EDITOR’S NOTE – Maryann Peachey-Warren is Director of Education for the Horse Harbor Foundation, Inc., in Washington State, one of the country’s oldest nonprofit equine sanctuaries that exclusively uses rescued horses in a formal equine assisted therapy program. Ms. Peachey-Warren has a BA Degree in...
Straight from the mouth of those charming folks at “United Horsemen” who seek to inspire all horse owners to send their horses to slaughter for a “peaceful death,” comes this list. Please know that each of these organizations have signed a statement saying they want...
April Fool's just past. After all this serious news going - lets take a silly break! If anyone has that photo our Habitat for Horse's Ranch Manager Thom's horse "assistant" be sure to share it! .. oh and tomorrow morning we have a special announcement regarding our...
The sparking point for the tensions with the Utah Cattlemen is actually over whether they wish to follow American laws or not after the round up of Cliven Bundy's cattle off Federal land in Nevada. Law enforcement say they are too afraid of the violence...
Redemption is a theme that has gone out of favor in our culture. Yet, this is exactly what Dr. John C. Haffner, Marty Irby and Eric Gray are attempting to do. Seeking to bring about justice for a great wrong done to the Tennessee Walking...
The effort that the Big Lick crowd will go to in order to keep torturing horses makes ones head spin. This opinion piece addresses the fact that these horse torturers no longer can win big cash prizes. Yet, there are still competitions they can go...
The Bureau of Land Management's recent call to find newer ways to destroy the wild horses of the American West have all kinds of opinion pieces floating about by those who interest lie with the cattle ranchers. They attempt to paint anyone who wants to...
On a typical day, a police horse can only do good for the reputation of a city's police force. Horses are seen as noble, attractive, and approachable when compared ot the para-military units many urban police forces have become. ~ HfH From: The Atlantic - Cities...
Few people realize that artificial limb surgery for horses has been around for over 30 years. Most of the public perceives that a horse with a broken leg means that the horse must be "put down" or to go to slaughter. We owe it to...
As medical science advances, it is good to see that breakthroughs benefit our horse friends as well as us humans. ~ HfH From: Phys.org Horses suffering from neurological conditions similar to those that affect humans could be helped by a breakthrough from stem cell scientists. Researchers who...