Slaughter Bill Ban On Wild Horses Introduced Today

A bill to restore the 34-year ban on the commercial sale and slaughter of America’s wild, free-roaming horses and burros (H.R. 249) was introduced today (Jan. 5) by U.S. House of Representatives Nick Rahall (D-W.Va.) and Ed Whitfield (R-Ky.).

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Walking Horse Veterinary Inspector Leaving Office

The top veterinarian who oversees the inspections of Tennessee walking horses is leaving the Department of Agriculture’s inspection office.

As the horse protection coordinator for animal care, Todd Behre, DVM, was at the heart of the

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AHC Forms Congressional Cavalry Program


The American Horse Council (AHC) and member organizations are initiating “The Congressional Cavalry Program,” a new direct grassroots effort, to better represent and serve the horse industry in Washington, DC.


The purpose of the

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Horse Rescue Farm Must Close Without Zoning Exemption

A Clinton County, Ind., farm that cares for abused and neglected horses must obtain a special zoning exemption or go out of business, zoning officials said.


Indiana Horse Rescue’s nearly 22-acre property near Frankfort is mostly zoned

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Wild Horse And Burro Round-Up To Proceed

America’s Wild Horse Advocates try to halt the BLM’s herd management program

A Las Vegas federal judge has refused to stop the U.S. Bureau of Land Management from rounding up wild horses and burros Tuesday in the Spring Mountains

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Northern California Trainer Rogers Suspended

California trainer Allen E. Rogers was suspended by Bay Meadows stewards after a horse in his care tested in excess of the specified level for the 2-(1-hydroxyethyl) promazine, a Class 3 violation.


Swen finished third in the third race a

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Stopping Steroids

Progress in racing’s war on drugs started with a report in August 2000 from the National Thoroughbred Racing Association’s Task Force on Racing Integrity and Drug Testing at The Jockey Club Round Table in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. The following

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CHRB Files Complaints Against Sherman, Ward

The California Horse Racing Board (CHRB) has filed complaints against trainers Art Sherman and Wesley Ward for medication violations.


The CHRB issues a weekly update of complaints, accusations, stewards rulings, and board decisions

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Senate Unable to Vote on Slaughter Ban

Horse slaughter opponents will have to start from scratch next Congressional session despite last-minute efforts asking for a Senate vote on the issue. The 109th Congressional session adjourned for the holidays on Dec. 8 without taking action on

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El Rito Ranger District Plans Wild Horse Adoption

Wild horses rounded up on the Carson National Forest northeast of El Rito in Taos, N.M., are available for adoption.


A contractor has captured 31 horses on the Jarita Mesa in an effort to reduce the population in the area.


Carson

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Regulation of Steroids to be Recommended

Members of the Racing Medication and Testing Consortium (RMTC) are expected to recommend regulation of anabolic steroids in racehorses, but the timetable for the regulations remains up in the air.


RMTC officials earlier in the year said

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Norman Gets Six-Month Suspension in Louisiana

Trainer Cole Norman was suspended for six months and fined $1,000 by the Delta Downs stewards after two horses he saddled in the Jean Lafitte Stakes Nov. 3 at Delta Downs tested in excess of the permitted levels of total carbon dioxide (TCO2). H

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