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Equine Flu in Australia Costs Millions

Human error was likely responsible for the spread of equine influenza which has hit two Australian states, curtailing horse racing and costing millions of dollars in lost jobs and revenue, Australia federal agriculture minister Peter McGauran

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Montana to Host Wild Horse and Burro Sale Sept. 8

The Bureau of Land Management will hold a wild horse and burro auction in Livingston, Mont., on Sept. 8. About 52 untrained wild horses and burros from Nevada rangelands will be available through an oral bidding process.

The adoption will b

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Serbia to Return Allegedly Neglected Lipizzaner Horses

A herd of famed Lipizzaner horses, which were brought to Serbia during the Balkan wars and allegedly faced neglect, will return to Croatia, officials said Tuesday.

Agriculture Ministers Slobodan Milosavljevic of Serbia and Petar Cobankovic

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Agriculture Minister: Source of Equine Flu Not Known

Racing is expected to resume in most Australian states by the weekend, but the movement of all horses continues to be banned following the country’s first outbreak of equine influenza.

A casualty of the equine emergency is the mounted polic

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Nevada Senator Urges Probe in Wild Horse Deaths

Nevada Sen. Harry Reid is calling on U.S. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to conduct a “full and thorough investigation” into the nitrate contamination deaths of 71 wild horses in July at the Tonopah Test Range.


“There are strong

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Pack of Dogs Attack Pet Donkey, Sheep on Florida Farm

A veterinarian is tending the wounds of three lambs after a pack of dogs attacked a small herd of sheep and a pet donkey on a Davie Fla., farm. Suzy Sarna says she found the donkey named Leopold floating in a pond on her farm with bites all over

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Man Drives into Mounted Police Officer

A Brandon, Fla., man is facing a DUI charge after driving his vehicle into a mounted Tampa police officer and his horse early this morning (Aug. 26).


Authorities say plainclothes officers first approached the man on foot as he was sittin

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Four Horses Die in El Paso Traffic Accident

In El Paso, Texas, a truck pulling a horse trailer collided with five parked cars, killing four racehorses, El Paso police said. The driver and two horses survived.


Police said they believed that a medical condition suffered by the

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Equine Influenza Halts Aussie Racing

Racetracks across Australia were all but shut down Saturday, the country’s richest horse race is in doubt and losses could total more than a billion dollars after an outbreak of equine influenza.


The highly contagious equine virus was

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North Carolina Governor Seeking Federal Drought Aid

Farmers across North Carolina whose crops and livestock are hard-hit by the ongoing drought will get federal financial aid if Gov. Mike Easley gets his way.


Easley said Wednesday he will ask U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns for a

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Three Pennsylvania Horses Killed by Lightning

Three horses found dead on a Pennsylvania farm Aug. 10 were struck and killed by lightning, according to the owners’ veterinarian.

The Quarter Horses were in a pasture on the farm in Carmichaels, about 40 miles south of Pittsburgh, when the

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