How to care for the basic health needs of horses
A bill before the U.S. House of Representatives Transportation and Infrastructure Committee would prohibit the use double-decker trailers for transporting horses across state lines.
Specifically, HR 305, or the “Horse Transportation
Some equine advocates in the United Kingdom want the government to exempt semi-feral foals from proposed mandatory microchipping regulations until they leave public lands because compliance is too costly for the foals’ owners.
Stiff joints, poor teeth, and weight changes aren’t just signs of aging in humans; they afflict horses, too.
As temperatures continue to remain unusually cold it is important to remember that your animals require more calories to maintain body temperature and body weight.
In the wake of the recent flooding in the Pacific Northwest, Tomas Gimenez, Dr.Med.Vet, of Technical Large Animal Emergency Rescue weighed in on safety tips for horse owners managing horses and farms in flood conditions.
Snow storms, icy conditions, fog, avalanches, rock slides, and other hazardous conditions can make traveling Washington State’s mountain passes in winter a daunting and undesirable task, especially when hauling a sick or injured horse.
To
A Worcester County, Mass., District Court judge granted one request to eliminate testimony and postponed ruling on another in the case against Elliot Saffran, the Milford man charged last year with animal cruelty for refusing to euthanize his
While carcass disposal is not a pleasant topic, it is a subject of significant economic and environmental concern. What are the options for carcass disposal?
In many instances the cause of death needs to be determined, so the body is
The finalists for 2008 Eclipse Awards were released Jan. 8, with the winners to be announced Jan. 26 at a ceremony in Miami, Fla. The finalists for Horse of the Year are not announced until the awards ceremony.
The winners are determined by
More than 1,550 readers of TheHorse.com responded to a poll asking, “How often do you clean automatic waterers or water troughs?”
