#Act4 Equines An Italian study found horses and dogs can play together, communicating their intentions of playing and reading and mimicking each other’s facial expressions. Horses and dogs understand and adapt to each other in play 28 April 2020
#Act4 Equines Without speaking the same language, it’s impossible to know for sure what your horse thinks or feels. Every horse is different, and every horse/human relationship is different, but science can give us hints at what’s going on in your horse’s mind. Do horses miss their owners when they're not around? 26 April 2020
#Act4 Equines For the purpose of this position statement, a restrictive noseband is defined as one that is tight enough to prevent the placement of two adult fingers between the noseband and the frontal nasal plane. Position paper brings scientific evidence of potential adverse effects of restrictive nosebands on horses 5 November 2019
#Act4 Equines Girth aversion or girthiness is a nonspecific clinical sign anecdotally associated with multiple conditions in the horse Girthiness: retrospective study of 37 horses 11 August 2019
#Act4 Equines Domestic donkeys descended from wild asses, adapted to the semi-arid climates of Africa, whereas domestic horses originate from more temperate areas of Eurasia. Study explores shelter-seeking behaviour of donkeys and horses in temperate climates 15 May 2019
#Act4 Equines Equine assisted interventions (EAIs) include all therapeutic interventions aimed at improving human wellbeing through the involvement of horses. Emotional transfer in human–horse interaction: New perspectives on equine-assisted interventions 26 February 2019