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ASPCA Equine Fund Grants 2012
The ASPCA Equine Fund provides grants to U.S. nonprofit equine welfare organizations and other animal welfare organizations that care for horses, mules, donkeys and ponies â both wild and domestic â in alignment with our efforts to protect all equines
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Prepurchase Exam: Why, What, and How
At LEGISequine.com, we are committed to providing education to horse owners to help them keep their horses happy and healthy for a lifetime. In this light, we have teamed up with Douglas Novick, DVM to bring you this series of informative articles.
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Horse Trainer Group Indicted on Soring Charges
According to a Tennessee Humane Society press release, federal authorities have indicted four people in Tennessee on horse soring charges including a renowned horse trainer.
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British Campaign Against Deadly Ragwort
The New Forest National Park Authority is encouraging horse owners to take part in a campaign to prevent the ragwort weed after a survey by The British Horse Society identified Hampshire as the English county most infested with the deadly plant. Every ye
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KHC Offers Disaster Relief to Horse Owners
The Kentucky Horse Council (KHC) is providing coordination for the U.S. Equine Disaster Relief Fund to support horse owners affected by this past weekâs tornadoes. KHC has experience responding to equine crises through this fund and the Save Our Horses
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New Bolton Center Offers Unique Insight Into Equine Behavior
A news article in The Daily Pennsylvanian, the student newspaper for Penn's School of Veterinary Medicine, written by Allison Bart gives details of a very special Equine Behavior Program that allows students to study horses in their natural environme
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Washington Horse Slaughter Plant Alert
A sanctuary for neglected, abandoned and abused horses, Horse Harbor Foundation, Inc. in Kitsap County, Washington State,  is alerting the public about the "modernization" of a horse slaughter facility in Stanwood, Washington, with plans to begin slaugh
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Horse Slaughter Plant Rejected in Missouri
A much publicized proposal to locate a horse slaughter plant in Mountain Grove, Missouri, was soundly rejected by the Mountain Grove town council on Tuesday night, March 6. The meeting was attended by an over-Â capacity crowd.
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Use of Thermal Imaging Growing Rapidly
With the up-coming Equestrian Olympic Games in London beginning in August 2012, owners and trainers of competing horses are preparing to make sure their horses are in tip-top shape for the eventing, jumping,and dressage contests.
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California Equine Drug Monitoring Program
Back in 1971, the California equine industry sponsored legislation to prevent misuse of drugs and medications in equines (horses, mules and donkeys) in public shows and sales. The resulting law is found in the Food and Agriculture Code (FAC) Sections 2400