In 2008 an obscene benchmark was set in the large-scale abuse of horses when RSPCA inspectors finally gained access to the premises of a horse dealer in Amersham, Buckinghamshire and discovered 125 horses, ponies and donkeys in an advanced state of neglect , surrounded by the corpses of a further 35 animals. The words “Spindles …
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Horse Welfare in the US: Crunching the Numbers
600 Minnesota horses estimated to have starved to death or been slaughtered in the last four years over 100,000 unwanted horses in the USA 13,400 places in horse rescues for unwanted horses
The Whip Banned?
Bosses of the National Hunt course at Towcester in Northamptonshire have announced they will outlaw the use of the controversial stick in all meetings from October 5. Riders instead will race using a system known as hands and heels in which they can carry a whip but only in the back hand position and can …
Doping Horses
PHOENIX — Found tottering alone in the desert with their ribs visible and their heads hung low, horses play a backbreaking, unappreciated role in the multibillion-dollar drug smuggling industry. Mexican traffickers strap heavy bales of marijuana or other illegal drugs to the horses’ backs and march them north through mountain passes and across rough desert …
Horse vs Helicopter
Thanks to Karen Krizanovich for sending me this link. You have to wonder for whom the helicopter round-up is safer – people or horses?
Protected: Number Crunching Horse Slaughter
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When Little Girls with Scissors Meet Ponies
This pony belongs to the Horse Rescue Fund in Norfolk, and the little girl at his loan home had decided to tidy him up before he went back to them. I hope to write more about the HRF in the future as they’re one of the longer established horse rescues and part of the fabric …
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Horses and the Credit Crunch
The horse world’s reaction to the recession has not been monolithic. On the one hand, much of the industry has held firm as people go on spending money on their horses. On the other, the number of horses abandoned or turned over to welfare organisations has increased, and people are, for once, facing up to …