Low cost gelding clinic coming to Fallon, Nevada Nov 24, 25

NATIONAL EQUINE RESOURCE NETWORK PRESS RELEASE A low cost gelding clinic will be held at Snow Livestock & Grain in Fallon, NV on Saturday, Nov 24th and Sunday, Nov 25th. Private horse owners in need of this service are invited to participate in this event that is co-hosted by National Equine Resource Network (NERN) and…

Low cost Gelding Program well received in California

By SHIRLEY PUGA, Executive Director National Equine Resource Network ENCINITAS, CA – The National Equine Resource Network’s (NERN) low-cost gelding clinic program launched earlier this year in California has already reduced the future equine population in the state by as many as 395 horses. To date, NERN has held 7 low cost gelding clinics in…

Encinitas horsewoman busy with equine rescue network

Cross-posted from the North County Times Written by RUTH MARVIN WEBSTER Abby is one lucky horse. A gentle, 17-year old quarter horse raised in a riding school in Oregon, Abby was on her way to a slaughterhouse by way of a feedlot in Nevada three years ago when Encinitas horsewoman Shirley Puga stepped in to…

New Gelding Program offers low cost castration clinics in CA

Huntington Beach, CA, January 26, 2011 - National Equine Resource Network (NERN) is launching its Gelding Program by hosting a low cost clinic on Saturday, February 26, 2010, in partnership with Red Bucket Equine Rescue, at the beautiful Huntington Central Park Equestrian Center. Red Bucket Equine Rescue (RBER) is a compassionate 50-plus horse rescue founded…

National Horse Gelding Clinic Pilot Program to be tested widely in California

ENCINITAS, CA (Jan 7, 2011) -- A statewide Gelding Clinic pilot program will be conducted at various locations throughout California in 2011. This flagship program is intended to help economically challenged horse owners castrate their colts and stallions at a minimum cost, and to decrease equine breeding at a time when there is an over…