Friday, November 20, 2009
The many stories about neglected horses moved Kim Mosiman and veterinarian Scott Hansen to form Sound Equine Options. The group, based in Gresham, Ore., will hold its first clinic on Nov. 17 to euthanize horses for free. It's patterned after similar California groups, sai ...
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Federal authorities say three men have pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges in a scheme that allowed wealthy people to get tax benefits from investments in thoroughbred horse breeding. The U.S. attorney's office for Oregon said Monday the scheme cost the federal governmen ...
Thursday, October 29, 2009 8:48 AM
BEAVERCREEK, Ore. (AP) -- A hayloft collapsed at an equestrian center in at Beavercreek, dropping 30 tons of hay on two horses. The Oregonian reports one Appaloosa suffered two broken legs Friday and had to be euthanized at Wacker Performance Horses. Firefighters also dug out a pony that i ...
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 9:49 AM
DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) -- A man struck by a wild horse trying to jump a sales ring fence during an auction in Dickinson says he has broken ribs, cuts and bruises, but expects to be released from the hospital soon. William Friedt of Dickinson was in the first row of the arena during Fr ...
Tuesday, October 27, 2009 2:48 PM
DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) -- Buyers and visitors at an auction of nearly 80 wild horses from Theodore Roosevelt National Park screamed and scrambled for safety when a 2-year-old stallion tried to jump a fence, injuring a man who was knocked to the ground. The 2-year-old horse ...
Monday, October 26, 2009 2:48 PM
FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) -- Josy Pyne bought her first horse at age 48, following a bout with breast cancer. Following her triumph over cancer, horse riding and training became the guiding passions of her life. Pyne now owns two horses, which she refers to as "her boys": Rocky, a ...
Sunday, October 25, 2009 10:18 AM
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) -- The number of mares bred to Kentucky stallions is off significantly this year. Statistics released Thursday by The Jockey Club show at least 2,258 fewer mares bred this year than last year -- a 10.6 percent drop. The Lexington Herald-Leader quoted Dan M ...
Sunday, October 25, 2009 10:03 AM
An organization that represents public lands ranchers is applauding U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar's proposal to set up preserves for the West's burgeoning population of wild horses and burros. The Public Lands Council asserts that Salazar's plan to move thousands of mustangs to prod ...
Saturday, October 24, 2009 11:03 AM
Trail and Western riders are finally discovering what dressage, English riders and eventers have known all along -- a 20-year-old horse can be in his prime. Veterinarian Sarah Jacobsen says she's seeing more older horses staying active and in the ribbons and buckles into their mid- to late 20s. ...
Saturday, October 24, 2009 11:03 AM
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) -- A Central Point woman has been sentenced to 18 months probation after pleading guilty to neglecting her horses. Jackson County Judge Ray White also ordered 58-year-old Debbie Tabor to refrain from owning horses for 18 months or caring for domestic pets for five ...
Saturday, October 24, 2009 8:48 AM
BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) -- Some landowners in the Madison Valley are voicing concerns about the Bureau of Land Management's plan to put as many as 1,500 wild horses on a ranch near Ennis. The horses are geldings that the agency was unable to sell or give away after rounding the animals up from BLM ...
Thursday, October 22, 2009 8:33 AM
RENO, Nev. (AP) -- A new federal proposal to manage wild horses is rekindling debate over another fixture of the Western range: cattle. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar last week proposed moving thousands of mustangs to preserves in the Midwest and East to protect horse herds and the rangel ...
Monday, October 19, 2009 12:33 PM
HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- The sponsor of a Montana law encouraging a new horse slaughter plant says he is courting Chinese investors for the venture. But state Rep. Ed Butcher of Winifred says any plans for building such a facility in Montana are a long way off -- even if he can get Chines ...
Friday, October 16, 2009 11:19 AM
WORLAND, Wyo. (AP) -- A northwestern Wyoming man received a citation for letting his horse wander in Worland, but not before he complained to town law enforcement officials about the absence of a hitching post in front of the local saloon. William Schellinger was cited by Washakie County law en ...
Thursday, October 22, 2009 12:06 AM
BEND, Ore. (AP) -- The majority of calls that came in about 14 malnourished, lice-infested horses in Crook County last April were from neighbors and concerned citizens who could see the horses as they drove past on the highway. Lately, those types of calls -- again from neighbors and those driv ...
Thursday, October 15, 2009 10:34 AM
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Horse owners, beware. An equine virus is growing more dangerous. The equine herpes virus type 1, or EHV-1, usually causes a respiratory infection. But the virus also takes a different form that strikes a horse's central nervous system, sometimes causing death. Wiscons ...
Thursday, October 15, 2009 9:19 AM
ELKO, Nev. (AP) -- Elko County commissioners have reaffirmed their opposition to a proposed wild horse refuge at the Winecup-Gamble Ranch north of Wells. Commissioners voted 4-1 Thursday to send a letter to Sens. Harry Reid and John Ensign and the Interior Department opposing the ranc ...
Thursday, October 22, 2009 12:09 AM
DOSWELL, Virginia (AP) -- In an era defined by a dispiriting war and a surreal Washington scandal, Secretariat gave Americans and their bruised psyche something to cheer about when the big thoroughbred captured the Triple Crown in 1973. The racehorse considered by many ...
Saturday, October 10, 2009 9:04 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Thousands of mustangs that now roam the West would be moved to preserves in the Midwest and East under a new Interior Department plan to protect wild horse herds and the rangelands that support them. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Wednesday the plan would not requi ...
Friday, October 09, 2009 3:04 PM
WALLA WALLA, Wash. (AP) -- Andy Asmus sets bunches of recently plucked carrots, fresh from the ground, onto his work station. With a hose, he sprays away the earth that conceals the veggies' true glow. As dirt-stained water drips down, the carrots shine a bright, vibrant orange, complem ...
Wednesday, October 07, 2009 8:48 AM
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Authorities say a 70-year-old Scappoose woman was airlifted to a Portland hospital after she was thrown from a horse that had been spooked by a swarm of bees. The Clackamas County Sheriff's Office says Donna Tewksbury and four other women were riding on the Pacific Crest ...
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 1:49 PM
BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- After 2,000 horseback miles through five states, Idaho cowboy Phil Dawson expected the quarter-sized calluses on his backside. He wasn't counting on finishing the five-month journey aboard his Appaloosa mare Apache Gold Chip with a passenger: a short-legged Welsh Corgi he p ...
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 1:49 PM
via Associated Press TWIN LAKES, Idaho (AP) -- Aaron Rittenour has a decision to make. Good Samaritans have offered to help the young horse owner by paying his vet bills, giving him money, even to replacing his horse. "It's kind of hard," Aaron said Tuesday, the day an article ...
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