Category: Horse Health

Underwater: Horses, Humans and Houston

by R.T. Fitch, President/Co-founder of Wild Horse Freedom Federation “The Skies Opened Up and it Wouldn’t Stop…” “Yesterday was a dreadful day as many lives and property were lost to a torrential storm system that dropped upwards of 20” of rain on the Bayou City. Forty five miles […]

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Study: Depressed Horses Show Lack of Attention

SOURCE:  thehorse.com Researchers have confirmed that withdrawn, or depressed, horses show a lack of attention compared to their nonwithdrawn counterparts.   Photo: iStock By Christa Lesté-Lasserre, MA Withdrawn horses exhibit similar signs as chronically depressed humans.  They take on unusual postures (in the horse, it’s a flattened neck and […]

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How To Feed Your Newly Adopted Mustang

Source:  The Horse Mustangs live in a social setting eating a varied array of wild plants that are quite different from the quality hays we typically feed domesticated horses, and certainly he will have had no experience consuming grains. by Clair Thunes, PhD BLM mustangs are truly special […]

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Wild Horse and Burro Advocacy Group Calls Upon Oregon State University to Stop Proposed Sterilization Experiments on Pregnant Wild Mares

Press Release from Wild Horse Freedom Federation For Immediate Release: April 1, 2016 Contact: Carol Walker, Director of Field Documentation, (303) 823-6642   (cwlivingimages@gmail.com) Wild Horse and Burro Advocacy Group Calls Upon Oregon State University to Stop Proposed Sterilization Experiments on Pregnant Wild Mares Wild Horse Freedom Federation (WHFF) […]

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50 Horses Poisoned at CA Stable

Source: Inside Edition “13 horses have died so far, caused by feed contaminated with monensin, an additive used in cattle feed, but is deadly to horses…” Fifty horses have been poisoned by contaminated feed at a California stable. Many of them are dying in agonizing seizures that have […]

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