Welfare and Industry

Discussions about the welfare of our equine friends

Woman Charged with Starving Deaths of Six Horses

A Columbia Falls, Mont., woman is to appear March 1 in District Court in the starvation deaths of at least six horses and severe malnourishment of two others.

A ninth horse is missing.

Tina Pickton, also known as Tina Houston, 32, is

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American Horse Council Unveils New Web Site


Keeping abreast of national legislation and regulations that affect all members of the horse industry just got a little easier. The American Horse Council’s newly improved Web site provides information on issues in Washington, D.C.,

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SmartPak Serves 100 Millionth Supplement


SmartPak Equine has announced that they have served their 100 millionth supplement in customized daily-dose SmartPaks.

In celebration of this milestone, SmartPak is awarding a free year’s supply of supplements in SmartPaks to the

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Three Groups Join Efforts on Equine Scholarships

Edited press release

The Kentucky Equine Education Project, Kentucky Horse Council, and the Race for Education have announced a joint effort to promote Kentucky’s equine scholarships.

While each organization will continue to award

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Two Horses Die in Ohio Fire

A retired carriage horse and another horse were among six animals that died in a blaze on a farm Jan. 31 near Hanover Township, Ohio, according to an article on Cincinnati.com, the Web site of The Enquirer (

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Belize Horse Dies After Struck by Car

A common practice in Belize is for horse owners to tie their animals to trees near roads. This has resulted in problems such as horses getting the ropes around their legs and being injured or cutting off circulation to that limb. In the latest

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New York Equine Inventory Valued at $1.8 Billion

Edited press release

The inventory value of equines in New York was $1.83 billion at the end of 2006, according to the United State Department of Agriculture’s National Agriculture Statistics Service.

Steve Ropel, director of th

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Ain’t Life Funny?

Isn’t horse ownership fun (said firmly with tongue in cheek)? Actually, it is. But it’s the other moments of owning horses that make our non-horsey friends and family wonder if we’re crazy; sometimes we wonder, too! Life’s little coincidence

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