We share such an incredible bond with horses, but don’t forget that horses don’t think like humans — they think like horses. When we attribute human emotions to horses, we’re often losing sight of the true motivations behind our horse’s actions. One easy fix is to remove the word “like” from your vocabulary.
Studies show that confinement, feeding practices and other lifestyle factors can make a horse more likely to develop undesirable behaviours.
The Horse Welfare Alliance of Canada has launched an online training program in an effort to increase awareness around nationally developed guidelines for the care and handling of equines. The videos are structured around the 10 sections of the Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Equines. They range from five to 40…
A racehorse bred and raised by local high school students in Shin-Hidaka, Hokkaido, sold for an eye-popping 25 million yen ($236,000) at auction. Students at the venue and those watching the event online from the school simultaneously erupted into applause the moment their racehorse named Kento was bought. The student handling Kento during the auction…
Researchers in Argentina have produced what is believed to be the world’s first genetically edited horse embryo. The team worked with cloned embryos using CRISPR/Cas9 technology, which enables scientists to edit portions of the DNA sequence precisely, to try to knock out the myostatin gene (MSTN), which negatively regulates muscle mass development.
Anna McGuinness just completed her first year on the Level 3 Advanced Technical Extended Diploma in Equine Management at the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) Enniskillen Campus. Here’s what a typical day looks like for her.
Researchers observed feral herd interactions during a three-year study and found effective mare-foal vocal communication even seems to help foals survive.
Contact and how horses interpret it is crucial to training, yet surprisingly little research has been done into equine sensitivity to touch, according to scientists. Researchers, in a recently published review, examined more than 180 studies exploring elements of equine vision, hearing, smell, taste, and touch.
Kate Madden her sister Annie, started FenuHealth after she won a prize at Europe’s largest science fair. They were 14 and 13 at the time. FenuHealth supplies a range of all natural products to the equine industry that addresses stomach problems in horses.
The World Bitless Association, a British-based charity that represents the bitless community, has released the findings of its global horse sports training and tack survey for all equestrians. Most equestrians taking part in the survey (88%) felt that welfare would be improved by allowing bit-free horses to compete alongside bitted horses.