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- Article Title: * Van Grunsven tops Peters in Freestyle at Exquis World Dressage Masters
02-07-2010 12:00 AM
Source for Article: NJ.com
WELLINGTON, Fla. -- The queen of dressage, three-time Olympic individual gold medalist Anky van Grunsven of the Netherlands, rose to the occasion once more to take the freestyle at the $140,000 Exquis World Dressage Masters Saturday night. More...
- Article Title: * Activists: death rate at mustang roundup excessive
02-06-2010 12:00 AM
Source for Article: Reno Gazette
Reno, NV --- As the federal government roundup of 1,961 horses 100 miles north of Reno ended Friday, a total of 39 horses have died either at the trap sites or in a holding facility in Fallon, most dispatched in "mercy killings" by the federal Bureau of Land Management. More...
- Article Title: * Police horses for sale Budget cuts force end to mounted unit; 7 are up for auction online
02-05-2010 12:00 AM
Source for Article: SignOnSanDiego.com
San Diego, CA - They’re used to crowds, so when more than 100 people gathered around seven prized police horses on auction at Balboa Park yesterday morning, the animals were unfazed, More...
- Article Title: * Northwest Washington Fair Adding New Horse Arena
02-03-2010 12:00 AM
Source for Article: KGMI.com
LYNDEN, Wash. -- Horses and their riders are getting a new space at the Northwest Washington Fairgrounds in Lynden.
The fair is building a new equestrian arena. It’s scheduled to be completed in time for this year’s fair in August. More...
- Article Title: * Nevada officials State to round up some Damonte Ranch wild horses
02-03-2010 12:00 AM
Source for Article: RGJ.com
Reno, Nevada -- State agriculture officials later this week plan to round up some of the approximately 25 wild horses that have been roaming lawns, streets and parks in a south Reno neighborhood. More...
- Article Title: * Flu threatens rare horse herd in Los Molinos
02-02-2010 12:00 AM
Source for Article: Daily News - Tehama County CA
LOS MOLINOS Sunshine Sanctuary for Kids and Horses in Los Molinos, a nonprofit organization and home to the last remaining Spanish Colonial horses from the island of Santa Cruz, is in need of equine flu vaccine due to the recent outbreak in the area. More...
- Article Title: * Horses Lose Freedom Over Fears of Overpopulation, Starvation
01-30-2010 12:00 AM
Source for Article: abcnews.com
The goal for the government is to gather just over 11,000 wild horses nationwide before the end of the year. More than half of the horses are located in Nevada, right around Gerlach. The BLM says it is doing these roundups to protect the horses and to "manage" their population.
Activists are crying foul, saying the government's census numbers on the horses are inaccurate. They argue the horses are not overpopulated or starving, and the roundups hurt the horses. They want the horses to remain wild. More...
- Article Title: * Death count up to 26 in Nevada wild horse roundup
01-30-2010 12:00 AM
Source for Article: The Washington Post
RENO, Nev. -- Wild-horse advocates have criticized federal land managers after the deaths of 26 mustangs so far in a government roundup on the range north of Reno - up from nine deaths a week ago. More...
- Article Title: * Donations pour in for horse vaccinations
01-28-2010 12:00 AM
Source for Article: The Record Searchlight - Redding CA
COTTONWOOD — Safe Haven Horse Rescue and Sanctuary today was the beneficiary of hundreds of dollars in donations to get its horses vaccinated against the flu.
“It’s been overwhelming,” Linda Richards, the rescue’s owner, said today. “It’s just been amazing.”
Richards made a public plea Tuesday for help in paying for the nasal spray vaccine “booster” to ward off a special strain of horse flu that had been discovered in the area. None of her 60 horses had gotten sick. More...
- Article Title: * BLM justifies wild-horse roundup
01-27-2010 12:00 AM
Source for Article: Lahontan Valley News
The BLM is in the process of rounding up about 2,000 horses, a two-month project that began in early January and concludes near the end of February. Alan Shepherd, a wild horse program lead for the BLM in Reno, said when the 1971 Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act was enacted, the Department of the Interior became responsible for controlling the horse and burro population on public lands. Prior to that, counties managed the herds. More...
- Article Title: * Tribes Join UOH In Call For Restoration Of Humane & Regulated Horse Processing
01-26-2010 12:00 AM
Source for Article:
CHEYENNE, WY-Free-roaming horses have been a part of the landscape in the West since the Spanish brought the species to what is now the United States. However, because the rangeland areas where these animals now roam are home to almost no apex predators and no viable market exists for selling them, the horse population has skyrocketed. More...
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