NC’s Wild Horses Being Hurt by People Taking Selfies
The biggest danger to North Carolina’s wild horses is not a howling hurricane. It’s people.
New NetPosse National Disaster Website for Horses and Pets
The NetPosse National Disaster Lost and Found database website is for horses and pets, who are affected by any natural disaster. And they are doing this for free!
How Human Behaviour Impacts Horse Welfare
One Australian researcher says improving these animals’ welfare requires that their owners change their behavior. And for them to do that, their attitudes must evolve.
Wild Horse Biologist Joins National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board
Return to Freedom Wild Horse Conservation equine fertility specialist Celeste Carlisle has been appointed to a three-year term on the National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board. The nine-member board is tasked with providing advice to the Bureau of Land Management and US Forest Service on wild horse and burro policy and oversight.
Katelyn Clemens Raises $2,500 for Wild Pony Auction
12-year-old Katelyn Clemens asked her parents for a wild pony from Chincoteague Island in Virginia. In 2017 they told her she could have one if she paid for it herself, thinking she would never raise the thousands of dollars necessary to bid on the animals at the Chincoteague Island Pony Auction. She did!
UH-Hilo Equine Class Pairs Students with Lava-Displaced Horses
Students at University of Hawaii at Hilo are part of the first horse production class offered by the university’s College of Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resource Management in many years. They’re being paired with horses displaced because of volcanic eruption activity.
Mule Wins British Dressage Contest
A mule found abandoned and wandering round a village in Ireland has become the first half-donkey, half-horse to win a dressage competition in the UK, after a rule change meant he could take part.
Snorts Indicate Positive Emotions in Horses
In a new trial, researchers moved 48 horses between comfortable, fun environments and enclosed spaces with little stimulation, measuring the frequency of snorts as they went.
Asbury University Offers Nation’s Only Student-Run Mounted-Police Equine Training Program
Located on 350 acres alongside the Kentucky River in Wilmore, the Asbury University Equine Program provides opportunities for students to gain an equine-based education that’s unlike any other in the nation. And it has the only mounted police training program in the United States that employs students as the primary trainers.
Height Controversy: Pony Measuring Case Heard by FEI Tribunal
A pony measuring event in Germany descended into controversy. It all arose from a pony showjumping and dressage event. A pony measurement day took place on June 14 and 121 ponies were measured. Under FEI regulations, the height of ponies at the withers must not exceed 148.0cm without shoes. Some of the ponies were too tall—or were they?