Equine Advocates featured in A-Z Animals

"With thousands of horses still at risk, Equine Advocates remains steadfast in its mission. As Susan’s story illustrates, one act of compassion can spark a movement." Thank you A-Z Animals for speaking with our president…

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Donkeys Rule Small Town in Arizona

The Ghost Town of Oatman, Arizona may not be on the top of your bucket list of places to visit but maybe it would rank higher if you knew that Donkeys run and roam the…

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DNA Scanning Tool to Detect Mislabeled Food

After a gruesome mishap in 2013 when food products were mislabeled with horsemeat, The Food Safety Authority of Ireland joined forces with Commercial Laboratory, Identigen. The two have created original DNA sequencing technology to scan…

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Mongolia: Where Equine Dental Care Began

Did you know that equine dental care dates all the way back to 1300-700 BC?! William Taylor of the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History led a team of scholars as they…

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Microchip Helps Determine Equine Allergies

A new discovery at the Medical University of Vienna makes it possible so that an allergen microchip can be used to reveal allergies in Horses. This new-age, international study has been published in the leading…

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Secrets Out! Lavender Helps Calm Equines

As of late, studies published in the Journal of Equine Veterinary Science divulge that a popular scent helps soothe and calm equines. That's right--Lavender works wonders on humans and horses alike! Equines are often placed in…

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Debunking Common Myths About Horse Slaughter and the Protection of America’s Wild Horses and Burros

By Susan Wagner and Carol WalkerArticle published by One Green Planet on April 26, 2018Since 2007, when the last horse slaughterhouse operating in this country closed its doors, attempts by special interest groups in ranching,…

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How the GAO Deceived Congress and Opened the Way for the Return of Horse Slaughter to the U.S

That was the Government Accountability Office's (GAO) Report # 11-228 published in 2011, which was later deemed to be fraudulent, misleading, and inaccurate as proved in a paper published by John Holland of the Equine…

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