“The strong Brabant horses walk breast-deep in the surf in Oostduinkerke, parallel to the coastline, pulling funnel-shaped nets held open by two wooden boards." Nina Fedrizzi| Horse Collaborative At dawn the beach of Oostduinkerke is abandoned, the seas calm. There is little wind, but the air is cool. The only...
Despite being extinct in the wild just 20 years ago, Przewalski's horse is now thriving on the icy Russian steppes, according to a new report from the Agence-France Presse. Six of the highly-endangered equines are now living in the Orenburg Reserves, a group of six stringently...
The tallest living horse is Big Jake, an 11-year-old Belgian gelding horse, who measures 210 cm, without shoes. He lives at Smokey Hollow Farms in Poynette, Wisconsin, US. ...
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...
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...
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’...
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 FAMOUS horse whisperer charging £30 an hour to help riders with troublesome animals left his own herd to suffer and starve. Raymond Sparks-Clark has now been banned from keeping horses for four years after being convicted of cruelty. RSPCA investigators found a "heart-breaking level of...