Disaster preparedness is important for all animals, but especially for equids because of their large size, behavior patterns and types, and the requirements for transporting them.
Learn how to prepare yourself, your horse, and your farm for the hurricane season.
Many owners keep horses stalled during storms, but turning horses out to pastures might keep them safer.
Rebecca explores more best practices related to barn fire prevention and response.
What do you do in your horse facilities to prevent and mitigate barn fires?
Tips for horse owners caught in the lines of wildfires when evacuation is not an option.
Learn how to ensure your horse arrives safely and legally at your destination.
No building is completely fireproof, but farm owners and managers can take certain steps to minimize the chances of a fire occurring.
With the hurricane season upon us, it is important for horse owners to ready themselves in advance for evacuation and other recommended tasks related to hurricane preparedness.
Although it is the most basic form of health care, horse owners should be aware that horses need first aid care just as much as people do, if not more.
Retired Thoroughbred racehorse Robyn Dancer was in his stall at Shady Lane Farm in Opelousas, La., when Hurricane Gustav swept through on Monday. Gustav’s wind ripped the roof off the stallion’s stall and demolished the tack room beside it. But
A weakened Hurricane Gustav crashed Monday into the flood-prone but nearly deserted coast of Louisiana, making landfall west of New Orleans as a Category 2 storm. Water was splashing over some floodwalls, but city officials were optimistic the
On the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, horse owners and veterinarians in the New Orleans area are fleeing ahead of Gustav, a storm the National Weather Service says is likely to become “a large, powerful hurricane as it approaches the
With preparations for the approaching Hurricane Gustav taking center stage…
As another tropical storm looms, New Orleans residents are marking the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina with a ceremony to remember victims who were never identified.
A horse-drawn carriage delivered seven unclaimed bodies to a
With the hurricane season upon us, Louisiana State University (LSU) is reminding horse owners of steps they can take to ready themselves in advance for evacuation, as well as other recommended tasks related to hurricane preparedness.
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