(Note: While there is probably a lot more to this story than is being published, it is hard to accept that no criminal charges will be filed against those who starved horses to death. Please go to the article site and comment by clicking here.) Alex...
Pat Reavy / Deseret News / Tuesday, Feb. 19 2013 Rory and Trudy Childs, who run Smoky Mountain Ranch in Spanish Fork, were arrested late last week for investigation of 101 counts each of animal cruelty and 31 counts each of having livestock at large. No criminal charges...
(Note - While this article is old, it points to promised changes that haven't been made. Some of the "meat" in this story came from Uruguay, an exporter of horsemeat, just like the US. As more DNA testing is done, we will find more and...
Pete was the first horse that walked through our gates. Eight months old, he had been abandoned in a pasture, gathered up by a new owner and take to an auction, there to be purchased by a killer-buyer. I talked the man out of taking...
Not many know of a very special place called Luck, Texas. It's a spot on the map outside Austin where many of the horses were rescued from various ordeals, situations, abuse and neglect by Habitat for Horses have been offered the opportunity to reside on...
The name picked for the Budweiser baby is "Hope," so proper for a horse that tugged at the strings of all our hearts. He didn't have to kiss a model or dress in a tutu to win the USAToday "Best Super Bowl Ad" contest. All...
Many years ago, after reading my latest story in front of a creative writing class, the teacher said, “You have the ability to make people laugh and cry at the same time, Jerry. You can create realities and draw people into them so strongly that...
[caption id="attachment_14039" align="alignleft" width="420"] Council members will work to discourage overbreeding and to promote responsible horse ownership.Photo by Anne M Eberhardt[/caption] The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) is forming a "Responsible Horse Breeders Council" composed of horse breeders around the country who are...
While the short attention span of the media has turned its face away from Newtown, Connecticut, the effects of the senseless shootings still reverberate across our nation. The images of the children are burned deeply into each of us. It was a tragedy that none...
by Pat Raia - The Horse - January 7, 2013 [caption id="attachment_13687" align="alignleft" width="300"] The new policy restricts individuals or groups from purchasing more than four wild mustangs or burros within a six-month period unless otherwise approved by the BLM.[/caption] Those who purchase wild horses and burros...