Ottawa, Ontario — Equine Canada’s Breeds & Industry Division is inviting breeders, breed associations and businesses to participate in a mission to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, March 27-April 5, 2007. You can attend in person or simply send your promotional material to be given away on your behalf. (more…)
We ran an add on your site. Someone replied to it and ended up sending us a cheque for 6980.00 and our animals were only 2700.00 they wanted us to send the money on with the trucker. However I read your scam page so I was on to them. I took all there emails and there cheque to the RCMP. The cheque was no good and there is an ongoin investigation lauched by the bank in the US. Fell free to contact me if you need more info.
Ottawa, Ontario — Canadian Warmblood Horse Breeders Association (CWHBA) is pleased to launch the central components to its newly established Export Marketing plan. Presented during the 2007 Equine Canada Annual Convention, to delegates invited to represent the Breeds and Industry division on February 9th, 2007, it demonstrates a commitment to increase awareness of the ‘Made in Canada’ message. (more…)
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WASHINGTON – Animal rights groups mounted a final effort Tuesday to push through a ban on U.S. horse slaughterhouses in the closing days of Congress, displaying graphic videos and wielding a letter of support from more than a fourth of the Senate’s 100 members. (more…)
By Randy Taylor, Black Hills Pioneer  December 04, 2006
Ashley Andrews of North Dakota was named Miss Rodeo America 2007 in ceremonies held earlier today at the Orleans Hotel and Casino. Andrews, who was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s disease earlier this year, is the first North Dakotan to be selected for the honor just the second in the history of the Miss Rodeo America Pageant, which dates back to 1956. Andrews, who hails from Mandan, is a senior at the University of North Dakota and is a financial manager for a North Dakota political group. (more…)
Last Updated: Friday, December 1, 2006 | 9:02 PM ET The Associated Press
Vancouver-born Russell Baze became racing’s winningest jockey Friday when he broke Laffit Pincay Jr.’s record with a victory aboard Butterfly Belle at Bay Meadows in San Mateo, Calif.
Win No. 9,531 came in the fourth race, when Baze found a hole along the rail and drove through it. He whipped the filly right-handed down the stretch to win on the Longden turf course, named for Johnny Longden, who once held the record Baze broke. (more…)
FDA Warns Horse Owners About Fumonisins in Horse Feed
Each year, a number of horses die from eating corn or corn byproducts containing fumonisins. Fumonisins are a group of toxins produced by an endophytic mold found within the corn kernel. Typically, fumonisins are produced while the corn plant is growing in the field, but levels can also increase under improper storage conditions after harvest. (more…)
November 24, 2006
FDA Warns Horse Owners and Veterinarians About Deaths Due to Unapproved Clenbuterol
FDA has become aware of the deaths of several horses in the State of Louisiana associated with the use of a product labeled as “Clenbuterol HCL.â€Â Horse owners and veterinarians should be aware that there are no generic clenbuterol-containing products approved for animals. There is one clenbuterol containing product approved as safe and effective for use in horses, trade name Ventipulmin®. This is a link to information about Ventipulmin on the FDA/Center for Veterinary Medicine website — http://dil.vetmed.vt.edu/Display/NadaPrint.cfm?NadaString=140-973 (more…)
One lucky horse
Not much for racing, son of A.P. Indy finds success as a pet
By Linda B. Blackford
HERALD-LEADER STAFF WRITER
Editor’s note:
In 2001, Herald-Leader reporter Linda Blackford and photographer David Stephenson documented the life of a Kentucky Derby prospect. They chose a foal named Lunar Perigee, a nobly bred thoroughbred owned by Woodford County’s Pin Oak Stud. In 2002 and 2003, the paper followed the horse’s upbringing, training and first year of races.
His racing career continued through this year. But then, with the help — quite by chance — of Herald-Leader journalists, his life took a decidedly different turn. (more…)
Ottawa, Ontario — The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is proposing changes to the amount of compensation paid to owners of animals ordered destroyed for disease control purposes under the authority of the Health of Animals Act. The proposed animal categories and maximum compensation amounts have been published in Canada Gazette, Part I, for a 30-day public comment period (beginning November 18, 2006). (more…)