Representatives Bart Stupak (D-MI) and Michael C. Burgess (R-TX) recently introduced “The HIPAA Recreational Injury Technical Correction Act” (H.R. 1076).
HIPPA stands for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
This bill
Recent attacks on an Aberdeenshire farm have left more than 25 horses with cut manes and tails, The Herald reported. At least 12 separate incidents have occurred since January in this
The Indiana Horse Racing Commission has voted unanimously to endorse new rules that disallow a suspended trainer from transferring a horse to a spouse, immediate family member, or assistant trainer. The measures, part of the agency?s program to
The Humane Society of the United States released a statement on March 16 stating that recent claims that thousands of horses have been abandoned in Kentucky are unfounded, and is calling it a campaign of fear mongering by a foreign-owned horse
For more than two years, racehorses (principally Standardbreds) have tested positive for the amphetamine, aminorex (for more information see
Several horses were stranded and one died after a creek flooded their Manilus, N.Y., pasture, The Post-Standard reported. An SPCA
Debra Sellon, DVM, PhD, associate professor of equine medicine at Washington State University’s vet school, spoke about equine vaccination principles and strategies at the Western Performance Horse Forum held in Nampa, Idaho, on Feb. 15-17. She
At just a hair over 17 inches tall, the miniature horse is more inclined to walk under fences than jump them.
And her owners have sheltered the mare from ever gaining “circus-sideshow” or “one-trick-pony” status.
As the world’s smallest
A vacant patch of land beside a county jail hardly seems worth fighting over, but don’t tell DeKalb County, Ala., commissioners and Sheriff Jimmy Harris.
The commission and Harris have been at odds since he built a horse pen on the tract
Mountwood Bally Hy–“Monty” to her longtime owner–will soon reach the milestone age of 30 years. Helen Seymour of Suffolk, England, won the horse as a prize in a Horse & Hound
Volunteers rescued a horse that had fallen backwards into a southern Calfornia ravine on Mar. 16, according to reports from San Diego’s ABC News 10 and
NBC television will once again bring America’s only Four Star Three-Day Event to a national television audience.
This year’s Rolex Kentucky CCI****, an FEI Qualifying Competition for the 2008 Olympic Games, will
Wildlife Services, a program within the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, will distribute oral rabies vaccine baits across portions of central Alabama beginning on, or about March 20, to prevent the
According to Maine State Veterinarian Don Hoenig, VMD, an antibacterial additive used in cattle feed has been identified as the cause of death for seven Searsport horses, the
Horses at Virginia Tech’s Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center are being released from three of the four biosecurity perimeters that were established within the hospital. The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services enacted
Equestrian Land Conservation Resource (ELCR), the only national organization that advances the conservation of land for horse related activities, has opened its new headquarters in the Kentucky Horse Park. The group says the impending loss of
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