Last week a federal court judge in Tennessee, U.S. Magistrate Judge William B. Mitchell Carter, set May 31 as the trial date for a Spotted Saddle Horse trainer and two other individuals accused of violating the Horse Protection Act (HPA). The act
More than 540 readers of TheHorse.com responded to a poll asking, “How do you ‘spring clean’ your farm?”
The outgoing and incoming leaders of the Association of Racing Commissioners International (RCI) called for a five-year phase-out of equine medication from horse racing March 28. Outgoing RCI chairman Dan Hartman of the Colorado Racing Commission
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking new proposals from private-sector individuals and organizations interested in developing eco-sanctuaries for wild horses and burros on combined private and public lands located within herd management
The Kentucky Equine Education Project (KEEP) board of directors elected Corey Johnsen March 29 to serve as its chairman of the board. Johnsen replaces former Kentucky governor Brereton C. Jones, who resigned earlier this month. Johnsen, a resident of
Zenyatta, last year’s Horse of the Year for Jerry and Ann Moss, is no longer in foal. She was bred to Bernardini Feb. 23 at Darley near Lexington.
Last week a federal court judge in Tennessee, U.S. Magistrate Judge William B. Mitchell Carter, set May 31 as the trial date for a Spotted Saddle Horse trainer and two other individuals accused of violating the Horse Protection Act (HPA). The act prohibits “soring,” the deliberate injury of a horse’s feet and legs to achieve a high-stepping gait.
On April 5 the University of Pennsylvania’s (UPenn) New Bolton Center will present “Wound Care: The Big, the Bad, the Ugly.” The lecture is part of the First Tuesdays Lecture Series at UPenn’s School of Veterinary Medicine at New Bolton Center.
When a veterinarian suspects a horse’s joint is infected, but it is not practical or feasible to obtain a joint fluid sample, he or she should consider using ultrasound to image the joint. Alex Young, BVSc, of the University of California, Davis’
The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is amending its regulations regarding the importation of horses from countries affected with contagious equine metritis (CEM). “The additional testing added to our existing import
Law enforcement authorities in Fremont County, Wyo., are seeking whoever is responsible for shooting a rodeo horse used by a local college. The horse was discovered dead in its pasture earlier this month. The animal had sustained a gunshot wound to
The number of equine deaths caused by African horse sickness (AHS) in South Africa’s Western Cape has risen to 24, according to a report from the South African-based news website Eye Witness News. Authorities announced March 28 that in the previous
The researchers observed that whether alone or in groups, the enrichment items horses liked best involved food
The annual Rutgers University (RU) Young Horse Teaching and Research Program (YHTRP) benefit horse auction will take place May 1 at the school’s horse facility on College Farm Road on the G.H. Cook Campus in New Brunswick, N.J. This year’s auction
Two Oregon women are facing animal neglect charges connected to the drowning death of one horse and the alleged neglect of four others residing on their Lincoln County property. Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department Lt. Dave Carey said law enforcement
Michigan State University (MSU) Extension equine specialist Karen Waite, MS, has been named a recipient of the 2011 Catalyst Award by the Michigan Horse Council. The award, founded in 1995, recognizes individuals who have made significant
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