#Act4 LabAnimals Animal issues are no longer socially invisible, and increasingly, greater attention is being devoted to understanding the moral significance of experiences of animals and to taking into consideration the welfare of animals. AVMA Guidelines for the Euthanasia of Animals: 2020 Edition 29 January 2020
#Act4 Equines He’s just a baby, but he can still learn important tasks like leading. According to Australian and New Zealand researchers, though, he’ll need a day off about every two or three days. Research finds young foals in halter training need frequent days off 14 November 2019
#Act4 Equines Tens of thousands of wild horses and burros are ranging over federal land in the West, three times what the land can support, and the agency says its efforts to manage the herd are increasingly coming up short. On Virginia’s Eastern Shore, wild horses are an asset, not a headache 12 November 2019
#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 Under Communism, farmers labored in the fields that stretch for miles around this town west of Budapest, reaping wheat and corn for a government that had stolen their land. The Money Farmers: How oligarchs and populists milk the EU for millions 3 November 2019
#Act4 AnimalsEU Racing Australia boss Barry O’Farrell condemns ‘unacceptable’ practices following ABC report on racehorses Prosecutions 'should occur' after footage reveals racehorse cruelty and slaughter for EU-bound meat 18 October 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals French researchers found that horses stalled with enrichments, such as forage, windows, and toys, still exhibited signs of stress and depression associated with confinement. French researchers conclude enrichments aren’t enough to make box stalls better 11 October 2019
#Act4 AnimalsEU Please share this video provided by our partners Tierschutzbund and The Animal Welfare Foundation, which depicts the cruelty inflicted on approximately 400 emaciated, dying, and dead horses observed on a pasture near Buenos Aires. 400 emaciated, dying, and dead horses in Argentina prompts call for suspension of horsemeat trade 22 September 2019 AWF
#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 Just nine months into legalizing cannabis across the country, the Canadian federal government has greenlit the first pot shop marketed specifically to horses and their owners. First legal pot shop for horses opens in Canada 11 July 2019
#Act4 Equines The comedian took to Twitter to vent his disgust at footage of the Rapa das Bestas festival which sees wild horses corralled into small arenas. Ricky Gervais leads outrage at footage of people wrestling terrified horses at Spain’s Rapa das Bestas festival 8 July 2019
#Act4 Equines A hot humid day. One rider. One horse. Both are exercising at a moderate level. Who is more likely to overheat? Summer riding: when the rider is hot, the horse is hotter 8 July 2019