Tiny Mystery works her magic and wins equine service award
Mystery is only 26 inches tall but despite her small stature, the impact she has had serving those in her community is large.
Read moreMystery is only 26 inches tall but despite her small stature, the impact she has had serving those in her community is large.
Read moreWorking equine charity Spana uses World Animal Day to highlight a severe lack of access to veterinary care in developing countries.
Read more“Equine students’ prosocial behavior is four times better than that of non-equine students. This result is remarkable and supports the idea that being around horses improves students’ social competences.”
Read moreThe UN has agreed that working animals are “protected assets” for disaster planning: When animals and livestock have been part of disaster planning, communities are able to recover and rebuild their lives more quickly.
Read more“Horses are unlikely to perceive their surroundings in a similar manner to humans.”
Read more“We suggest that horses are animals that can create a positive first impression and a therapeutically favorable space for adolescents.”
Read moreAn aortic aneurysm has claimed the life of New Zealand bred off-track thoroughbred Azad Kashmir. He had qualified for eventing at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games for Pakistan.
Read moreGeneticist Ricki Lewis reflects on the arrival of the little Przewalski’s horse, who brought back memories of her encounters with his kin in her youth.
Read moreMany coaches and instructors continually fail to grasp the core concepts of equitation science and learning theory, thwarting progress at a grassroots level.
Read moreFindings across at-risk species show that, without conservation actions, extinction rates would have been three to four times greater.
Read moreA new higher-yielding technique to make cheese from horse, donkey and camel milk has been developed, possibly paving the way for commercial production.
Read moreFungi-based leather substitutes are of particular interest to sustainability-conscious consumers and companies, scientists say.
Read moreIn addition to suffering from worms and mites, all the horses were dealing with the aftermath of living for a long period on wet land.
Read moreIt is unknown just how many bitless riders and drivers there are in the world; a global survey launched on World Bitless Horse Day aims to find out.
Read moreAccording to one scholar, “there is scant evidence of fire in much of Australia until the megafauna disappeared after the humans arrived”.
Read moreTexas-born Kurt is a clone of a Przewalski’s horse stallion named Kuporovic who was born in 1975.
Read more“A New Framework for Assessing Equid Welfare: A Case Study of Working Equids in Nepalese Brick Kilns’” aims is to understand the conditions that donkeys, mules, and horses are exposed to, to better understand ways of improving their welfare.
Read moreKey factors in this success were good breeding management and the high genetic diversity of the breed founders, say researchers.
Read more“I believe anyone that calls a donkey stupid, has simply been outsmarted by one!”
Read moreThere is an undeniable growing interest to understand our impact on the physiological and behavioural states of our equine partners,
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