Did you know Natural Horse World publishes useful tips and current news on our Facebook page like this? Found one of these at the tip shop yesterday – a great use for keeping your excess electric tape off the ground and fits with my re-use/recycle philosophy. We also highlight events and information that fits with […]
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A Plea For Rodeo Horses being Mistreated I am asking animal lovers everywhere to please spare ten minutes to send an email or write to Mayor Ron Clarke MBE to urge him to please discontinue Gold Coast Council Australia Day Rodeo in 2012 on the grounds of cruelty to horses. Here is a photo I took
Tragic accidents are not new to jumps racing, but seven unfortunate spectators at the Warrnambool Grand Annual Steeple on May 5th discovered, people are not safe either. Jumps racing has no place in a society that calls itself civilised. This distressing incident again highlights the dangers that jumps racing poses to horses, jockeys and even
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CSIRO scientists have shown that a new experimental vaccine helps to protect horses against the deadly Hendra virus. Dr Deborah Middleton from CSIRO’s Australian Animal Health Laboratory (AAHL) announced the successful progress to develop the vaccine at the Australian Veterinary Association conference in Adelaide. “Our trials so far have shown that the vaccine prevents the
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Wild Weather We all feel for those who have suffered as a result of Cyclone Yasi in far north Queensland, and just hope that their animals, especially the horses who would have been out in the middle of the fury, survived. Some reports have indicated that despite devastation all around them and fences down, their
