Discussions about the welfare of our equine friends
Dr. Terence Wan, the Hong Kong Jockey Club’s chief advisor of doping control, will serve as chairman and Dr. Ludovic Bailly‐Chouriberry, MSc, PhD, director of Laboratoire des Courses Hippiques, in France, will serve as vice-chairman.
The first 67 of 550 equine athletes have arrived at the Tryon International Equestrian Center, nine days before the start of the FEI World Equestrian Games Tryon 2018.
The legislation would amend Kentucky’s animal cruelty statute by upgrading the penalty for animal cruelty in the second degree from a Class A misdemeanor for the first and any subsequent offense, to a Class D felony for a second or subsequent offense.
Abraham Verghese, MD, will address the importance of the physical examination in modern medicine.
The BLM hopes to gather all wild horses residing at the Beaty Butte HMA and subsequently return 100 studs and fertility control-treated mares to the range.
The BLM gathered and removed 801 horses from the Nevada Wild Horse Range, in Nye County.
The event will take place Sept. 21 at the Lanceri di Montebello military academy, where equine welfare pioneer Captain Federico Caprilli worked in the 1800s.
Taylor Equine Hospital assistant Ali Harman’s dream job involves clinic cases, farm calls, and foal watch.
How does a veterinary behaviorist know for sure something is or is not a psychological problem?
In 2018 the AAEP Foundation approved $701,723 to fund 28 organizations, projects, and programs committed to its mission of improving horse health and welfare.
Two horses are receiving rehabilitative care after being taken from an illegal slaughter farm in Florida.
Eight Lincoln Memorial University veterinary students spent their summers at the University of Kentucky Gluck Equine Research Center conducting research projects with faculty, graduate students, and other laboratory members.
One veterinarian concedes that equitation scientists and vets alike are still working to determine how to change people’s behavior with the goal of improving horse welfare, but offers some suggestions on how to make progress.
Ellis Park’s accreditation brings the number of active accredited racetracks in the United States and Canada to 24, including every Thoroughbred track in Kentucky.
As the Department of the Interior considers moving the new BLM headquarters from Washington, D.C. to a Western site, advocates believe the move could have benefits for wild horses under the agency’s management.
Awareness about unwanted horses has grown significantly over the past 20 years, and the horse industry has taken strides to find solutions. But there’s still work to do.
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