Sad farewell as health problems catch up with 19hh Digger
One of Europe’s tallest horses and WHW’s much-loved adoption horse, Digger has been euthanised at the age of 14.
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Month-old miniature Shetland foal given life-saving treatment for throat problem
Journal case report describes a combination of two treatment techniques.
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Challenging science at the dawn of horse domestication
Many questions remain around the earliest examples of horse domestication.
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Environmental groups “completely off-base” in protecting natural resources
Since the transition to the ‘green movement’s’ methods of managing public forests in the 1990s, we are in fact actually losing many millions of acres of forest annually to catastrophic wildfire.
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eBay says it will ban donkey skin products after charity intervenes
eBay said it would stop selling products containing ejiao but many items are still on the site.
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Superb ancient “lion” sculpture is in fact a horse, say researchers
The 2300-year-old sculpture from the Iberian peninsula appears to depict tack, including a riding blanket.
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“Legend of veterinary parasitology” Gene Lyons dies at 86
Parasitologist’s career spanned 56 years and he was working up to the day of his death.
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New findings could see lasting improvements in stem cell therapy in horses
New technique would remove the need for surgery to gather stem cells.
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Aust makes frangible devices mandatory on cross-country courses
Use of approved FEI frangible devices mandatory from February 1 for 1* to 4* FEI and national events.
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Horse-specific form of MRSA appears to dominate in France – study
Scientists identified a dominant horse-specific form among equids, whereas cats and dogs were mainly infected by human-related MRSA.
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Officials say fire stricken horses accounted for, but searchers keep looking
47th horse dies following fire of colic complications, as searchers keep looking for missing horses.
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Horse failed drug test because of dewormer contamination, tribunal told
Positive test put down to Levamisole contamination at FEI stabling at Nations Cup event.
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Congressman points wild horse fire control plan to BLM and US Forest Service
Kudos to local legislators and citizens who are seeking genuine solutions to our shared nightmare of wildfires in the US.
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Supplement-mixing error sees UAE endurance horses fail drug test
Cases involved nine horses, their riders, and three trainers.
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Trainer at center of Fine Cotton scandal dies at 72
Hayden Haitana served 29 years of a life ban before it was lifted in 2013.
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They were heroes: WWI war horses honored in new, permanent record
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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UK government moves to recognise animal sentience
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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Role of horses in rising human inequality charted by researchers
Scientists saw disparities in wealth increase with the rise of agriculture, specifically the domestication of plants and large animals.
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Researchers a step closer to an objective test for detecting horses with ataxia
Ataxia, an uncoordinated gait arising from a neurological cause, can easily be mistaken for lameness.
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Unraveling each genetic piece in the curly horse puzzle
Scientists are learning more about the complicated world of curly horse genetics. Each piece of the puzzle seems to solve another part of the mystery.
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