Met chief says horses targeted in ‘despicable’ Million Mask violence

Featured Image: Embassy - one of the force's oldest horses - sustained injuries to his side, fetlock and front leg when startled by a protester throwing a firework. Source: Daily Mail. THE STORY Cross-posted from The Guardian Police chiefs have condemned the “despicable” violence at Thursday’s Million Mask march, in which four police officers were…

Next residents of a luxury building: Police Horses

Cross-posted from the New York Times The newest residences at Mercedes House, a ziggurat of luxury rentals on Manhattan’s Far West Side, provide tenants with creature comforts found nowhere else in the city. Special flooring soothes legs weary from a long day’s work. Ten-foot-high doors offer easy passage between spacious rooms. A high-tech ventilation system…

Champion jockey turned photographer champions working horses

I had the privilege of photographing Richard Dunwoody when he was Champion National Hunt Jockey in the UK. Always at the top of the game, he achieved this title three times through his understanding of horses and meticulous preparation, discipline, and courage. Almost as famous for the charity work he embarked upon after retiring from…

Born of the Pyramids, Rocky’s Story

GUEST POST BY SUSAN RICHARDS-BENSON Author, "Born of the Pyramids, Rocky's Story" As horse enthusiasts, we generally like to imagine that our ponies are primped, pampered and always ready to go. That’s not always the case, but in reality for the majority of us we are lucky to have well-fed and well taken care of…

Mustang Police Horse Abby has died

PRESS RELEASE The Mono County Sheriff’s Office is saddened to report the loss of one of our mounted team members, Abby, the Mustang Police Horse. Abby had a 17-year career span as a mounted patrol horse with partner Lt. Phil West. Abby was a former wild mustang, foaled in 1991, and gathered from the BLM…

No horsing around: Bogotá wants horse-drawn carts off the streets

By Sibylla Brodzinsky, Correspondent / September 30, 2013 Cross-posted from The Christian Science Monitor Go to Source Article BOGOTÁ, Colombia Dawn had barely arrived and already Jaime Castro had put in a long day. Mr. Castro and his horse, Lucifer, had set out from his home in a poor neighborhood of Colombia’s capital around 2…

Steel steeds to form stunning landmark symbolizing Scotland’s industrial past

'KELPIES' will stand 30 metres tall marking gateway to vast new parkland in Falkirk. by FIONA RUSSELL Daily Record and Sunday Mail DOMINATING the skyline on the Forth & Clyde Canal, a pair of huge steel horses’ heads form a stunning landmark. But few people realise the sculptures – called The Kelpies – are a…

Beloved Toronto police horse dies suddenly on the job

WRITTEN BY WENDY GILLIS Cross-posted from the Toronto Star He was the ever-obedient servant, the Toronto police mounted unit’s gentle giant. But during the odd midnight shift at the force’s CNE stables, Royal Sun was known to show a mischievous streak. Officers would hear rustling from the barn and know the massive horse was wandering…

Two teens charged with break-in at Chicago Police Dept Stable

The Chicago Tribune reports: Two boys, 14 and 16, were charged with injuring police animals and burglarizing the Chicago Police Department's Mounted Unit, according to the Chicago Police Department. The Chicago Police Department won't name the two or provide additional information about them because they're juveniles, according to a statement released by police. Each faces…

Cob makes historic 128-mile horse-boating journey (UK)

Cross-posted from Horse Talk NZ A cob stallion named Bilbo Baggins has made history, towing the first horse-drawn canal boat from Leeds to Liverpool in 68 years. The 128-mile journey took Bilbo Baggins five months, as he pulled the historic 150-year-old 60-foot Yorkshire narrow boat Elland. Horse Boating Society chairwoman Sue Day, who travelled on…