Discussions about the welfare of our equine friends
Edited press release
A cross-section of prominent participants from the Thoroughbred breeding and racing industry who participated in the Welfare and Safety of the Racehorse Summit in Lexington, on Oct. 16-17, have drafted recommended
The Unwanted Horse Coalition met officially for the first time under the auspices of the American Horse Council at the United States Equestrian Federation headquarters in Lexington Oct. 31.
Meeting participants discussed a number of
The most important piece of animal welfare legislation for nearly a century received Royal Assent today (Nov. 8). By updating and bringing together more than 20 pieces of animal welfare legislation relating to farmed and non-farmed animals, With fewer veterinarian students choosing to move to rural areas or work with large animals, Oklahoma lawmakers are taking a look at initiatives that could lure graduates in those directions. Proposals considered by the House Agriculture an Courageous, industrious and remarkable volunteers and organizations were honored by The British Horse Society at a prestigious awards ceremony. Individuals and groups were presented with awards by guest of honor Desi Dillingham, The New York Racing Association has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, charging that the state of New York’s failure to approve a long-stalled casino project for Aqueduct Racetrack has pushed it toward insolvency. A police horse at the Melbourne Cup Carnival’s Derby Day Thoroughbred race meeting in Flemington, Australia, died today of a suspected heart problem while on routine duty, according to an article in The Herald Sun. The 19-year-old During its meeting on Thursday, November 2, in Louisville, Ky., the board of directors of the Racing Medication and Testing Consortium (RMTC) announced future plans regarding anabolic steroids and out-of-competition drug testing, and received an Miniature horses and ponies may look like smaller versions of their towering cousins, but their nutritional needs are very different. Platform Miniature Horse & Pony feed has been scientifically formulated to meet the unique nutritional need As Churchill Downs prepares to host the Breeders’ Cup World Championships, Kentucky regulators are examining the state’s drug-testing policies and procedures. Upgrades, however, may hinge on state funding. For the Nov. 4 Breeders’ Cup, a full Rescuers on horseback lured a stranded herd of about 100 horses off a mud-soaked knoll where they had been stranded for three days and led them through receding floodwaters to safe ground Friday. Before they could be saved, 19 horses drowne The Humane Society of Missouri (HSMO) announced this morning (Nov. 2) in a release that it has finalized an agreement that gives the organization ownership of the survivors of the Sept. It all started with a blind horse. Dianne Hooker said her daughter Fawn, now 14, went horseback riding for the first time when she was seven years old and became completely enthralled with the animal. “She fell in love with Was it for love, or money? H.L. Mencken wrote that when someone says “it’s not about the money,” it is about the money. This cynicism is more clever than true. For most of us, most of the time, it’s about both. It has to be. Let’s be Vindy.com, the online edition of The Vindicator, has reported that 16 malnourished horses have been removed from a boarding farm in Canfield, Stay on top of the most recent Horse Health news with |
