All Horses | September 8, 2008
When is an animal a pet, and when is it livestock?
One can have a pet cow, but that doesn’t mean that cattle are not livestock.
Horse owners increasingly abandoning their animals
KEVIN MURPHY | Sep 07, 2008
Unwanted horses are being left at auction barns, let go in the wild or tied to trees and fences in [...]
All Horses | August 15, 2008
Euthanasia considered for rescued horses.
Unless homes found, some rescued horses in El Dorado County may be euthanized [link]
Cynthia Hubert | Aug 15, 2008
It seemed like a storybook ending. Dozens of neglected animals rescued from a Somerset ranch found sanctuary at the Grace Foundation in El Dorado Hills, and most were adopted into good homes. But [...]
All Horses | August 14, 2008
Regarding humane treatment, more.
Homeless on the range [link]
Mary Zeiss Stange | Aug 14, 2008
Horses are being abandoned by the thousands across the USA. Some are strays, others a result of overbreeding or a sour economy. How should we humanely lessen their numbers?
It’s a climactic scene in the 1962 Kirk Douglas film, Lonely Are the Brave. [...]
All Horses | July 22, 2008
Euthanasia expensive, harmful to wildlife.
Article looks at dealing with disposing of a horse carcass.
Getting rid of horses no easy task [link]
NANCY HICKS | Jul 22, 2008
Carol Johnson grieved when her 28-year-old quarterhorse had to be put down. His knees were bad. Shots from the vet weren’t working. One night, Johnson and four friends couldn’t [...]
