USDA strengthens regulations to protect horses from soring abuseIn an effort to end horse soring at Tennessee Walking Horse shows, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced strengthened Horse Protection Act regulations. Soring is a cruel...READ MORE
The value of the horse in Native culturesAmerican Indians have traditionally regarded the animals in their lives as fellow creatures with whom they share a common destiny. That intimate bond between human and animal is nowhere so evident or powerful as in...READ MORE
What do horses feel at the Kentucky Derby? Mostly fear and painFor a horse, winning means nothing—they don’t even understand the concept. Yet every May, U.S. horse racing sells a narrative to draw in the public. The story goes that a group of young horses are...READ MORE
‘The worst way of dying’: scientists urge coordinated effort to stop whales getting tangled (The Guardian)
‘The worst way of dying’: scientists urge coordinated effort to stop whales getting tangled (The Guardian)
