New research helps paleontologists understand the fossils we’ve found and those that are missing from the record Via THE CONVERSATION By Stephanie Killingsworth | Bruce J. MacFadden | 27 March 2024 MANY people assume that horses first came to the Americas when Spanish explorers brought them here about 500 years ago. In fact, recent research… Continue reading Horses lived in the Americas for millions of years
• Courtesy of BC SPCA » The earliest ancestor of the horse is estimated to have lived 55 million years ago This ancestor was only the size of a Labrador retriever! Horses were domesticated around 6000 years ago, estimated from evidence found at archaeological sites. Horses are highly intelligent animals They can be taught many… Continue reading Ten facts about horses
By Eric RallsEarth.com Staff Writer Researchers in England have made a breakthrough in understanding the emotional lives of horses. In a recent study, they have pinpointed distinct facial expressions that differentiate between frustration and disappointment in horses. The research team is composed of Claire Ricci-Bonot and Daniel Simon Mills from the University of Lincoln. The study… Continue reading Horses have complex emotions, but interpreting them has proven difficult
Frederick Bourgault, a Canadian harness trainer and owner, has been accused of beating a race horse with a pipe last summer, causing an injury that required the horse to be euthanized. Bourgault had been penalized twice before that alleged incident for excessively whipping horses at Monticello Raceway in 2022 and 2023. Law enforcement sources and… Continue reading Canadian harness trainer Bourgault clubs horse to death
By Adam Warner, Audacy.com | Dec. 13, 2023 NEW YORK (1010 WINS/WCBS 880) — Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a bill Wednesday that bans the slaughter of horses for food in New York State, a law that's been decades in the making. The signing of the legislation—which came on the National Day of the Horse—makes it illegal to… Continue reading Hochul signs NY bill banning slaughter of horses
13 December 2023 | Hindustan Times December 13th is considered a special day in the US that celebrates the important role horses have played in the country's history and culture. On this special day the US celebrates the important role horses have played in the country's history, economy, military, and culture. Horses have been around… Continue reading Nat’l Horse Day 2023: Which horse are you based on your sun sign?
Updated Oct 13, 2023 Failure at home For nearly two decades the US federal government has repeatedly rejected the will of the people to once and for all totally outlaw the export of American horses where they will be brutally slaughtered and butchered for their meat — chiefly for human consumption. The Paulick Report points… Continue reading Close US borders to slaughter bound horses
• Via NPR » By Laurel Wamsley ANHEUSER-BUSCH says it will end the practice of amputating the tails of its signature Budweiser Clydesdale horses, following a pressure campaign from the animal rights group PETA. The beer company said the practice of equine tail docking was discontinued earlier this year, according to a statement from an… Continue reading Anheuser-Busch says it will no longer amputate the tails of Budweiser Clydesdales
by Katherine Lee Bates What was our share in the sinning,That we must share the doom?Sweet was our life’s beginningIn the spicy meadow-bloom,With children’s hands to pet usAnd kindly tones to call.To-day the red spurs fret usAgainst the bayonet wall.What had we done, our masters,That you sold us into hell?Our terrors and disastersHave filled your… Continue reading The Horses: a Poem
by J.P Gorham You know I’ll always ride hereeven when my riding’s doneIn the whisper of the pre-dawnor the final burst of sunAt the corners of transitionwhere the changes are obscuredI will ride and if you see meit’s because our love has endured. You know I’ll never leave youeven when I’m far awayIn the moments… Continue reading Even when my riding’s done
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