him from earning a living.
A Connecticut woman is facing charges for allegedly practicing veterinary medicine without a license.
A Pennsylvania woman has been charged with animal cruelty after her elderly mare died of alleged starvation earlier this week.
More than 60 horses allegedly owned by a woman already facing multiple animal cruelty charges are receiving rehabilitative care after being seized from a Spokane County, Wash., farm last week.
The storms’ high winds forced some owners to remove horses from pastures due to downed fencing.
A U.S. House subcommittee heard from both sides of the soring issue during hearings on HR 1518.
Authorities are seeking whoever is responsible for the death of a horse in its Williamson County pasture.
Horse rescues could soon be able to consult a nationwide animal abuser registry before adopting animals out.
The USDA is bound to inspect qualified horse processing plants, the organization’s appeal response says.
A barn fire that occurred late last month claimed the lives of eight stock horses housed in Cass County, Mo.
An order handed down by an appeals court bars the USDA from carrying out inspections at processing plants.
Hoskins was found guilty of mistreating dozens of Morgan Horses earlier this year.
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