Time to Bundle Up: The Benefit of Horse Blankets

Just as humans break out their winter coats when the temperatures drop and snow starts to fall, some horses also need an extra layer this time of the year. “Horses, as big as they are,…

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Too Darn Hot: Equine Care during the Summertime Heat

There aren’t many things horses and humans have in common, but there is one important health-related concern we both share – the threat of heat exhaustion and dehydration. When the sun shines across the fields…

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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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Anger and Mass Confusion Abound as USDA Plans to Issue Permits for Three Horse Slaughterhouses

The Equine Welfare Alliance issued this press release late last night about the imminent issuance of permits for horse slaughterhouses in New Mexico, Missouri, and Iowa.This is all extremely mystifying given that appropriations committees for…

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