While more big-ticket proposals for sports arenas might be pulling up lame this legislative session, a 7,000-seat equestrian center in Lewis County, Wash., seems to be moving along.
The center near Winlock, with an estimated price tag
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) has announced that a variety of equine rescue groups and sanctuaries across the United States received aid totaling more than $28,000 from the ASPCA’s Equine Fund
The Race Track Chaplaincy of America (RTCA) celebrated its 35th birthday during its annual meeting March 14-21 in Louisville, Ky., with special training in responding to disasters that impact the horse racing community.
A record 145
An article on www.gothamist.com reported today (March 25) that a lawsuit by the city of New York against an “upstate horse farm owner” who was supposed to be caring for retired New York Police Department
Two Missoula, Mont., men are charged in the fatal shooting of a horse in the Ninemile Valley earlier this week.
David A. Moorse, 21, and Jacob C. Scharff, 25, were each charged Thursday with accountability for criminal mischief, a felony
The Humane Society of the United States has filed a 60-day notice of intent to sue the Cavel International horse slaughterhouse in DeKalb, Ill., for repeatedly violating the federal Clean Water Act. Cavel is the only location in the United State
The European Commission took Greece to court today (March 21), saying animal welfare standards in the country were still marked by persistent shortcomings.
It said Athens has not put in place European Union rules that set a minimum standard
Representatives Bart Stupak (D-MI) and Michael C. Burgess (R-TX) recently introduced “The HIPAA Recreational Injury Technical Correction Act” (H.R. 1076).
HIPPA stands for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
This bill
A group of veterinarians has created an organization and Web site called Veterinarians for Equine Welfare (VEW) to express their beliefs concerning horse slaughter and the veterinary industry.
VEW consulted with representatives of the horse
The University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine is hosting a weeklong, in-depth training course on Foreign Animal and Emerging Diseases from May 13-18, 2007, in Knoxville, Tenn. The course, which is jointly sponsored with the U.S.
A $28 million appropriation for improvements to the Kentucky Horse Park was left in the lurch Monday when lawmakers adjourned without reaching an agreement on a number of major construction projects.
The money was to be used to build an
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) forecasts that the average monthly motor gasoline prices will increase by nearly 40 cents per gallon from February ($2.28 per gallon) through June, peaking at $2.67 per gallon. Although the projected
Two Democratic legislators in Kentucky have formally asked Republican Gov. Ernie Fletcher why the horse industry won?t have broad representation at an agriculture summit scheduled for March 15 in Louisville.
According to the state Web
The Connecticut Horse Council has been working on legislation that will assist victims of domestic violence by allowing judges to include animals in restraining and protective orders, as domestic violence victims might be unable to leave th
This April, The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) will mark 141 years since its founding as the first animal welfare organization in the Western Hemisphere–and as such, April is deemed Prevention of Cruelty to
A representative of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) sent a letter to Griffin Judicial Circuit District Attorney Scott Ballard today (March 5) regarding the animal cruelty case in which two Pike County, Ga., residents have been
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