SOURCE: dailysabah.com Animal rights activists protest the abuse by horse carriages of Princes’ Islands Think twice before you jump into a horse carriage in Istanbul’s Princes’ Islands this summer, as over 500 horses die in a year due to abuse, heat, overloaded carriages and exhaustion Most horses brought […]
Source: thehorse.com Researchers Develop Artificial Equine Skin By Christa Lesté-Lasserre, MA This artificial skin for horses could help in managing burns (such as the one seen here), wounds, and other equine ailments, researchers said. Photo: R. Reid Hanson, DVM, Dipl. ACVS What started as a playful gallop in […]
Source: thedodo.com by Ameena Schelling Lexi the horse and George the alpaca are on their way to finding a forever home together, after a history of probable neglect helped them form a lifelong friendship. “They have a very strong bond with each other,” Ontario SPCA inspector Brad Dewar told […]
Source: AL.com by Crystal Bonvillian A Tennessee man has been charged with 55 felony counts of animal cruelty after authorities rescued 54 horses and seven goats living in deplorable conditions on his property. Jeffrey Alan Mitchell (Giles County Sheriff’s Office) Jeffrey Alan Mitchell, 50, was booked into the Giles […]
Readers have had questions about the investigation of Kountz Arena, and this article seems to contain more specific details that may answer everyone’s questions. Kaylee Kountz’s explanation of why two animals were in such a horrid condition didn’t make any sense. Supposedly, the horse’s hoof fell off a […]
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee Only a few days old, a thoroughbred foal runs in the pasture with its mother at the Victory Rose Thoroughbreds ranch in Vacaville last week. When a foal is born with maladjustment syndrome, an autism-like syndrome where foals don’t not acknowledge their mothers or […]
SOURCE: heraldextra.com The Utah House of Representatives in session at the State Capitol in Salt Lake City on Friday, Feb. 13, 2015. GRANT HINDSLEY, Daily Herald Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY — Utah lawmakers this year are considering banning horse tripping practices that involve the use of ropes […]
Sorry to be late with Feel Good Sunday in some time zones, but it’s never too late to horse around! SOURCE: Daily Mail Horsing around! Dog joins rider on horse in hit viral video Watch the video HERE. Horsing around! Dog joins rider on top of horse in […]
SOURCE: Fox News Latino The mayor of Colombia’s Buenavista municipality in the northern province of Sucre, Quintiliano Tapia, banned Monday the amateur bullfighting festivals known as “corralejas” following a scandal sparked by the dismembering of a live horse during one of those events. The mayor was reacting to […]
We posted stories about these neglected horses in “Copiah County Landowner Charged with ‘Animal Cruelty’ in horse Case,” and “Neglected Horses’ Owner has Prior Livestock Theft Charges.” Thank you to Alicia and Scott Armstrong, the Arabian Rescue Mission (ARM), Stop Shipping Horses to Slaughter, and to all of the […]
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