Recent articles in prominent newspapers such as The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Los Angeles Times have reported on an apparent increase in the numbers of unwanted horses.
The morning of Jan. 29 represented a lot of things for Roy and Gretchen Jackson. Not only was it the one-year anniversary of when their colt Barbaro lost his battle with laminitis, but it was the day when they would finally reveal that he
The World Games 2010 Foundation is launching a volunteer recruitment Web Site to manage the thousands of volunteers needed for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games.
Extend-A-Cool as an effective remedy to address sore shins, inflamed leg muscles and tendons, and reduce swelling from acute sprains and bruises. When applied to the lower leg, the temperature under the wrap may be reduced by up to 6°F or more
Loudoun County, Va., officials seized 48 horses from a Middleburg farm, and animal cruelty charges could be on the horizon for the horses’ owners. Officials said many of the horses were emaciated, standing in areas covered by their own feces, an
The Equine Science Center at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, has named Patricia Hogan, DVM, Dipl. ACVS, as the 2008 winner of the Center?s ?Spirit of the Horse? award.
The award was presented at the New Jersey
Horses prefer, and are better off, outdoors even in cold weather, and will acclimate to cold temperatures if given the opportunity, according to Marcia Hathaway, PhD, a professor in the Department of Animal Science at the University of Minnesota
Barbaro’s owners will return to Churchill Downs on Tuesday to honor the 2006 Kentucky Derby winner on the first anniversary of his death.
The Jacksons will make an announcement during a news conference at 10 a.m. (EST) in the Triple
Barbaro will be buried at the site of his greatest triumph.
The 2006 Kentucky Derby champion, who was euthanatized on Jan. 29, 2007 from complications of an injury suffered at the Preakness, will have his ashes interred at Churchill
(Edited University of Pennsylvania press release)
The legacy of Barbaro, the 2006 Kentucky Derby winner, lives on at the University of Pennsylvania’s veterinary school and hospital where he spent his final days.
“At Penn
The NCSU College of Veterinary Medicine is extending its third annual Stallion Service Auction. All proceeds from the auction will benefit the Student Chapter of the Society for Theriogenology and Student Chapter of the American Association of
A bill that would make a state-funded loan of up to $1 million available to construct a horse slaughtering facility in South Dakota is no longer under consideration.
A spokesperson for Sen. Jay Duenwald, chair of the state’s Senate Agriculture
Farmers will soon have the opportunity to make their voices heard and help shape the future of agriculture for years to come when the 2007 Census of Agriculture arrives in their mailboxes. The surveys have been mailed and must be filled out and
More than 100 horses currently being cared for by the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation (TRF) will take part in a study at Texas A&M University that will attempt to identify genes in horses predisposed to fractures and catastrophic injuries.
“We’re looking for some kind of genetic trait that may make the difference,” said Jana Caldwell, a PhD student in the Department of Veterinary
Veterinarians recently took to Capitol Hill to help spread the message that our country’s ability to protect its food supply–and its capacity for zoonotic and food-animal disease research–is insufficient and needs federal support.
W. Ron
According to a statement released by The Humane Society of the United States, more than 1,200 animals died during the recent floods that ravaged southwest Washington State. The majority were farm animals and horses that could not escape and
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