Canada on the brink of banning live horse exports for human consumption

Rising concerns for animal welfare Via Naija News The longstanding practice of exporting live horses from Canada to Japan for human consumption has come under the national spotlight, with politicians and animal welfare advocates demanding stricter regulations or a complete ban on the practice. This comes in the wake of distressing observations of these animals being loaded…

United in Light

Draft horse sanctuary The Livingston Enterprise | by Cassi Geiser THE United In Light draft horse sanctuary is one of a few places in the country where retired draft horses can live out the remainder of their lives in paradise, according to Dr. Deborah Derr, founder of the local nonprofit organization based in Livingston, Montana.…

Backlash swift after Victoria carriage horse company calls for help

NINA GROSSMAN reporting for Victoria News reports writes: Tally-Ho Carriage Tours, running carriage rides in Victoria for 117 years, suspended operations March 19 after closed borders and travel restrictions effectively shut down the city’s tourism industry. On a GoFundMe page, the business says it’s facing the “harsh reality” that it will experience 12 months with…

Oreo the reluctant NYC carriage horse traded to the Yankees

Following the trail of Oreo, the reluctant Manhattan carriage horse, who has now been traded to the Yankees The New York Post reports: MINDY LEVINE, a longtime animal-rights activist and wife of Yankee president Randy Levine, is adopting Oreo, the endearing brown-and-white carriage horse that made headlines last month by making a run for it…

The History of the Draft Horse

A horse loves freedom, and the weariest old work horse will roll on the ground or break into a lumbering gallop when he is turned loose into the open. ~GERALD RAFERTY A Giant of Labor The History of the Draft Horse by MARILYN WITT The draft horse is extremely powerful, with strong legs and a…

Horse power delivers Prince Charles’ Christmas tree

Reported by the UK Press Association The Prince of Wales's Christmas tree has been delivered to Clarence House in London and, in keeping with his rural interests, it was dropped off by a horse rather than a van. Ella, a grey Percheron mare, had the privilege of pulling a cart carrying the pine tree into…

Historic horse trade rustled by new challenge

Runaway hay prices and a spate of new regulations have bridled the trade in draft horses, resulting in a glut of the gentle giants that once carried America's farms on their shoulders By TARA MALONE | Tribune staff reporter A blue-blooded race horse still brings millions. But it seems that few want a draft horse,…