BHA: Changes to Grand National Could Improve Equine Welfare
Erica Larson
November 3, 2011
Recommended changes include raising the minimum equine age allowed to run and expanded veterinary inspections.
Discussions about the welfare of our equine friends
Recommended changes include raising the minimum equine age allowed to run and expanded veterinary inspections.
Dwight Bennett allegedly starved more than 50 horses on his ranch; Faces 70 counts of animal cruelty.
Horses need good health care, and to be treated fairly and as individuals to perform at their best.
Equine disease research results could be used to investigate similar health conditions in humans.
Janey Adams is fighting a 10-year suspension resulting from the alleged maltreatment of a horse in her care.
Prominent Thoroughbred owner George Strawbridge Jr. said racing can only grow by eliminating medications.
Jason Meduna, who was convicted on multiple felony animal cruelty counts, has been granted parole.
Michigan authorities are investigating the shooting death of a mare discovered fatally wounded in her field.
A California man is facing cruelty charges in connection with the alleged maltreatment of more than 50 horses.
Equine welfare advocates rallied Oct. 25 against a plan to remove stray horses from a Northern Nevada range.
The TRF is urgently seeking farms and individuals to foster some of their retired racehorses.
The ASPCA will host educational presentations, meet and greets, and a parade of rescued and adoptable horses.
The UHC’s National Speaker Program has provided a speaker for 15 events in 2011 to date.
The money will help develop detection methods for and study the effects of ITPP, a performance enhancing drug.
A Thoroughbred horse was discovered butchered alongside a road in northwest Miami-Dade County, Fla., Oct. 20.
The BHA has softened the new whip rules implemented Oct. 10, much to the dismay of World Horse Welfare.
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