Kentucky Legislators Pass Estray Animal Bill
Pat Raia
March 17, 2015
The bill will reduce the number of days counties must keep estray animals, including horses, in their custody.
The bill will reduce the number of days counties must keep estray animals, including horses, in their custody.
Authorities are seeking whoever is responsible for tying a horse to a tree before fatally shooting the animal.
Ogygian, the oldest pensioner at Old Friends, was euthanized March 14 due to complications from colic.
The meetings will focus on wild burro management in Arizona’s Black Mountain Herd Management Area.
A Nevada judge has dismissed a lawsuit asking the BLM to remove horses from rangelands to protect the ecologic balance.
The incidence of fatal injury for 2014 was 1.89 per 1,000 starts, compared to 1.90 per 1,000 starts in 2013.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park and the Badlands Horse Registry will work to place wild horses in approved homes.
Zoetis will partner with customers to support agricultural and veterinary students through its Industry Support Program.
A representative said Tennessee Walking Horse exhibitors are still welcome to enter classes at the open horse show.
The program includes a new primary testing lab, an audit lab, expanded out-of-competition testing, and cobalt testing.
The move follows an investigation into horse welfare issues and noncompliance with FEI endurance rules and regulations.
Issues include tax matters and racehorse drug and therapeutic medication regulation and testing.
The foundation annually supports those that develop and implement programs that improve equine welfare.
David Howman will discuss the organization’s efforts in bringing international consistency to anti-doping policies.
The legislation would require the New Mexico Racing Commission to establish rules for handling drug testing specimens.
Study topics include laminitis, foal pneumonia, stem cells, endometritis, joint issues, insulin resistance, and more.
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