I love my Google Alerts. Most of the time there’s nothing terribly interesting, but from time to time I find some real gold nuggets. Today I discovered Woodend Farms, a non-profit organization in Barrington, IL that focuses on caring and training retired thoroughbred racehorses.
My horse, Penny, was a racehorse we bought off the track 14 [...]

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The biggest problem with the campaign to stop horse slaughter in the U.S. is the lack of a better solution for dealing with an over-population of horses and a declining economy.
One of the headline articles in the New York Times online this morning was a general overview of the horse slaughter debate, “Death Across the [...]

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Just an update for anyone following the fate of the 41 horses who survived the double-decker trailer accident in Wadsworth, Illinois:
The first of the horses have left Fred and Vicki Carney’s farm for new loving homes, which have been carefully screened by a committee of the veterinarians and horse owners who have been involved [...]

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Horses are dying all the time in our country — whether it’s natural causes, euthanizing, or even slaughter — because people don’t take care of them. Most times, it’s not because the owner is purposely abusing the horse, it’s because they just plain don’t know any better.
So many people think that getting a horse is [...]

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