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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
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
The University of Kentucky College of Agriculture is set to launch an undergraduate equine education program this fall and officials have tapped a trusted, familiar face with a wealth of experience to take the reins.
Bob Coleman, PhD,
A U.K. woman is mourning her horse and nursing an injured arm after a collision between her mount and a school bus on a road between Rampton and Willingham (north of Cambridge in the eastern part of the U.K.),
“(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,
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,
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,
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
The United Kingdom has always been among the world leaders in animal protection, but the latest European Union Regulation on the Protection of Animals during Transport (Jan. 5) has left many U.K. organizations wondering if the ruling has gone fa
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
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
A College Station, Texas, police officer who shot and killed his neighbor’s Miniature Horse will not be charged, the Bryan-College Station Eagle
One group of Walking Horse inspectors has approved tougher inspection rules as other industry groups mount resistance to such rule changes proposed to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The Gallatin-based Horse Protection Commission has
Friends of Sound Horses (FOSH) is pleased to announce that a free video evaluation service will be provided to owners of gaited horses in 2007.
For those owners interested in participating, a licensed Independent Judge’s Association
Mark L. Morris Jr., DVM, PhD, pioneer researcher, educator, mentor, and worldwide authority on animal nutrition, died Sunday, January 14, 2007, at his home in Topeka, Kan., at the age of 72.
Morris served as trustee and
Three horses are dead after a truck hauling liquified petroleum gas collided with them in the predawn darkness near Grand Junction, Colo.
It happened just after 6 p.m. Thursday morning, Jan. 18th, along westbound Interstate
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