A Denton County rancher was released from jail Sunday afternoon after posting bail on a charge of cruelty to livestock animals after 76 of his malnourished Arabian horses were seized on Friday.
Are You Listening AQHA by Fran Jurga What’s wrong with this picture? One of the world’s great horse events is going on right now. In Ireland, the Royal Dublin Horse Show is hosting not only the greatest show jumpers in the world, but dozens of classes for more […]
It’s out in the open, there’s no denying or running away from it now. The anti-horse people have been attempting to keep it under wraps for ages but, today, it’s staring them right in the face and there’s a great big draft horse standing in their living rooms; the EU now recognizes that the meat from American horses, slaughtered in Canada and Mexico, is toxic and dangerous for human consumption due to the equine medications it retains.
The European Union (EU) and Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) have announced that the rules on slaughtering horses for human consumption are about to change radically due to concerns regarding contaminated horse meat.
The old adage, ‘sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me’ constitute fine words to live by when verbal aspersions are recklessly hurled. While none of us want to be called fat, ugly or stupid to our face, much less to others behind […]
DEARBORN, Michigan – Mona Ramouni’s fingers fly across the text as she proofreads yet another page of a calculus textbook to be published in Braille — with her guide pony sitting patiently by. It is dull work for tiny Cali who serves as Ramouni’s eyes through a world […]
Vancouver Humane Society says chuckwagon racing must stop VANCOUVER, July 8 /CNW/ – The Vancouver Humane Society (VHS) is calling for an end to chuckwagon racing at the Calgary Stampede, following the death of a second horse at the Stampede. The horse was euthanized after breaking a leg […]
Sheryl Crow & Viggo Mortensen lend their support and knowledge for preserving the last few remaining free roaming wild horses and burros in America. Informing the viewer on the tragedy of over 33,000 wild horses being held in government holding facilities. More wild horses are in captivity then […]
Tony Baird of Lumberton, Texas says he can’t help but smile this week. His two horses are alive, healthy and have been safely corralled after being on the lam for more than two months. “I was so afraid they would be put down or hurt and I’m just […]
Amarillo, Texas Donna Byrne is exhausted and saddened by the death of her horse, Jay, last week. When she rode out from Florida with two horses early in February she had little idea of the toll the journey would take on her way to Amarillo. Byrne rode Jay, […]
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