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Dog Helps Save Foal from Abandoned Well

It could have been a scene straight out of “Lassie.” Kurt Smith was working in the yard at his horse boarding and breeding facility in Bangor, Maine, Monday when Molly, his border collie, came running and barking, signaling that something was amiss

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Animal Cruelty Charges Against 4-H Queen Dropped

A judge dismissed animal cruelty charges Monday against the Oakland County, Mich., 4-H Club queen, who had been suspended and faced losing her crown if convicted.

Lapeer District Judge Laura Barnard dismissed the charges against Kate Mills, 20

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Charges Filed in Indiana Horse Neglect Case

Charges have been filed in the ongoing Gibson County, Ind., horse neglect case. Richard Stallings, 66, of Owensville, was charged June 6 with five counts of felony animal neglect and 30 misdemeanor counts of neglect of a vertebrate

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Pike County Neglect Case: More than 50 Horses Sold

More than 50 of the horses impounded in February from a farm in Pike County, Ga., were sold Saturday at a Georgia Department of Agriculture auction.


The 54 lots sold for $17,495, which will be deposited into an escrow account and held

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Rolex Alleged Abuse Case Hearing Scheduled for June 25

The F?d?ration Equestre Internationale (FEI), the international governing body for equestrian sport, announced Friday (June 1) that U.S. eventing rider Amy Tryon has requested a hearing regarding an incident of alleged abuse that occurred o

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Horses Impounded in Ongoing Indiana Neglect Case

Gibson County officials and the Indiana Horse Rescue last weekend removed 15 horses from a southern Indiana farm in another chapter of what they call a chronic case of horse neglect. An additional 35 horses were removed from the property last

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22 Horses Seized From Farm, Woman Charged

Authorities seized 22 horses from a southwest Iowa farm and have cited the owner with 22 counts of animal neglect.

The horses were removed from Amanda Boyle’s farm on Monday after officials with the Harrison County sheriff’s office received a

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Pony Rescued from Abandoned Well

A pony that fell into an abandoned well in Killingworth, Conn., Monday morning was rescued unharmed after crews used a tow truck from a local auto repair shop to lift it to safety.

The pint-sized equine was reported trapped in the well on

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Starving, Neglected Horses Found in Oklahoma

Tulsa County sheriff’s deputies have taken custody of several horses that were found allegedly starving and neglected on a Bixby couple’s property (south of Tulsa, Okla.).


Darrell and Roberta Christian have been accused in at least 13

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Horse Abandonment

Any domestic horse in the United States that doesn’t have an owner who is managing the horse on a regular basis is abandoned. All domestic horses start out life in the United States as the property of someone. Even the Bureau of Land Management

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Plea Agreement Releases Seized Maryland Horses for Adoption





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