Discussions about the welfare of our equine friends
Rutgers University will host 45 high school students in its first Annual 4-H Summer Science Program for urban youths at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences.
High school students from Camden, Hackensack, Paterson, and
On June 16 the American Horse Council held “The Welfare of the Horse” forum in Washington, D.C. The Forum, sponsored by Luitpold, was held as part of the AHC’s National Issues Forum and featured speakers from segments of the horse community as
Trainer Peter Eurton will serve five days of a 30-day suspension handed down by Hollywood Park stewards and pay a $3,000 fine after one of the horses in his care was found to have tested positive for clenbuterol following a race on May
The second Kentucky International Equine Summit (KIES), sponsored by the Equine Industry Program at the University of Louisville in cooperation with the University of Kentucky?s Equine Initiative, will be held April 26 and 27, 2010, in Lexington
The Jockey Club has enhanced its free Tattoo Identification Services by adding access its markings database to the tattoo research module.
The free tattoo identification service was unveiled in April to help owners identify tattooed but
The horses of the Boston Police Department Mounted Unit disappeared from Boston’s streets as of June 30, the end of the fiscal year. The 12 horses fell victim to budgetary cutbacks needed to bridge a $20 million shortfall and avoid layoffs of
An area horse rescue will benefit when the American Veterinary Medical Association’s 2009 conference comes to Seattle later this month. Hope For Horses, a Woodinville, Wash., based equine humane society, will host nearly 100 volunteers attending
The need for international harmonization of racehorse medication rules will be the topic of the keynote address at The Jockey Club’s 57th annual Round Table Conference on Matters Pertaining to Racing. Louis Romanet, chairman of the International
The National Show Horse Registry (NSHR) announces the opening of the National Show Horse Foundation. The Foundation will accept donations in support of their program for the rescue/re-homing of National Show Horses.
In addition to financial
At the 2008 American Association of Equine Practitioners convention, Keith Soring, DVM, presented material regarding withdrawal times and therapeutic thresholds of medications in horses. A threshold is a defined concentration of a “regulatory analyte
An investigation to determine who fatally shot three horses in a federal corral in Rock Springs, Wyo., earlier this month is under way.
The dead horses were discovered on June 12 when a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) employee arrived to
International authorities in horse behavior, training, and welfare will converge in Sydney, Australia, for the fifth Equitation Science Annual Conference, to be held at the University of Sydney’s Faculty of Veterinary Science and Centennial
The National Reining Horse Association is offering a one-day clinic for reining horse enthusiasts, where participants can receive one-on-one training from two of the world?s top NRHA professionals, Bernard and Ann Fonck. The 2009 NRHA Regional
Since racetrack environments contain residues of multiple drugs that can be detected by standard testing procedures, environmental drug contamination as an explanation for positive drug tests in racehorses needs to be considered like it currentl
The International Equestrian Federation (FEI) is investigating a second member of its president’s family for alleged horse doping.
The governing body said Friday that Princess Haya of Jordan will step aside from her presidential duties
The operator of a Nebraska training ranch and sanctuary for Bureau of Land Management mustangs and burros has waived his right to preliminary hearing and will be arraigned on more than 100 animal cruelty counts in Morrill County District Court o
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