Whole Heap of Little Horse Links

Questions are raised over the treatment of horses on film and TV show sets. Are trainers’ welfare concerns being overruled? (LA Times)
A “horse palace” in Montreal seeks donors for a makeover. (Montreal Gazette)
A woman “gives birth to a pony” during a church service in Nigeria. (PM News)
Lady Gaga arrived at the launch of her new signature fragrance in a horse-drawn carriage shaped like the perfume flask. (Ace ShowBiz)
Don’t touch the horse! An arrest for drunkenness and touching a police horse. (Tampa Bay Times) Elsewhere, in Philly, a police horse is punched. (Policeone.com)
Claims of assault fly in the fight to save wild horses in Reno. (Examiner.com)
A smalltown official who defrauded millions sees her illgotten gains – pedigree quarter horses – sold for over a million dollars at internet auction. (Chicago Tribune)
A little girl’s dream comes true when she comes home from school to find her very own pony waiting for her. (This is Gloucestershire)
The first Exmoor Pony Festival works like a charm (This is the West Country)
Muslims in Gaza have to break Islamic “best practice” and eat horsemeat. (NYT)
The number of horse rescues in the US has nearly doubled in five years. Major welfare groups suggest accreditation for newcomers (Ventura County Star)