World´s Tallest Horse
April 30th, 2008 by admin
Noddy the Shire horse is a strapping lad. He weighs in at 1.3 tonnes and could one day tip the scales at 1.5 tonnes. He takes an eight-foot cover and his Australian owner is getting him used to a ladder to make getting into the saddle a little easier.
In short, Noddy has one mighty body.
Noddy, who has just turned five, is almost certainly the world’s tallest horse, standing 20.1 hands at the withers. His height - that’s 81 inches, or 2.057m - puts him a full inch (2.5cm) taller than Tina, a Shire horse officially listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the world’s tallest.
Tennessee-based Tina, aged four, died late last month before she was to undergo hip surgery.
It seems that Noddy’s owner, Jane Greenman, has plenty more of Noddy to look forward to in the future: Heavy horses continue to grow to the age of seven and it is possible the gelding will put on another 200kg before he’s fully grown.
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Stacey Westfall on Ellen
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“Everything Equine”
April 21st, 2008 by adminHorses big and small will be the focus this weekend at Everything Equine - one of New England’s largest equine educational events - on Saturday and Sunday at the Champlain Valley Exposition’s Robert E. Miller Expo Centre.
The annual show, spotlights the impact horse owners have on the state’s economy and the many ways horses are used from sport to work.
Hours for the show are 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Sunday. Advance tickets are $8, day of show $10. A two-day pass is available for $14 and kids under 5 are free with an adult.
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21 starving horses found in Kentucky
April 17th, 2008 by adminA southern Kentucky man is in jail after officials find over twenty starving horses at his home.
Police arrested 54 year old Jerry Campbell of Rockcastle County and charged him with 21 counts of second degree cruelty to animals.
Officers say they think the horses were probably not property fed for months and that five of them died.
They say it looks like Campbell was trying to care for too many of the animals at once.
The Rockcastle County Animal Shelter is accepting donations to help care for the animals.
Source: wymt news
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Barnfire kills 2 horses
April 17th, 2008 by adminA barn fire south of St. John killed two horses trapped in their stalls early today. Multiple fire departments responded to the blaze, with firefighters beating it back for about 40 minutes. “But it was already gone,” Cedar Lake Fire Chief Todd Wilkening said. The barn was owned by Jose and Adela Vega. They were set to enter the show horses in Chicago’s Cinco de Mayo parade.
Source: Post tribune
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Volunteers help starving horses
April 17th, 2008 by adminSOUTHWEST RANCHES, Fla. — Seven horses left to fend for themselves in a small bare paddock in Southwest Ranches are finally getting some food.
After Local 10 reported on the condition of the farm animals, viewers called, e-mailed and even stopped by to see if they could help the hungry horses.
“That’s a shame to let them starve like that,” said Robin Varone, a South Florida horse lover who drove down from West Palm Beach after seeing the report.
The Broward Sheriff’s Office is continuing to investigate the matter, but that doesn’t mean the horses are being unattended to.
“In order to be able to get the information we need to make decisions about whether to confiscate the horses or not, we need a little time to conduct an investigation,” said Sherry Schlueter with BSO’s animal abuse and neglect unit. “In the meantime, the horses are not left without food or water. They are being provided that.”
Schlueter told Local 10’s Todd Tongen that a horse veterinarian has also been called to conduct a thorough examination.
Meanwhile, Plantation resident Rhoda Smith stopped by a neighbor’s farm to see if she could help.
“I can’t stand to see them be mistreated, not being fed like that, so I just wanted to find out if I could help in any way,” said Smith.
Schlueter said the best way to help the animals is to donate money to the fund for abused animals, a not-for-profit organization she founded that is paying for the care of the horses.
“Well-intentioned citizens who might want to go out and provide feed or grain or things like that to the horses may actually do more harm than good by feeding an over-rich diet or feeding the horses something they’re not accustomed to eating,” said Schlueter.
To make a donation, call the BSO animal abuse hotline at 954-321-4239 or e-mail Schlueter at sherry_schlueter@sheriff.org.
Source: Local 10 news
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Healing use if stem cells
April 15th, 2008 by adminFREDERICTON — The use of stem cell technology to repair tendon and ligament damage in horses could lead to good news some day for humans hobbled by similar problems.
Unencumbered by many of the prohibitions governing the use of stem cells in humans, veterinarians in Canada are speeding ahead with the latest developments to treat injured, high performance horses.
The Atlantic Veterinary College at the University of Prince Edward Island is partnering with VetCell Bioscience Ltd. in England to introduce a new equine stem cell therapy to Canada that aims to make lame horses as good as new.
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Buckinghamshire horses to stay put
April 15th, 2008 by adminA court decision to return 18 shetland ponies and 11 donkeys to the Buckinghamshire farm from which they were seized has been suspended, pending appeal.
The suspension will allow time for the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA), supported by other animal welfare groups, to appeal the original decision to the High Court.
The decision was greeted with applause from the public gallery.
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Farmer fails to get horses back
April 15th, 2008 by admin 
One of the horses being tended to by an RSPCA member
A farming family accused of starving and neglecting over 100 horses, donkeys and ponies have failed in their legal bid to get their animals returned.
Meat trader Jamie Gray and his family’s 111 horses, ponies and donkeys were seized from Spindles farm in Hyde Heath, Buckinghamshire, in January.
The Grays were attempting to enforce a court order made earlier this month by Deputy District Judge Sandeep Kainth to allow 29 of the animals to be returned.
However, the order was contested by the RSPCA and stayed by Judge Kainth on Monday.
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Feeding a Horse After Colic
April 13th, 2008 by adminNutritional support of horses following a bout of colic is important, especially for hospitalized horses following colic surgery, noted Ray Geor, BVSc, MVSc, PhD, Dipl. ACVIM, professor, Paul Mellon Distinguished Chair, and director of Virginia Tech’s Middleburg Agricultural Research and Extension Center in Middleburg, Va.
Geor discussed the topic of diet after colic at the 2007 American Association of Equine Practitioners Convention, held Dec. 1-5 in Orlando, Fla. There are arguments as to how much to feed following a colic attack or colic surgery. A horse needs nutrients for healing and immune function, but loading the bowels with feed (and the weight of the feed) might increase the chance for intestinal shutdown and colic relapse or for breakdown of the abdominal incision. It has been common practice to withhold feed initially and provide only water and possibly intravenous fluids and electrolytes to a horse that suffered from colic or colic surgery, then slowly re-introduce feed at a rate that allows the GI system to accommodate forage.
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