I always love to see younger people getting involved with the anti-slaughter issue. Such as when Brittany Wallace found and rescued a horse about to be sent to slaughter. These young men go the extra distance to create a documentary - they met with real...
COOL is hated by the meat industry, but the pro-slaughter folks better get used to it if they want their horses slaughtered for meat. The National Animal Identification System (NAIS) will be an important part of the COOL process. ~ From Jerry [jpshare] From: HeraldNet.com [caption id="attachment_24625" align="alignleft"...
How horrible...
From: The Chattanoogan By: Roy Exum [caption id="attachment_23670" align="alignleft" width="201"] Roy Exum - The Chattanoogan.com[/caption] Back in July I got a deeply-touching letter from a horseman who had finally had enough of the sleazy side of the Tennessee Walking Horse industry. Marty Irby, a mover and a...
This one was shared with us by email. It happened this past summer in SW England at the Mare and Foal Sanctuary in Newton Abbot, UK. ~ HfH [jpshare] Hours after his birth, Breeze was found stumbling around by a farmer. The newborn foal was abandoned by...
In South Wales, RSPCA inspectors found 400 animals in a neglected state on one site. In a separate case a horse owner was jailed for neglecting his ponies. Evan Lloyd Evans was jailed for nine weeks after nine ponies were put down [jpshare] From: The Daily Mail...
The stories I was blessed to read from submissions to Habitat for Horses photo contest this summer really struck a chord with me. The horse and human each were lifted by each other in ways that human to human interactions really cannot achieve...
Who has not wanted to take a trip across the US by horseback? Alex McNeil has been doing so in order to raise awareness on Land Conservation. Alex's horse, Pepper, is a Tennessee Walker who looks as sweet as can be. His website and Facebook...
Horse doping - as pointed out in the article - masks injuries allowing them to become worse, puts both horse and rider at risk, and takes away victory from those who deserve it. This should have been stopped long ago. ~ HfH Webmistress [jpshare] From: The Hill By:...
A protracted legal battle between the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation (TRF) and the New York Attorney General's (NYAG) office ended at 2:30 p.m. Nov. 19 when a settlement was signed. [jpshare] From: The Horse By: Eric Mitchell [caption id="attachment_24572" align="alignleft" width="300"] N.Y. Attorney General Eric Schneiderman[/caption]The complaint filed by N.Y....