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May 11th, 2013
Four Convicted Over Money-Laundering Scheme Horsetalk.co.nz, May 11, 2013 Four people in Texas have been convicted for their roles in a scheme to launder millions of dollars in drug money through a quarter horse racing operation. A federal ...
BLM proposes horse roundup in southern Wyoming
May 11th, 2013
(Note to the BLM Office of Sending Out Press Releases – Amazing timing here, guys. Yesterday you sent out a press release saying you have no more room, and today’s release from the other side of the country says ...
Government can’t find room for America’s wild horses
May 10th, 2013
The Miami Herald,,SEAN COCKERHAM, MCCLATCHY WASHINGTON BUREAU, May 9, 2013 WASHINGTON – Wild horses, descended from the steeds of Spanish explorers, Native Americans, U.S. cavalry and ranch strays, are being offered for auction this weekend in Fort Worth, Texas, as part of ...
After 60 dead horses found, investigators warn it could get much worse
May 9th, 2013
620ETMJ.com – Wisconsin -Charles Benson, May 8, 2013 PLEASANT PRAIRIE - A horrific case of animal abuse gets worse. Sixty dead horses found on a farm and investigators fear there may be even more. They suspect it could be one ...
Humane Society Says 75% Of Horses At Walking Horse Celebration Tested Positive For Foreign Substances
May 9th, 2013
The Chattanoogan, May 9, 2013 The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s testing revealed that at the 2012 National Walking Horse Celebration in Shelbyville, 145 horses out of 190 tested, or 76 percent, were found positive for foreign substanes, the Humane Society ...
Ag-Gag, Horse Soring, Animal Care Expo Converge in Tennessee
May 9th, 2013
(Personal note – I am also in Tennessee attending a Homes for Horses Conference, which is why the repost have been so few and far between. – Jerry) Wayne Pacelle, HSUS I am in Nashville today for the official ...
Colorado sheriff opens wild horse investigation
May 8th, 2013
The Gazette, Dave Phillips, May 8, 2013 After months of false starts, state authorities have opened a formal criminal investigation into Tom Davis, a southern Colorado wild horse buyer who admitted to breaking state laws while shipping hundreds of ...
Thirty horses on way to slaughter die in New York trailer fire
May 8th, 2013
May 7, 2013 – Equine Welfare Alliance EWA (Chicago) – An estimated 30 horses died in a truck fire on I-81 in Lisle, PA Monday night. According to police the truck was driven by Clarence Phelps of Watertown, but ...
Horse Therapy for Troubled Children
May 7th, 2013
Epoch Times | Mary Silver | May 7, 2013 Early childhood education specialist Kathy Lee has seven children, five of whom are adopted. One of her daughters seemed to be having a tough time. She rarely smiled, according to ...
Riding high: Horses that help the disabled
May 7th, 2013
Kansas.com | Keith Erwin | May 7, 2013 SEATTLE — When Christine Beatty watches her daughters ride horseback, she sees things that might not be obvious to others. “Look at that posture. For me it’s amazing to see how ...