The icy storm that has blasted Oklahoma, Missouri, and Kansas has so far killed at least 22 people, with the worst death toll from ice-coated highways in Oklahoma, and storm warnings are up now for parts of Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, and
Jackson County, Mich., is taking a budget hit after tending to horses seized last spring in an animal cruelty investigation.
As of Nov. 30, overtime wages for county animal control employees had come to nearly 400% of the amount budgeted
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has announced plans to gather and remove nearly 1,000 wild horses from public land in northeastern Nevada, citing insufficient forage caused by drought conditions.
Plans call for the removal of about
The National Park Service (NPS) announced the first partnership with a horse breed registry–the Tennessee Walking Horse–in an agreement designed to revive interest in trail riding by rangers and park visitors.
The breed’s high-steppin
The horse-drawn carriages that clip-clop around Central Park in New York City could be banned under City Council legislation to be introduced at the urging of animal advocates who say the horses are treated inhumanely.
Councilman Tony
A horse was rescued after accidentally taking an icy plunge in a swimming pool.
Jet, a 6-year-old Quarter Horse, walked onto the frozen in-ground pool Thursday and broke through six inches of ice into about 3? feet of water, becoming
A small sponge was inserted in the nostril of a horse at Delaware Park in an attempt to fix a race in October, State Police said.
Detectives are investigating the incident in which a small sponge was found in the nostril of 2-year-old filly
A Buford, Ga., woman is offering a $500 reward for information in the shooting death of her 8-year-old Quarter horse.
Mary Lynn Whiten lives on five acres about a mile from the Mall of Georgia. She says she heard at least one gunshot and dogs
The U.S. Forest Service says two wild horses captured during a roundup in the Carson National Forest in New Mexico have died.
Agency spokeswoman Kathy DeLucas says one horse died November 26th after running head-first into a metal corral panel
A Tulsa, Okla., police officer is recovering from a head injury he sustained when his patrol car collided with a horse on a city street early Monday morning (Dec. 3).
Police say Corporal Randy Solomon was following an ambulance shortly
Incentives primarily aimed at encouraging Thoroughbred owners to breed their horses in Kentucky have created a boon for the Quarter Horse industry, and many breeding operations are relocating to the state.
Kentucky last year started the
The Nebraska Humane Society has called for a ban on Mexican rodeo events, saying the sports can cause traumatic injury to the animals.
Armando Pliego, treasurer of the Omaha-based rodeo club Charros Las Amistad, said the rodeo–called a
Two horses in rural Owyhee County, Idaho, were dragged to death last weekend, after the driver of a pickup truck left a team-roping competition without realizing they were tied to the back of his trailer.
Sheriff Gary Aman says the
A horse rescue group will care for seven starving horses removed this month from a Clarke County, Va., farm.
A Clarke County General District Court judge ruled Thursday that the animals should be given to the U.S. Equine Rescue League.
Agriculture experts around the country are warning hay farmers and buyers to watch for scams amid a feed shortage and resulting high prices.
In Washington, hay prices have passed $200 per ton in some areas, and winter is still weeks away. The
Samantha Bossone and her horse Zippity Zulu always seemed to have a special bond whenever they went riding together, Bossone’s mother said Wednesday.
“She cared for my daughter on her own,” Gina Bossone said of the chestnut-colored quarter
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