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Missouri Trailer Accident Horses Ready for Adoption

Once wanted just for their meat, about two dozen horses that survived a trailer wreck are ready for adoption.

The animals were headed to an Illinois slaughterhouse in September when the truck overturned on Interstate 44 between Sullivan and

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Walking Horse Inspection Group Adopts Tougher Rules

One group of Walking Horse inspectors has approved tougher inspection rules as other industry groups mount resistance to such rule changes proposed to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The Gallatin-based Horse Protection Commission has

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Wellington: Winter Horses Returning

Things are getting back to normal in Wellington, Fla., in the aftermath of a deadly horse virus.

Thirteen horses across the state contracted the contagious, airborne, equine herpesvirus in December. Six of them died. Barns across

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Horse Slaughter Plants Considering Legal Options

The owners of two horse slaughtering plants in Texas are considering whether to challenge a federal appeals court ruling that upheld a Texas law that banned horse slaughter for the purpose of selling the meat for food.


The ruling involve

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Texas Court Rules Against Slaughter

A federal appeals court in Houston has ruled that horse slaughter is illegal in Texas, home to two of the nation’s three processing plants.


The decision, issued on Jan. 19th by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans,

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Three Horses Dead After Petroleum Gas Truck Accident

Three horses are dead after a truck hauling liquified petroleum gas collided with them in the predawn darkness near Grand Junction, Colo.


It happened just after 6 p.m. Thursday morning, Jan. 18th, along westbound Interstate

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Hay Shortage Affecting Oregon Horse Owners

Quality hay is getting harder to find and more expensive. And growers say the conditions that led to this winter’s shortage are not going away.

Hay growers in the Rogue Valley (southern Oregon) said a federal decision to give Arizona and

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Derby Documentary Nears Completion

Two brothers working on a documentary about the Kentucky Derby are nearing completion of the project.

John and Brad Hennegan putting the finishing touches on “The First Saturday in May,” a film they conceived after seeing stories surroundin

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SDSU Building Home for Equestrian Team

The future home of South Dakota State University’s fledgling equestrian team is under construction in Brookings, S.D.

Though currently just some reinforcing bars rising from a concrete slab near the Highway 14 bypass, the giant barn will be

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Horse Dies of Apparent Heart Attack, Jockey Hurt

A horse died of an apparent heart attack during a race Saturday (Jan. 13) at the Fair Grounds in New Orleans, injuring his jockey.


Carlos Marquez Jr. was taken to Tulane Medical Center with shoulder pain after Arbuckle Bandit went down o

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