Residents at an Erina nursing home got a surprise when two draft horses and a cowboy popped in for a friendly neigh-bourhood visit. The pair of Clydesdale horses — usually more at home pulling a cart or ploughing fields than hanging out inside a nursing home...
AUSTIN, TX - The Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) confirmed Equine Herpes Virus (EHV-1) in two horses in El Paso County. Both horses showed signs of respiratory illness, fever and nasal discharge, when evaluated by a local veterinarian. The horses tested positive for EHV-1 but neither...
The Western Governors Association recently penned a letter to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management asking some tough questions about the agency’s management of wild horses and burros on public lands. This is good. The BLM’s current management scheme, which is focused on roundups and restricting...
The story 'Koch Bros caught funding Bundy land seizure movement' broke on February 12th, and the assertions are chilling. Is this the hidden piece of the puzzle? Is this why efforts are consistently blocked when trying to stop the brutal slaughter of our wolves, bison,...
Regal Regal is a handsome grey Arabian who thrives in a pasture setting and has good social skills w/people & other horses. He will make a wonderful Arabian pleasure horse with consistent riding. Learn more about Regal | http://www.habitatforhorses.org/regal/ Irina Irina is a pretty bay mare with lots of...
Over the years, the White House has been home to a wide variety of animals; from dogs like Bo (the Obamas’ Portuguese Water Dog) and Millie (George and Barbara Bush’s English Springer Spaniel) to more exotic pets such as Abraham Lincoln’s goats, John Quincy Adams’...
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) — When Carole Knanishu was young, she had a horse named Cherry. There is a long-told family story about the day Carole's sister let Cherry into the house to get something to eat, leaving telltale hoof prints behind on the kitchen floor. On...
1. Myra wants you to use your "Horse Sense" and be her Valentine! She has a fiery mane and a lot of gumption and she is ready for an experienced rider! Consider being Myra's Valentine: http://www.habitatforhorses.org/myra/ 2. If you are looking for a great horse to...
Its bad news when a foal enters the world without taking a breath. But there’s some good news: Many foals born with beating heart and pulse, but who fail to breathe, can be revived via cardiopulmonary resuscitation (more commonly known as CPR). And there’s more...
A new study has found that horses can recognize and respond differently to smiling versus angry human faces. In a paper published Wednesday in the journal Biology Letters, researchers from the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom have shown that when horses are shown...