Good knowledge of horses a key contributor to welfare, study finds
Educational strategies may prove important in safeguarding recreational horse welfare, according to researchers.
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Educational strategies may prove important in safeguarding recreational horse welfare, according to researchers.

“High hopes are pinned on new regenerative treatment strategies,” according to researchers.

In the modern, domestic setting, providing an optimum balance is impossible, and compromises will always have to be made over horse care.

While the results support the usefulness of the technique, further studies are needed to better establish treatment efficacy.

Researchers present the first evidence of a link between object-directed curiosity and learning performance in young horses in two very different learning tasks.

Evidence of units, unit association, and stable positioning among units strongly indicates a multilevel structure in horse society, researchers report.

“At times, some of my participants seemed to revel in the physical risk involved in handling and riding horses.”

Jim Hollander’s work as a photographer has taken him to hotspots of conflict all around the globe including Ethiopia, Somalia, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Liberia, Iraq, Kosovo and the Persian Gulf — but his most treasured memory is that of a 1000km horse ride across Spain.

Christmas eve birth of a colt is a first for Racine Zoo in Winconsin.