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Heaven Can Wait Equine Rescue

Dora — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:27:05 +0000

Heaven Can Wait Equine Rescue is located in Cameron, Ontario, Canada – approx 2 hours NE of Toronto, just 10 minutes North of Lindsay. This Equine Rescue was started by Claire Malcolm in 1997 to help save horses and ponies from slaughter, and take in any unwanted horse or pony and find them a new, loving home. Not all Horses at HCW are old and lame, or come from abusive/neglective situations, some come from private individuals who want to find a good home for their horse, but don’t have the time or knowledge to sell it privately, but don’t want to send it to an auction, so they send them here to HCW to find a good home. As you know horses that end up at auctions do have a chance to get bid on by a caring family home, but they also risk the chance of being bid on by a bad home or worse, the meat man.

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Foal birth

Dora — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 20:33:46 +0000

Guidelines created for performance horse treatment

Dora — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:56:31 +0000

Most equine veterinarians, at least those who are American Association of Equine Practitioners members, work with nonracing performance horses during their years of training and competition. These animals compete in a wide range of athletic activities encompassing everything from rodeo to dressage to endurance riding.

To better assist its members, the AAEP has developed guidelines for veterinarians who treat horses competing in athletic events other than racing. The document, “Clinical Guidelines for Veterinarians Treating the Non-Racing Performance Horse,” promotes medical practices the AAEP believes place the appropriate emphasis on the health, safety, and welfare of performance horses.

Focusing on the highly competitive performance horse environment, the guidelines address the importance of obtaining a specific diagnosis before administering treatment.

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What A Horse 2011 Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration

Dora — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 19:44:39 +0000

Pony visits patients at Akron Children’s Hospital

Dora — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 21:39:56 +0000

By Bob Seeley

AKRON, Ohio – What’s the last thing you might expect to see walking the halls of a hospital? If you said a horse, you’d be wrong if you were at Akron Children’s Hospital Thursday morning.
Petie the pony visitied patients at their bedsides to warm the hearts of children and their families.
Petie, who just turned 20 years old, has been visiting the hospital since 1997 and is the only horse certified to be inside a hospital in the country. The children Petie meets are patients whose days are usually filled with tests, doctors and hospital routine. Then as they sit in their rooms, a horse walks in and suddenly the day becomes a little brighter.

Patches the Coolest Horse

Dora — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 14:58:29 +0000

Horse pilates course offered by Derby College

Dora — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:15:06 +0000

If you’re lucky enough to be in Derby and feel that your horse is in need of a bit of relaxation, then Derby College could have the answer for you – horse Pilates.

On Saturday 17th September, Derby College’s Equine Centre at Broomfield Hall played host to a special Pilates workshop for riders and horse owners looking to improve the health and wellbeing of their animals.

The Pilates sessions was the latest in a series of short and part-time courses at the Equine Centre, aimed at supporting local equestrian enthusiasts with a wide range of skills including riding and grooming techniques.

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Horse Therapy Helps Boy with Autism

Dora — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 17:54:43 +0000

A blind horse in Florida has to be rescued after it walks into a pool

Dora — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 15:35:03 +0000

By: Eric Ristow, newsnet5.com
PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. – It was an unusual rescue in Florida when a blind horse was in a yard grazing when it accidentally walked into a pool.

Charity Spearheads Meeting Of Experts In Drive To Improve Horse Welfare

Dora — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 20:55:22 +0000

World Horse Welfare is bringing together a group of distinguished scientific experts in a bid to develop recommendations that will help address key welfare concerns currently facing horses being transported long distances across Europe to slaughter.

The leading international horse charity has arranged the meeting of experts in London on Wednesday 15 June 2011, during which professionals from across Europe and the USA will share their knowledge and experience. Exhaustion, journey times, dehydration and water provision are the topics being examined: all serious concerns that World Horse Welfare has documented during field investigations along Europe’s routes to slaughter.

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Nota bene: here, at Good Animal News, we do not agree with horse slaughtering!