When it came time for employees of J. Edward Cochran and Company, a Hagerstown, Md., insurance company, to select a charity to receive the money collected from the staff’s “casual dress Friday” fund they had a group in mind–the Sharpsburg
Rob Phillips of Lawrence, Kan., still remembers his first horse, a paint named Mickey he got more than 50 years ago. It was the start of a lifelong love affair with horses that’s led to plans for an endurance race over the Santa Fe Trail.
A man who fatally shot his stepmother’s pony was charged with giving police false information during that investigation.
John Dominic Juliano, 23, of Sherman, N.Y., was sentenced to five to 20 months in the Erie County Prison after being
A series of attacks on horses in Texas has motivated equine welfare activists to seek a change in the legal status of Texas horses in order to subject abusers to stiffer animal cruelty penalties.
On Feb. 12, the Greater Houston Horse Counci
One horse is dead and another has a bullet lodged in its back after a weekend shooting in Berkely County, W.Va., Martinsburg newspaper The
A Texas man is on trial for the dragging death of his horse two years ago, KFDM, a Beaumont, Texas, television station reported.
According to KFDM,
Jenny the donkey remains on the lam but her owners might be closer to corralling the incorrigible critter.
Ever since she escaped on Jan. 18, the donkey has stymied efforts to get her back including tranquilizers and a horse whisperer.
A fire caused by a homeowner burning debris has destroyed a barn in Rutherford County, Tenn., killing the man’s 20-year-old Tennessee Walking Horse.
Kenneth Parker said he thought the scrap fire was out and had gone into his house yesterday
The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Animal Health Surveillance System (NAHSS) is a network of many Federal and State government agencies integrated into a comprehensive and coordinated system of animal health monitoring
According to Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Tommy Irvin, the animals impounded from Pike County are continuing to receive food, water and veterinary care.
“While the Georgia Department of Agriculture does not have the authority
“Zero tolerance for soring and abuse” is the clarion call of the National Walking Horse Association (NWHA), which has recently moved its headquarters to the Kentucky Horse Park’s National Horse Center, joining more than 30 other
Can seeds moved by horses cause nonnative plant species to spread along trails and into parks and forests?
Legislation that would require disclosure of ownership and veterinary records of horses sold at public auction was filed in the Kentucky House on Thursday, along with a bill amending dual agency legislation that was passed into law in
Georgia Department of Agriculture staff removed a total of 99 horses, ponies and donkeys Friday and Saturday from a property in Pike County out of concern for the animals’ health and safety.
The animals are now under shelter and are
Five years ago, author Terri Farley began writing what she called her ”Phantom Stallion” series.
The books are aimed at young adults, and the stories take place on a fictional Nevada ranch. Mustangs–led by a handsome white stallion named
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