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Serbia to Return Allegedly Neglected Lipizzaner Horses

A herd of famed Lipizzaner horses, which were brought to Serbia during the Balkan wars and allegedly faced neglect, will return to Croatia, officials said Tuesday.

Agriculture Ministers Slobodan Milosavljevic of Serbia and Petar Cobankovic

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Owner Relinquishes Horses in Tennessee Neglect Case

Derek Ulmer appeared in Marshall County, Tenn., General Sessions court Aug. 28. He agreed to relinquish his ownership rights to all 16 horses seized on August 4, 2007. Ulmer requested a preliminary hearing on both sets of charges. The May charge

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Equine Influenza Halts Aussie Racing

Racetracks across Australia were all but shut down Saturday, the country’s richest horse race is in doubt and losses could total more than a billion dollars after an outbreak of equine influenza.


The highly contagious equine virus was

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Animal Cruelty Charges Filed Against Horse Trader

A Wanette, Okla., man has been charged with felony cruelty to animals after authorities confiscated more than 100 horses and mules from his property.

Prosecutors allege 61-year-old Charles Edward Johnson failed to provide adequate food, drink,

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Campers Pull Together to Help a Neglected Horse

The story she was told was that he was dumped at an abandoned hotel, with nothing to eat or drink. He subsisted on sawdust.

True or not, the ending to the story of Bones, a male horse believed to be older than 30, is destined to be better than

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Chase to Oversee Horse Council Communications

Sarah A. Chase is joining the staff of the American Horse Council as the new director of communications for the Washington, D.C.-based organization.

Chase, who has served as director of the Washington office of a major national consumer group,

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Emaciated Florida Horses Seized

Five severely emaciated horses and a donkey are in the custody of Tampa officials after they were taken from their owner’s care in Largo, Fla., yesterday.


A tipster directed authorities to dirty pens with no food or water and little shad

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Michigan Horse Abuse Debate Rages On

A Web site designed to refute allegations brought by Jackson County, Michigan, Animal Control authorities against Matthew Mercier and James Henderson Jr., both accused of felony animal torture in Grass Lake, Mich., is the latest twist in a case tha

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