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Walking Horse Veterinary Inspector Leaving Office

The top veterinarian who oversees the inspections of Tennessee walking horses is leaving the Department of Agriculture’s inspection office.

As the horse protection coordinator for animal care, Todd Behre, DVM, was at the heart of the

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Ky. Legislators Considering Slaughter Transport Ban

Hungry enough to eat a horse?


Don’t try it in Kentucky, home to the world’s best known horse race.


Legislation pending in the General Assembly would make it illegal for horses to be slaughtered in the state or to be transported

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Horse Rescue Farm Must Close Without Zoning Exemption

A Clinton County, Ind., farm that cares for abused and neglected horses must obtain a special zoning exemption or go out of business, zoning officials said.


Indiana Horse Rescue’s nearly 22-acre property near Frankfort is mostly zoned

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No More Night Riding in Saint Martin Parish, La.

Anyone caught riding a horse at night on a public road in St. Martin Parish, La., will have to pay a $250 fine.

That’s the minimum penalty under an ordinance passed Tuesday by the Parish Council. The maximum is a $500 fine and 30 days in

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South Dakota Horse Attack Investigated

A South Dakota state Game, Fish and Parks Department official says he cannot confirm a report Friday of a possible mountain lion attack on a horse in Hughes County.

The horse had wounds on its neck and shoulder, but Andy Lindbloom, regional

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Wild Horse And Burro Round-Up To Proceed

America’s Wild Horse Advocates try to halt the BLM’s herd management program

A Las Vegas federal judge has refused to stop the U.S. Bureau of Land Management from rounding up wild horses and burros Tuesday in the Spring Mountains

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Real “Pet Detective” Has Seen it All

 From New Jersey dog fights to California rat hoarders, Paul Miller has investigated more animal cruelty than many could stomach.


In a coast-to-coast career spanning nearly 30 years, he has gone undercover, written up charges and

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Mule-Cloning Veterinarian Moving to Colorado State

Gordon Woods, DVM, MS, PhD, Dipl. ACT, the University of Idaho veterinary scientist who helped create the world’s first cloned mules, has left the school to take a job at Colorado State University.

In 2003, Woods, veterinary scientist Dirk

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EHV: Sixth Florida Horse Euthanatized Friday

Veterinarians believe they have controlled an outbreak of a highly contagious equine virus responsible for the deaths of six horses.


The latest horse to get seriously ill was euthanatized Friday and two more are being monitored for signs

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Pregnant Horse Killed in Car Accident

A pregnant horse was killed in Monroe County, N.Y., Thursday (Dec. 28) after being hit by a car.


Police say 17-year-old Ashley Cocuzzi was driving just after midnight when her car struck the mare, which had run into the roadway.

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Okla. Man Charged in Starving Horse Case

A Grant County, Okla., man accused of starving horses and dumping more than 30 animal carcasses in a ravine on his farm was charged with seven felony counts of animal cruelty Dec. 19.

George Wesley Gilchrist, 43, was also charged with two

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