ASPCA Awards $100,000 to ‘Help a Horse Day’ Contest Winners (ASPCA - American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals)

Edit Public Technologies 23 Jun 2016
The grand prize winner received a $25,000 grant, while ten runners-up were awarded grants of $10,000 or $5,000 to support their ongoing efforts to protect horses ... It also aims to connect the many horses in need of permanent homes with the 2.3 million Americans who, according to a recent survey, say they have adequate space, resources, and strong interest in adopting a horse....

Stubbs and the Wild review – a radical world vision seen through animal eyes

Edit The Guardian 23 Jun 2016
His 1762 picture Phaeton Attempting to Drive the Horses of the Sun is his first attempt to do just that ... When Michelangelo drew Phaeton, he had dwelt on the body of the doomed young man who foolishly thought he could drive the sun’s chariot, but got the horses wrong. Stubbs by contrast portrays the horses magnificently but his Phaeton looks completely unreal ... He could see the world through a horse’s eye....

Rep. Gosar Promotes Commonsense Solutions for Managing Western Burro Populations (Paul A Gosar)

Edit Public Technologies 23 Jun 2016
(AZ-04) released the following statement after participating in a House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands hearing titled, 'Challenges and Potential Solutions for the Bureau of Land Management's Wild Horse & Burro Program'. ... Keith Norris, Chair of the National Horse & Burro Rangeland Management Coalition, and Director of Government Affairs & Partnerships for The Wildlife Society stated....

HAHS Receives ASPCA Grant (Woodstock Chamber of Commerce & Industry)

Edit Public Technologies 23 Jun 2016
The Hooved Animal Humane Society (HAHS) announced today that it is the proud recipient of a $3,250 grant from the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) to help with the rehabilitation of six horses that were part of a large scale rescue by the ASPCA in North Carolina ... The six horses currently recovering at HAHS come in a variety of ages and personalities....

Rapid City Man Sentenced for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender (United States Attorney's Office for the District of South Dakota)

Edit Public Technologies 23 Jun 2016
Daniel Red Horse, Jr., age 45, was sentenced to 24 months in custody, followed by 5 years of supervised release, and a special assessment of $100 to the Federal Crime Victims Fund ... The current conviction stemmed from Red Horse moving out of his residence in Rapid City, returning to the Cheyenne River Reservation, and failing to update his registration....

Witnesses Stress BLM’s Limitations in Managing Wild Horse and Burro Population (US House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources)

Edit Public Technologies 23 Jun 2016
The growing population problem also poses severe threats to rangeland health, wildlife habitat, livestock ranching, agricultural development, and the wild horses and burros themselves ... 'If you were to […] take the horses off the land and put them in holding facilities, that's not a great life for the horses ... of the Wild Horse and Burro Program.'....

Two horses infected with eastern equine encephalomyelitis in S. Carolina

Edit The Examiner 23 Jun 2016
Most likely, the horses came down with EEE during the past couple of weeks and it is North Carolina that ......

Farmer protests by riding his horse over the Sydney Harbour Bridge

Edit Mashable 23 Jun 2016
A farmer and his horse have caused quite the ruckus on an Australian icon ... He was instructed that it is an offence to block traffic, but that riding a horse is not prohibited on the bridge, according to Fairfax Media. Morris told the publication he had brought a horse down to Sydney in ......

TAHC Releases Equine Herpes Virus (EHV-1) Quarantine (Texas Animal Health Commission)

Edit Public Technologies 23 Jun 2016
Since the original case, six additional horses on the premises tested positive for the neuropathogenic strain of EHV-1. One of the test-positive horses exhibited neurologic signs consistent with EHM, bringing the total number of EHM cases at this facility to two ... The premises was released after more than 14 days of no new cases, and the previously positive horses tested negative for EHV-1....

Carcass of electrocuted horse lies for 10 hours on road

Edit DNA India 23 Jun 2016
For around 10 hours, Dinesh Vadla sat amidst heavy rains, close to the carcass of his horse Sultan, that got electrocuted on Tuesday night ... The local civic team told me that they had no vehicle big enough to transport the dead horse," Vadla claimed ... "Not just in the case of this horse, since 12 years, the BMC has never been able to provide vehicles to transport injured or dead animals during night hours," Mehta said....

Japan excited by VRC change

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 23 Jun 2016
Senior racing officials, breeders and owners on Thursday said from Tokyo that they believe the changing of the Emirates Stakes (now known as the Longines Mile) to the first day of the carnival and the Mackinnon Stakes (now known as the Emirates Stakes) to the final day will ensure Japan will use both races for their high-class middle-distance horses during their international travels....

Integrity Strategies – Alabar Breeders Challenge (HRNSW - Harness Racing New South Wales)

Edit Public Technologies 23 Jun 2016
HRNSW advises that it will utilise the Retention Facility at Tabcorp Park Menangle for all horses, including emergencies, entered in Group 1 Alabar Breeders Challenge 3yo Colts and Geldings final to be conducted at Menangle on Sunday 26 June 2016. Horses must be presented at the facility prior to 10am on Saturday 25 ......

Four-year-old Clydesdale police horse named after slain Sgt. Russell

Edit The Examiner 23 Jun 2016
The ... Russell, Toronto police chief Mark Saunders introduced the big horse which the force purchased from Carson Farm....
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