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Working Animal Welfare: Seeking Sustainable Solutions
In developing countries, working horses, donkeys, and mules are most often used for heavy labor, whether it be hauling heavy loads of cargo or carrying tourists up and down a mountain.
The animals might be suffering from malnourishment, dehydration, disease, lameness, or injury. Rest and recovery is often not a practical option. The animals have no choice but to continue working
Horse Genome Sequence Published
Professors Jim Mickelson, PhD, and Stephanie Valberg, DVM, PhD, of the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine are among the authors of “Genome Sequence, Comparative Analysis, and Population Genetics of the Domestic Horse,” to be published in the Nov. 6 issue of the journal Science.
Family that Returned Stolen Horse Gets Replacement
A 7-year-old girl who had to give up her horse when he was identified as stolen has found a new partner in a 16-year-old gelding rescued from slaughter.
Rick Gore on Gates (The Fencing Kind): Horse Tip Daily Episode 78
Rick Gore, of Rick Gore Horsemanship, is a trainer, clinician and an all around horseman. Rick Gore Horsemanship is about the horse teaching you about
Craig Thompson on Halting Easily: Horse Tip Daily Episode 77
International eventer Craig Thompson joins us with a variety of tips from training to horse care to tack selection. Listen in today as he explains
Part 7 of Marching Orders: What happened in the operating room
Equine ER author Leslie Guttman at the Kentucky Book Fair this Saturday, Nov. 7! On Monday in Part 6 of this excerpt from the new
Soaking Hay Key to Stable Dust Reduction
Horse owners’ selection and preparation of their animals’ feed has a greater influence on concentrations of dust and endotoxin in the stable than the type of bedding used, researchers recently reported.
U.K. Couple Sentenced in Pony Obesity Cruelty Case
A couple in the United Kingdom have become the first horse owners convicted of obesity-related animal cruelty under that country's Animal Welfare Act, said a report from Horse and Hound. The Act stipulates that owners must provide a suitable diet for their animals.
Keith and Lynn
World Equine Vet Congress Heading to India in 2011
The 2011 World Equine Veterinary Association (WEVA) Congress has been awarded to India. This decision follows three WEVA intermediate meetings held at various venues in India since 2003. At the 2011 Congress, WEVA will feature its first day of presentations for lay horse owners, farm managers, and riders. More on that new initiative will be forthcoming.
Ravinder Reddy, BVSc,
NYC Carriage Company Asked to Vacate Stables
One of New York's carriage companies is seeking new stables for nearly 30 horses during their busiest time of the year. The reason? Urban development.
Eric Bederman, press secretary for the NYC Department of Housing Preservation & Development (HPD), said the current 31-stall Shamrock Stables location sits squarely on the city-owned footprint of planned multi-use
Horsemanship Group, Saddle Up Safely Campaign Working Together
The Certified Horsemanship Association (CHA), in support of the University of Kentucky Saddle Up Safely campaign, is waiving its fees for the CHA Instructor Certification Clinic at the Kentucky Horse Park, scheduled for November 19-23, 2009, resulting in a significant reduction in the overall price.
The UK HealthCar
Lexington Mounted Police to Share Training Tips with Civilian Riders
Civilian riders can earn their stripes, so to speak, by attending a presentation November 19 by the Lexington Mounted Police. The free public program offered by Alltech, sponsor of the FEI World Equestrian Games 2010, is entitled "Sensory Training: How to Bombproof Your Horse."
Sgt. Ellen Sam and other training officers from the Lexington Mounted Police will show
Meet the WEG Discipline: Eventing
I haven’t yet had the pleasure of attending a World Equestrian Games, but I take my equine-media colleagues’ word for it that the spectacle makes
Take The Horse Industry Survey
Please take time to go visit the American Horse Publications Horse Industry Survey, sponsored by Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health and Pfizer Animal Health. Share the link
Selling and Sharing
A slow economy equates to a buyer’s market for those looking to purchase a horse. For the seller, however, trying to downsize your herd or
