The Horse on the Hill: January 8, 2008

By VIVIAN GRANT
WASHINGTON D.C. — Hello everyone, and Happy New Year from the Horse on the Hill.
The buzz in Washington DC is all about the caucuses and state voting in the run up to this year’s presidential campaign. Many people are now seen wearing their favorite candidate’s button. Perhaps it clashed with the Christmas [...]

WSJ front page story on horse market crash

By VIVIAN GRANT
Paulo Prado of the Wall Street Journal penned an article entitled, “Leaner Pastures: As Horses Multiply, Neglect Cases Rise,” with a neatly tucked in subtitle, “Boomers Bought Them, But Can’t Afford Upkeep; The Slaughterhouse Factor.”
Although most of Prado’s treatment focuses on the horse rescue efforts of Florida women Holly Perea and Morgan Silver, [...]

Wild Horses: Authorized to destroy

The following reporting is from AMERICAN HERDS, the wild horse advocate’s number 1 resource for relevant, up-to-date information on the critical state of America’s Wild Horse and Burros.
According to BLMs final reports, 27 wild horses either died during the capture operations or were shot by BLMs contractor under their euthanasia authority during the recent removals [...]

Kentucky Horse Council start fund

While we at IFH are often harsh critics of state horse councils and their pro slaugther stance, it is nice to see one at least that is actually concerned with the health, safety and welfare of horses. How nice to see it the Commonwealth of Kentucky stepping up to the plate. Bravo!
From a [...]