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Kerirorere Muharukwa and Dendu at a water collection point. © The Donkey Sanctuary
Culture Features 

Women take reins in Namibia as donkeys help #PressforProgress

March 2, 2018March 5, 2018 Horsetalk.co.nz 7666 Views 0 Comments

As International Women’s Day approaches, women in traditional communities are empowered with the help of donkeys: “Without them, we wouldn’t have survived.”

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Dr Rab Navaz takes a look at a working donkey in Pakistan. 
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Equine welfare tool goes global to tackle working horse issues

March 1, 2018March 5, 2018 Horsetalk.co.nz 3516 Views 0 Comments

Brooke-developed assessment tool has already measured the welfare of more than 70,000 working equids.

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Why it’s so hard to unravel the mysterious origins of domestic horses

February 24, 2018February 25, 2018 Contributor 5025 Views 1 Comment History, Przewalski's horse

Findings published this week challenge what we thought we knew about one of the only “wild” horse species left today: the Przewalski’s horse.

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Light cast on selective horse breeding from 2700 years ago

February 23, 2018February 25, 2018 Horsetalk.co.nz 15319 Views 1 Comment History

Iron Age Scythian breeders wanted a robust horse with good forelimbs, and a good udder on the mares.

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WWI horses in Palestine.
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War horses of WW1’s bloody battle of Verdun honoured

February 22, 2018February 25, 2018 Horsetalk.co.nz 7471 Views 0 Comments War Horses

Every Horse Remembered more than 100 years since WW1’s longest battle.

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Donkey skins at the Benetton factory in Dong’e, China in 2016. 
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It’s “just boiled donkey skin”, says Chinese health officials of traditional remedy

February 22, 2018September 29, 2020 Horsetalk.co.nz 8651 Views 1 Comment

China’s National Health Commission declares that ejiao, is “… not a good source of protein” and that its health claims were at best overstated.

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Blackie's grave and headstone before its Historic England designation.
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Rare heritage protection for WWI war horse’s grave

February 19, 2018February 25, 2018 Horsetalk.co.nz 6198 Views 0 Comments History, War Horses

“Blackie’s close association with his master reflects the strong bonds shared between thousands of soldiers and their horses on the western front.”

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Donkeys feature in rare Arabian rock art

February 16, 2018February 25, 2018 Horsetalk.co.nz 2811 Views 0 Comments History

“The site offers important new evidence for the evolution of Arabian rock art.”

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The Donkey Sanctuary is calling for a law change to protect animals from mistreatment at festivals such as Peropalo in the village of Villanueva de la Vera.
Culture News 

Culture vs. mistreatment: Charity says donkey has “no place” in Spain’s Peropalo festival

February 14, 2018February 25, 2018 Horsetalk.co.nz 5525 Views 0 Comments

“The need to include a donkey in the event is utterly unnecessary.”

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Fred Stone's 1-2-3.
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Famed equine artist Fred Stone dies at 87

February 7, 2018February 8, 2018 Horsetalk.co.nz 10039 Views 2 Comments Obituary

Fred Stone painted many of the world’s most famous thoroughbreds, including Cigar, American Pharoah, John Henry, Secretariat, and Man o’ War.

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Black and his lead mare Lucy.
Culture 

The many powers of wild horses: Is it all in the genetics?

February 4, 2018February 8, 2018 William E. Simpson 18078 Views 4 Comments Comment, Equine therapy, Wild horses

Through extensive selective breeding, desired characteristics and traits were greatly amplified while other known and unknown characteristics and traits were diminished and in some cases are likely lost in the new breeds.

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War Animal memorial pays homage to New Zealand’s War Horses

January 19, 2018January 26, 2018 Horsetalk.co.nz 7303 Views 0 Comments History, War Horses

Animals were used by all sides, often press-ganged into service; they had no malice and worked tirelessly alongside their master no matter what nation they served.

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Hartmann’s mountain zebras Yvonne, at right, with Xoloni. Yvonne died on December 31. 
Culture News 

Death of Hartmann’s mare a big loss for endangered zebra subspecies

January 7, 2018December 6, 2018 Horsetalk.co.nz 5936 Views 0 Comments Obituary, Zebras & asses

Hartmann’s Mountain Zebra mare Yvonne dies at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, after suffering from ill health.

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Culture 

The fine art of polo: Striking images reveal pony clones

January 4, 2018January 8, 2018 Horsetalk.co.nz 11405 Views 0 Comments Clones

“My goal in every shoot is to create a timeless portrait that captures the horse’s true essence with a touch of renaissance aesthetic to the images.”

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An old war horse taken in by Dorothy Brooke in Egypt.
Culture News Reviews 

An amazing life: The real story behind equine charity founder Dorothy Brooke

December 31, 2017April 14, 2020 Horsetalk.co.nz 20125 Views 0 Comments War Horses

From Scotland to Egypt, Dorothy Brooke rescued some 5000 WW1 horses from a life of misery and poor care.

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Horses endured treacherous conditions on the battlefields of war.
Culture Features News 

They were heroes: WWI war horses honored in new, permanent record

December 13, 2017December 15, 2017 Horsetalk.co.nz 17225 Views 1 Comment War Horses

New site may be the single most inclusive collection of photos of US horses and mules in WW1 collected in one place.

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Culture Features News 

UK government moves to recognise animal sentience

December 13, 2017December 15, 2017 Horsetalk.co.nz 7635 Views 1 Comment

Draft bill sets out that the government “must have regard to the welfare needs of animals as sentient beings in formulating and implementing government policy”.

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Bill Steinkraus and Snowbound on their way to winning gold at the 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games. He wsa the first US rider to win an individual showjumping medal.
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Showjumping legend Bill Steinkraus dies at 92

December 8, 2017December 12, 2017 Horsetalk.co.nz 6450 Views 0 Comments Obituary

Steinkraus was the first US rider to win an individual Olympic jumping medal, taking gold in 1968.

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Patrick Hogan and Cambridge Stud's Tavistock.
Culture Reviews 

Luck of the Irish as Patrick Hogan’s racing success story continues

December 5, 2017April 14, 2020 Contributor 6862 Views 0 Comments

Revised edition of 2007 best seller updates the story of Patrick Hogan and Cambridge Stud.

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Black Caviar with Peter Moody and connections after winning the Lightning Stakes.
Culture Reviews 

The rise and fall of Peter Moody: Black Caviar’s trainer tells all

December 4, 2017April 14, 2020 Contributor 8506 Views 0 Comments

Peter Moody tells all about his life in the racing industry – the good times and the bad.

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