A state program to bring hay bales from as far away to Canada to North Carolina is helping cattle and horse farmers during the prolonged drought, Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler said Tuesday.
“We may be rounding the curve as far as a
The American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) Executive Committee approved the use of Equioxx (firocoxib) effective Jan. 1, 2008, giving competitors across the country another option for relieving equine osteoarthritis pain and inflammation.
More than 3,100 readers of TheHorse.com responded to a poll asking, “Would you have supported the proposed South Dakota horse slaughter plant incentive?”
Indiana is moving forward with plans to implement regulation and testing of anabolic steroids in racehorses April 1.
There has been much talk regarding the uniform implementation of anabolic steroid regulations around the country. While the
Members of the Racing Medication and Testing Consortium haven’t backed away from a call for regulation of anabolic steroids in racehorses, but on Jan. 31 they endorsed a Dec. 31, 2008, deadline for nationwide adoption of a model rule.
The move
Recent articles in prominent newspapers such as The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Los Angeles Times have reported on an apparent increase in the numbers of unwanted horses.
A bill that would make a state-funded loan of up to $1 million available to construct a horse slaughtering facility in South Dakota is no longer under consideration.
A spokesperson for Sen. Jay Duenwald, chair of the state’s Senate Agriculture
A jockey was thrown from his horse and injured in the 10th race Saturday at the Fair Grounds. The horse was euthanatized because of an injury to its right front leg, according to a news release from the race track.
It said John Jacinto, 31,
A bill that would make a state-funded loan of up to $1 million available to construct a horse slaughtering facility in South Dakota is scheduled for a hearing in the state’s Senate Agriculture Committee on Tuesday (Jan. 29).
The bill, known as
Operators of another Colorado horse rescue have been accused of animal cruelty, less than a month after a similar case occurred in the state. Now, one rescue industry operator in that state says the two seizures illustrate the plight of
The group Veterinarians for Equine Welfare (VEW) recently issued a white paper entitled “Horse Slaughter–Its Ethical Impact and Subsequent Response of the Veterinary
Although Keeneland’s January Thoroughbred horses of all ages sale was the first to be conducted under new policies allowing buyers the right to request testing for exogenous anabolic steroids in weanling and yearling purchases, there was only on
Friends of Sound Horses (FOSH) has developed a Web site for reporting all current Horse Protection Act suspensions.
Under the USDA Horse Protection Operating Plan for 2007-2009, signed in mid-2007 by most of the horse industry organizations
VIDEO | Campaigns designed to stop the consumption of horsemeat and American slaughterhouse closings have caused some need for supply chain reorganization, but busines
The head of a major horsemen’s group in the United States has proposed a national approach for regulation of anabolic steroids in racehorses with an implementation date of Jan. 1, 2009.
Roughly 10 jurisdictions around the country are preparing
The Oak Tree Racing Association of Arcadia, Calif., has become the newest member organization to join the Unwanted Horse Coalition.
“Oak Tree Racing is another wonderful addition to our already distinguished list of members,” said Tom
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