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TheHorse.com’s Ask the Vet LIVE event on Horse Adoption and Rescue is now archived for repeat listening.
The transport, purchase, possession, or sale of horses for slaughter would be banned if the bill is passed.
Colorado officials are looking into an incident involving a small plane that interrupted a BLM mustang gather.
Gluck Center researchers have synthesized a certified reference standard for ITPP testing at UPenn’s request.

California animal welfare authorities are seeking whoever abandoned an emaciated horse near a rural road.
Two men are facing charges in connection with a plot to buy wild horses and sell them to horsemeat processors.
A Senator is working to pass a bill that could fund USDA horsemeat inspections at domestic processing plants.

A New York lawmaker will introduce legislation banning “performance-enhancing drugs” in racing, such as Salix.

Officials: Report that shows 99.5% of samples tested “clean” in 2010 dispels claims that racing is drug-ridden
Scot Waterman, DVM, is the first animal medication and welfare adviser for the Arizona Department of Racing.
Hagyard Equine Medical Institute will participate in this year’s NTRA Professional Education Seminar.

The BLM National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board will meet for Oct. 13-14 in Arlington, Va.
Double-decker trailers may not be used to transport slaughter-bound U.S.-based horses to processing plants.
The report indicated regulators sent 324,215 biological samples for testing in 2010. More than 99% were clean.

A logging company claims feral horses are damaging seedlings and acting aggressively toward workers.
Before you drop several thousand dollars on a sale horse, take a minute to consider whether adopting might be your cup of tea.
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