Discussions about the welfare of our equine friends
This month marks the one-year anniversary of the largest recorded horse rescue in the state of Maryland. The Humane Society of Washington County (HSWC) continues to feel the affects of the horse seizure, and six horses are still in need of
The National Park Service (NPS) announced the first partnership with a horse breed registry–the Tennessee Walking Horse–in an agreement designed to revive interest in trail riding by rangers and park visitors.
The breed’s high-steppin
The American College of Veterinary Surgery (ACVS) Foundation Board of Trustees presented the esteemed ACVS Foundation Legends Award to Charles W. Raker, VMD, Dipl. ACVS, in November.
The ACVS Foundation Legends Award recognizes ACVS
Horse Talk Radio, a weekly broadcast hosted by Jen Hegeman and broadcast on Park City, Utah’s KPCW (91.9 FM), will again examine the Horse Slaughter Prevention Act tomorrow.
Guests on the Dec. 8 show will include: AAEP Past President Robert
The anti-hippophagy campaign of the France-based Foundation Brigitte Bardot (FBB), a non-profit organization which aims to prevent animal cruelty worldwide,
The American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA)–the world’s largest equine breed registry and membership organization–recently began its “Countdown to 5 Million.” One AQHA member will ride off with the actual registration number 5,000,000.
A Buford, Ga., woman is offering a $500 reward for information in the shooting death of her 8-year-old Quarter horse.
Mary Lynn Whiten lives on five acres about a mile from the Mall of Georgia. She says she heard at least one gunshot and dogs
Morris Animal Foundation (MAF) is offering the new Merck/Merial Manual for Pet Health on its Web site, www.morrisanimalfoundation.org. For a minimum $100 donation, MAF
The Finger Lakes Thoroughbred Adoption Program (FLTAP) in Farmington, N.Y., is the 2007 recipient of the American Association of Equine Practitioners? Equine Welfare Award, the Lavin Cup. Named for AAEP Past President A. Gary Lavin, VMD, the
A 10-year-old Icelandic gelding has a tendency to hold his head to the right while at a walk.
The F?d?ration Equestre Internationale (FEI) recently approved new measures to ensure the legs of high-level jumping horses are not being intentionally sensitized to pain in order to provide a competitive advantage. Beginning in 2008, official
As expected, states in the Mid-Atlantic region have announced they are working to implement a ban on anabolic steroids in racehorses effective April 1, 2008.
The regulations in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West
Created by Cecilia May Hylton in honor of her late 1982 sorrel western pleasure stallion, the Flashy Zipper Fund not only honors a great horse, but it also benefits the work of the American Quarter Horse Foundation.
“I was honored to
The Bureau of Land Managed gathered about 850 wild horses this month in southwest Wyoming. The agency had wanted to delay the roundups until next year but proceeded after the state protested.
The roundups from the adjacent Little Colorado
Out of work and fighting depression, 23-year-old James Jones Jr. reached out to Boys’ Haven.
He had found a sense of belonging at the non-profit Louisville, Ky., home for neglected and abused youths as a teenager after shuffling
Anyone interested in taking a course in hands-on handline of all types of horses will have the opportunity Dec. 3-21 at the Integrity Equine Center, 2300 NW County Road 329, in Citra, Fla., according to an article on Ocala.com.
The cours
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