A Milford, Conn., man has filed a lawsuit against his neighbor, claiming he can’t sell his house because of the smell of horse manure from next door. In court documents filed in Superior Court, Gino Sciortino claims Helen Catlin is permitting
Hurricane Humberto crashed ashore along southeast Texas early Thursday, bringing heavy rains and maximum sustained winds of up to 80 mph as it made its way to Louisiana, the National Weather Service said.
The Category 1 storm made landfall
The Web site reporting progress stemming from the Welfare and Safety of the Racehorse Summit has
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) released a statement Sept. 6 praising the New York City Comptroller’s recently released Audit Report on the
The 69th Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration, held Aug. 22 through Sept. 1, was pronounced a success by show managers, competitors, and trainers who said the event marked a milestone of cooperation among inspectors and
The Equine Branch of Louisiana State Animal Response Team (LSART) has spent the past two years since Hurricanes Katrina and Rita working on local, regional, and state emergency preparedness and response.
LSART is the operational arm of
The horses that pull tourists on leisurely carriage rides through Central Park are working without enough water, shade, or oversight from authorities, a city report says.
City agencies haven’t kept up with required veterinary checks and
Primary Industries Minister Ian Macdonald today, Sept. 1, said efforts would be maintained throughout the weekend to contain further spread of equine influenza (EI) in North South Wales (NSW).
Minister Macdonald, who today visited
A former police horse deemed unsuitable for duty has triumphed at a major international vaulting competition thanks to the dedication of equine welfare charity the International League for the Protection of Horses (ILPH) and his new borrower.
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) recently announced that five equine rescue groups received grants totaling more than $17,000 during the months of July and August. The grants are intended to aid them in their
The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) is offering a $2,500 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for attacking a horse with a tobacco ax in Robertson County, Tenn.
On Augus
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) will distribute oral rabies vaccine baits to prevent the spread of raccoon rabies in portions of West Virginia and southwestern Pennsylvania.
A veterinarian is tending the wounds of three lambs after a pack of dogs attacked a small herd of sheep and a pet donkey on a Davie Fla., farm. Suzy Sarna says she found the donkey named Leopold floating in a pond on her farm with bites all over
A Brandon, Fla., man is facing a DUI charge after driving his vehicle into a mounted Tampa police officer and his horse early this morning (Aug. 26).
Authorities say plainclothes officers first approached the man on foot as he was sittin
The horses used in the University of Findlay’s equestrian studies program stayed high and dry during flooding that submerged much of the town, according to David W. Duncan, business manager at the James L. Child Jr. Equestrian Complex.
The
New Mexico became the second state to adopt a “safety reins” rule when the New Mexico Racing Commission approved the measure Aug. 21. The Ohio State Racing Commission adopted a similar rule in March.
The New Mexico regulation will take
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