WASHINGTON — The United States Anti-Doping Agency is the last and best hope to return safety and integrity to the troubled sport of thoroughbred racing, members of the industry told Congress at a hearing Thursday.
Source: Unedited BLM Press Release less Headline and Biline Death, Injury and Loss of Freedom Planned for Federally Protected Wild Horses The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Rock Springs Field Office will begin a wild horse gather in the Adobe Town and Salt Wells Creek (ATSW) Herd Management […]
By Pat Ra as published in TheHorse.com “Unless your barn is built like Fort Knox and certified for a high-wind event, horses should be in their pastures,” Though horses some were removed from damaged pastures, few animals were driven from their homes when high winds and driving rains […]
by Christa Lesté-Lasserre as published in TheHorse.com Toxoplasmosis in adult humans—especially the elderly and immune-deficient—can cause fever, pneumonia, heart disorders, muscular difficulties, lymphadenopathy, and death. After all the publicized concern about the presence of phenylbutazone (Bute) in horsemeat, researchers now fear the meat could also carry the organism […]
“It is once again ‘Feel Good Sunday’ and today we are going to be short and sweet, in fact, there won’t even be any reading involved so just sit back, relax and spend 3 minutes and 11 seconds watching a video with a rather comedic conclusion that is […]
Source: WSMV.com “I knew he had something special and that underneath this big guy’s broken spirit was a gem waiting to be revealed.” CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Meet Jakar, the newest member of the Cleveland Division of Police Mounted Unit! In the summer of 2012, a young woman […]
By Brenda Norrell as published on the Narcosphere “Tuba City Chapter House is opening the doors to The Cruelty Group, Navajo Nation Agriculture and Navajo Nation Resource Enforcement.” The cruel roundups of wild horses on the Navajo Nation continue on Thursday and Friday in the Tuba City area. […]
Last week, a federal judge in New Mexico cleared the way for domestic slaughterhouse operators to again kill and render horses on American soil. Monday night, the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver stayed that ruling, at least temporarily, so that it could evaluate whether the Obama Administration unlawfully permitted those operators to resume the brutal practice without first complying with all relevant environmental regulations.
Legislation to further protect performance horses against practices that artificially increase their gait comes before the House Wednesday for what is expected to be an emotionally charged hearing.
By Rosalie Rayburn of the ABQJournal.com “They want the horses put in the same category as wild pigs. These guys are not qualified to round up horses. It’s not easy,” The ongoing free-roaming horse dispute that has roiled the Placitas community has flared again. A poster displayed Oct. […]
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