Once upon a time, in the Wild West, all it took to raise cattle was land, grass and cowboys who knew how to rope the critters. Now, it may take an MBA.
Texas A&M-Kingsville’s Institute for Ranch Management is offering what university
Georgia Department of Agriculture Commissioner Tommy Irvin says horse abuse and neglect is on the rise statewide.
A drought that led to hay shortages, the closing of horse slaughterhouses, a downturn in the
Coles County, Ill., state’s attorney Steve Ferguson plans to file charges in the alleged horse neglect incident, but he wants to see reports on each of the nearly 60 horses first.
Attorney Michael Tague of Champaign, Ill., who is representing
State health officials and wildlife experts have no answer for a worrisome statistic: The number of rabies cases in Illinois this year is the highest on record.
So far, there have been 99 confirmed rabies cases among bats–almost double the
Severe weather, including a tornado, damaged about 50 homes in central Florida, before the system became a tropical depression Friday and had parts of the Gulf Coast under tropical storm warnings.
The tornado touched down late Thursday and
An Arizona man has been arrested in the death of his horse, authorities said. James Cude, who lives in a county island east of Mesa was taken into custody Tuesday by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office.
“He basically starved the animal to
A Puerto Rican horse that can’t win a race now has a claim to fame. Dona Chepa, a 9-year-old brown mare, finished last in a six-horse field at Camarero Racetrack in eastern Puerto Rico on Wednesday, a 125th consecutive loss that is believed to b
Australia is to import 50,000 doses of vaccine to help efforts to contain and eradicate an outbreak of equine influenza (EI).
The vaccine is sufficient to protect 25,000 horses from the highly contagious illness which has heavily affected
A Puerto Rican mare who hasn’t won much of anything could at least claim a piece of horse racing history.
Dona Chepa, who has lost 124 consecutive races to match the futility set by Ouroene in Sydney between 1976 and 1983, could surpass the
The mystery of the wandering zebra has been solved. Sharon McConough, who lives in the Ranger Creek, Okla., area east of Fort Gibson Dam, was startled on Friday when she spotted a zebra trotting on her driveway. She took a photo of the animal
A donkey in Underwood, Minn., is happily eating grass again after falling down a dry, abandoned well and being freed in an intensive rescue effort. It appeared that the animal wandered away from its farm and onto some boards covering the
A carriage horse’s death in New York’s Central Park has renewed animal-rights activists’ concerns about the animals.
Several protesters gathered near the park after a startled horse bolted, injured itself and died yesterday
A Milford, Conn., man has filed a lawsuit against his neighbor, claiming he can’t sell his house because of the smell of horse manure from next door. In court documents filed in Superior Court, Gino Sciortino claims Helen Catlin is permitting
One of the horses that pulls carriages around Central Park died Friday after breaking loose and running into a tree, police said. No people were injured.
Witnesses said the horse, which became startled by a street performer playing a
Authorities have filed 16 misdemeanor counts of animal cruelty against a Corvallis, Mont., man, after reporting they found dozens of neglected horses, dogs, pigs, and other animals on his property last month.
The case met criteria for felon
Preliminary tests indicated Thursday the latest foot and mouth disease (FMD) outbreak southwest of London is the same strain that caused last month’s outbreak, an official said.
The British government had not announced the results of tests
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