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Alltech and KHC Travels Support Int'l Horse Industry
Kentucky Horse Council (KHC) representatives joined a group of more than 30 Kentucky delegates for a cultural and economic development tour sponsored by Alltech, traveling through Normandy, France, and concluding at the Alltech European Bioscience Centre
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Amendment Eliminates Funding for Horse Slaughter Inspections
An amendment introduced by Congressman Jim Moran, Northern Virginia Democrat, to eliminate federal funding for USDA inspections of horse slaughter facilities passed the full Appropriations Committee. The amendment, adopted in the Fiscal Year 2013 Agricult
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Can Horses Help with Leadership Skills?
Winning With Horse Power is described as an innovative new equine experiential learning venture that is dedicated to advancing the awareness of equine experiential learning with a strong business application.
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Canadians Protest Olympic Disqualification of Showjumping Horse
A Canadian equestrian riderâs horse has been disqualified from Olympic competition with what [no-glossary]team officials say is just a scratch. Tiffany Fosterâs horse Victor was found to have hypersensitivity in the left front leg by competition vete
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Class Action Lawsuit Over Equine Flu Outbreak
According to news reports, more than 500 people are launching a class action against the Australian federal government over the 2007 equine flu outbreak which devastated Australian horse industries. Lawyers for those affected by the outbreak say the gover
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Complaint Filed Against BLM Roundups
 An amended complaint was filed yesterday, September 8th 2011, in Federal District Court Reno, Nevada.
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Controversy Over Pickens' Wild Horse Plans
Time Magazine has completed a report on Madeleine Pickens and her plans to make her eco-preserve a home for thousands of wild horses gathered from western range lands by the Bureau of Land Management. Approximately 40,000 wild equines are currently held i
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Count-Down to Olympics a Nail-biter for Equestrians
Twenty one nations are celebrating their Olympic qualification today, 9 January, which marks the 200-day countdown to London 2012 and 100 years of equestrian sport in the Olympic movement.
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American Horse Slaughter Prevention Bill
The Humane Society of the United States applauds U.S. Reps. Dan Burton, R-Ind., and Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., for introducing H.R. 2966, the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act of 2011, a bipartisan measure that will end the export and inhumane killing
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Crews Doing Wild Horse Roundup Need Training
Horse protection advocates see the report of an internal review of this summer's wild horse roundup as a first step in preventing roundup crews from treating wild horses and foals in cruel and inhumane ways and they are encouraged by a series of s