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

Quality hay is getting harder to find and more expensive. And growers say the conditions that led to this winter’s shortage are not going away.

Hay growers in the Rogue Valley (southern Oregon) said a federal decision to give Arizona and

A Tulane University laboratory animal veterinarian has accepted the position of director for the University of Tennessee Office of Laboratory Animal Care.

Patricia N. Coan, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACLAM, formerly director of the Department of

“Horses 2007,” scheduled for Saturday, March 31 and Sunday, April 1, 2007, will create a learning event that appeals to new or prospective horse owners as well as seasoned professionals, including veterinarians and veteran horse owners and farm

Numerous animal protection groups have come together to offer a reward of $11,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any person(s) responsible for the recent shooting deaths of at least seven wild horses in the

The California Horse Racing Board, under fire for its drug enforcement policies, would dramatically change penalties for many violations and repeat offenses under recommendations passed on to the full commission by its medication committee Jan.