China’s Equine Industries in a Transitional Economy

Development, Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities By Qingbin Wang and Yang ZouReceived: 1 April 2020; Accepted: 19 June 2020; Published: 24 June 2020 Note: We are posting the Abstract with a link to the full document in pdf format ( 14 pp). Abstract China had the most horses in the world from 1961 to 2004 but,…

Research shows horses are “emotional sponges”

Anyone who has interacted with horses has some awareness of how sensitive they are to the world around them and the people who enter into their sphere. Research into the human—equine dynamic affirms this and more. In a recent post by Christa Lesté-Lasserre, MA on The Horse magazine's website, entitled Horses Are “Emotional Sponges” , it…

Complaint filed over plans for sterilization research on American wild horses

Wild horse advocacy groups have filed a formal complaint to halt what they described as barbaric sterilization experiments. The groups initially presented the complaint last Wednesday at a public meeting of the BLM’s National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board. They provided the board with video of the proposed procedure and statements from eyewitnesses and…