Tag: Horse

700,000-Year-Old Horse Becomes Oldest Creature With Sequenced Genome

SOURCE:  News.sciencemag.org   by Gisela Telis Wild horses. A genome sequence derived from a 700,000-year-old horse fossil (inset) sheds new light on equine evolution and confirms that Przewalski’s horse (pictured) is indeed genetically distinct from domesticated breeds. Credit: Claudia Feh/Association pour le cheval de Przewalski, France; (inset) Ludovic Orlando […]

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BLM’s Pick-Up Truck Wranglers

SOURCE: PPJ Gazette by Debbie Coffey, Director of Wild Horse Affairs, Wild Horse Freedom Federation On May 23, 2013, several wranglers at the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Palomino Valley facility seemed to be too lazy to saddle up their horses, so all 3 of those big boys crammed […]

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Feel Good Sunday: Mustangs to the Rescue

Tracking Horses Act Like Bloodhounds Source: Bendbulletin.com By Richard Cockle / The Oregonian  Published: June 22. 2013 4:00AM PST Richard Cockle / The Oregonian George Ehmer tightens a halter on Joker, his Appaloosa gelding, on June 14 on his property near Milton-Freewater. Joker is an air-scent trained horse […]

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Farm Bill Crashes and Burns, 195-234

Source: By Pete Kasperowicz, Erik Wasson and Russell Berman as published at The Hill Grass-roots effort gives Horses, and others, a quick break… In a blow to House GOP leaders, the House on Thursday rejected a five-year farm bill. Members voted down the $940 billion bill in a […]

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Changes Ahead For Nevada Wild Horses

Source: By: Terri Russell – Email of KOLOTV.com “The cooperation agreements before with the state and with the advocates were superior in every way” RENO, NV – It’s easy to get pictures of wild horses near the DaMonte Ranch area south of Reno—especially earlier this year. Just as […]

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