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Three Groups Join Efforts on Equine Scholarships

Edited press release

The Kentucky Equine Education Project, Kentucky Horse Council, and the Race for Education have announced a joint effort to promote Kentucky’s equine scholarships.

While each organization will continue to award

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Horses Removed from Ga. Farm Friday

Georgia Department of Agriculture staff removed 67 horses Friday (Feb. 2) from Pike County out of concern for the animals’ health and safety.


The Department is in the process of removing the remaining 27 equine on the property.

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New York Equine Inventory Valued at $1.8 Billion

Edited press release

The inventory value of equines in New York was $1.83 billion at the end of 2006, according to the United State Department of Agriculture’s National Agriculture Statistics Service.

Steve Ropel, director of th

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Horse Involved in Fatal Snowmobile Accident Recovering

Police say the two horseback riders involved in a fatal weekend snowmobile accident near Ashton, Idaho, likely won’t face charges, because Fremont County’s laws are unclear about taking horses onto snowmobile trails.

62-year-old Larry Mille

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Equine Week a Major Fundraiser for Mass. Zoo

“(Equine Week at the Zoo) has become a big promotional event for the Zoo, and a kick-start to our season opening,” says The Zoo in Forest Park education director Alison Summers. The event will celebrate its fourth anniversary April 14-22, 2007,

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Emotionally Neutral Horse Training

Your first objective every time you are around a horse is to get yourself emotionally neutral. When you approach a horse in an emotionally neutral state of mind, the horse perceives you as a safe place to be. That helps him be emotionally neutral,

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Guide Dogs Have Nothing on This Mini Horse

Panda is everything you?d want in a pet and guide animal for the blind.

She?s protective, alert, house-trained, loves to play fetch, rides in the family minivan and sleeps in a shed in the back yard.

And at 29 inches tall and 120 pounds,

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Oklahoma State Adding Agriculture Resource Center

It’s after Christmas but Oklahoma State University’s campus in Oklahoma City is getting a big gift.

Officials yesterday (Jan. 22) announced that a one million dollar gift fulfilling a pledge from John E. Kirkpatrick will go toward building

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Human Health Experts Using Weather to Predict Disease

Doctors hoping to predict disease outbreaks might want to tune into more weather forecasts. Weather patterns can often be a key factor in finding out when an epidemic is imminent because they determine the conditions for germs and their carriers

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Disaster Preparedness for Horse Owners


Disasters can happen anytime and anywhere and can take many different forms, from barn fires to earthquakes, from a propane line explosion to flooding from a violent storm. Any of these might necessitate evacuation. If you have horses or

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