Welfare and Industry

Discussions about the welfare of our equine friends

Wild Horse And Burro Round-Up To Proceed

America’s Wild Horse Advocates try to halt the BLM’s herd management program

A Las Vegas federal judge has refused to stop the U.S. Bureau of Land Management from rounding up wild horses and burros Tuesday in the Spring Mountains

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Pregnant Horse Killed in Car Accident

A pregnant horse was killed in Monroe County, N.Y., Thursday (Dec. 28) after being hit by a car.


Police say 17-year-old Ashley Cocuzzi was driving just after midnight when her car struck the mare, which had run into the roadway.

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Northern California Trainer Rogers Suspended

California trainer Allen E. Rogers was suspended by Bay Meadows stewards after a horse in his care tested in excess of the specified level for the 2-(1-hydroxyethyl) promazine, a Class 3 violation.


Swen finished third in the third race a

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NAHMS: Pony Population Highest in Northeast


While full-sized horses account for the vast majority of equids in the United States, donkeys, mules, ponies, and Miniature Horses also factor into the overall equine population. A government study has revealed that the distribution and

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Kiefer Shows Horse Sense at Rodeos

Kiefer Sutherland is an Emmy award winner for his role as agent Jack Bauer on “24,” but he also holds another prestigious title: rodeo champion.


“What I lacked as a roper and a cowboy I could make up for in horses,” the 40-year-old actor

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Stopping Steroids

Progress in racing’s war on drugs started with a report in August 2000 from the National Thoroughbred Racing Association’s Task Force on Racing Integrity and Drug Testing at The Jockey Club Round Table in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. The following

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ASPCA Announces Equine Grants

The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) has announced the recipients of its equine grants for the fourth quarter of 2006. A variety of equine rescue groups and sanctuaries across the United States received aid from

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NRHA Futurity Takes

Big Ass Fans, the National Reining Horse Association’s (NRHA) newest Corporate Partner is getting raves for its unusual display at the 2006 NRHA Futurity and Adequan North American Affiliate Championship Show. Workers from Big Ass Fans installed

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Thompson Named Executive Associate Dean at UF

James P. Thompson, DVM, PhD, has been named executive associate dean of the University of Florida (UF) College of Veterinary Medicine.



Until his appointment, Thompson was the college’s associate dean of students and instruction

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