In a wide field hedged in by high fences topped with razor wire, Johnny Stankovic, dressed entirely in orange, stands almost motionless in the climbing morning heat. From his hand, a synthetic rope sags to the sun-bleached grass and then up again to the head...
It’s every horse owner’s nightmare – waking up in the middle of the night to your barn ablaze. On Wednesday night the Martin family of Oconne County, Georgia were awakened in the middle of the night to the sound of their barn burning with their...
Just west of Ukiah, a small town in northern California, live several wild ponies. They were originally brought to the area by psychiatrist Waldo Cook as a surprise for his family 50 years ago. Who wouldn’t want a trailer full of 10 Shetland ponies, he...
Pfizer Canada has announced it will increase the amount of pregnant mare urine (PMU) it collects from its facilities in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan in 2016 and 2017. Pfizer uses PMU to manufacture the hormone replacement therapy drug Premarin, used to treat symptoms...
"The group’s considerations have elicited strong opinions from the public about the need to restrict or educate on ideal horse/pony/rider matches." The Showing Register, a UK-based showing association, recently held a public debate among its leadership to discuss developing weight criteria for riders showing ponies. Currently,...
#1: Senator Bernie Sanders Senator Sanders has championed the fight against animal cruelty, and he is a leader in writing and co-sponsoring animal rights legislation. From 2011 to 2014 (four years in a row) he earned a rating of 100% from the Humane Society Legislative Fund (HSLF), indicating a...
At least 30 firefighters from different firehouses were working to the point of exhaustion to rescue two horses after they fell through an icy lake in upstate New York. The dramatic February 18 rescue — which was recorded by a Sheriff’s Office Deputy from Erie County — shows...
NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE — When Dawn Lawson-Gula’s nine-month foal fell injured, she knew if there was a chance for its survival, she had to get him to Guelph. The question was, how would she get Spirit, who couldn’t stand or walk, from the barn to the trailer, which...
Rather than preserve our nation's wild horses and burros, the agency charged with managing them - the U.S. Bureau of Land Management - has hatched a plan to sneak them out the backdoor and send them to slaughter. Buried in President's proposed 2017 budget is a...
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...