Discussions about the welfare of our equine friends
The owners of two horse slaughtering plants in Texas are considering whether to challenge a federal appeals court ruling that upheld a Texas law that banned horse slaughter for the purpose of selling the meat for food.
The ruling involve
The Equine Studies Program in the University of Maryland’s College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (AGNR) has been awarded a $2,500 grant from the Maryland Horse Industry Board. Grant funding was awarded to purchase collection harness bags
A federal appeals court in Houston has ruled that horse slaughter is illegal in Texas, home to two of the nation’s three processing plants.
The decision, issued on Jan. 19th by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans,
The use of clenbuterol and the potential elimination of anabolic steroids were the primary subjects of two meetings Thursday at Santa Anita. California Horse Racing Board Chairman Richard Shapiro, executive director Ingrid Fermin, and equine
Officials from Keeneland Association Inc. and Fasig-Tipton Company, Inc., today jointly announced their support for development of a policy regarding the testing for, and inappropriate use of, anabolic steroids in horses sold at public
State and federal officials are looking into allegations that wild horses taken from public range are being mistreated on a private Albany County, Wyo., ranch.
Marty Griffith, Bureau of Land Management deputy director in Wyoming, said
The American Horse Council announced that Alex Waldrop, president and chief executive officer of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), has been elected to the AHC board of trustees.
?It is great to have an AHC trustee with
The Donkey Sanctuary, a rescue organization based in Devon, U.K., will be welcoming their 12,000th donkey today (Jan. 18), the BBC reported.
“It is sad
Three wild horses that died of gunshot wounds were found on public land near Sundre, Alberta, on New Year’s Day. The discovery has prompted an area wild horse advocacy group to offer a reward for information on the perpetrator. The three equine
Legislators introduced horse slaughter prevention bills simultaneously today (Jan. 17) in both the House and Senate in an effort to increase public awareness. Last year the bill was passed in the House with a 263 to 146 vote, but the Senate
A horse’s heart rhythms reflect their emotional state and can respond to the emotional state of a nearby human, according to a pilot study conducted by Alliant International University Professor Ellen Gehrke and the Institute of HeartMath.
All too often we take for granted our foals will receive an adequate supply of colostrum, but not all foals are born lucky. For those less fortunate their dependency for colostrum relies upon breeders collecting, freezing and storing this
Keepers of the wild horse herd in Corolla, N.C., are worried about a Spanish mustang fund proposed in Virginia and the competition it could create.
Legislation submitted this week in Richmond would establish a fund to pay for
The vast cattle pens that once helped move much of the nation’s meat supply are gone, replaced by aging warehouses and the frequent belief that this former frontier town left its agricultural roots far behind.
But not so fast. With little
Scientists at the University of Nevada, Reno, are tracking a mountain lion they think may have developed a taste for wild horses.
The female lion was trapped in the Virginia Range last month and fitted with a radio collar.
Now,
By Richard Zwirn
I had to chuckle. Here I was, leading two headstrong, unruly yearling colts from a field in a driving rainstorm and managing just fine. Ten years earlier, an 11-year-old broodmare was delivered to our farm and I wasStay on top of the most recent Horse Health news with
