Welfare and Industry

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How Veterinarians Kept the 2018 WEG Horses Healthy

Here’s how a team of local equine practitioners oversaw a temporary on-site clinic, a core team of 35 to 70 veterinarians at any given time, and more to keep horses competing at the 2018 World Equestrian Games healthy throughout the event.

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Groups Sue BLM Over Wild Horse Sterilization Plan

A group of wild horse advocates hope a federal judge will stop the BLM from carrying out a plan to surgically spay wild mares at the agency’s Wild Horse Corrals, in Hines, Oregon, on grounds that the procedures are experimental and dangerous. 

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2018 WEG Jumping: Blum Wins Individual Gold Medal

Germany’s Simone Blum etched her name into the record books when she became the first woman in the 28-year history of the FEI World Equestrian Games Tryon 2018 to secure the individual gold medal when she jumped clean with a single time fault aboard DSP Alice.

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