Posted by on Jan 20, 2010 in General News | 0 comments
It was only a matter of time before EIA worked its way into the UK…
And now it has, via 2 horses imported in from Romania via Belgium on 22nd December. Defra has confirmed that these horses will be destroyed after testing positive during random post-import testing. 50 more equines at the same yard, reportedly a dealer who regularly imports equine under the guise of for ‘breeding...
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Posted by on Jan 9, 2010 in General News | 2 comments
We have been contacted by the owner of 2 miniature horses who were stolen of the night of 29/12/09. Bailey and Tinkerbell were bought 4 weeks ago as a way of getting back into horses after a riding accident left their owner paralysed from the chest down and in a wheelchair. They were the ideal size for him to groom and take for walks and he was planning on showing them this year.
Their...
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Posted by on Jan 8, 2010 in General News, Welfare | 0 comments
Some breeds of horse will be coping better with the cold weather than others. Our friend Gazza has no problems being a rotund Norwegian Fjord, and isn’t letting a bit of snow get in the way of his grazing (obviously he’s the one with his head down)!
Have a look at our older blog postings on how to deal with equines and cold weather, or if you have any concerns about equines you...
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Posted by on Dec 31, 2009 in General News | 0 comments
Regardless of their actual birth date,the official administrative birthday for horses is tomorrow, January 1st. This date originally came about to make it easier to define age groups in racing for Thoroughbred horses. Nowadays, January 1st is marked as the horses official birthday in most Northern Hemisphere countries including France (in the Southern Hemisphere it is 1st August).
Foals of most...
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Posted by on Dec 11, 2009 in General News | 0 comments
An injured donkey abandoned near to the Dead Sea in Jordan has been rescued by British charity SPANA after a plea for help was made on its Facebook page. The donkey was spotted by a member of the public on November 25, who then contacted SPANA through it’s Facebook page.
SPANA’s headquarters in London immediately alerted its office in Amman, Jordan and a team headed off to look for...
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Posted by on Dec 9, 2009 in General News, Welfare | 2 comments
Equine ATYPICAL MYOPATHY (Myopathie Atypique in French) is a frequently fatal condition affecting grazing horses in autumn and/or spring. The clinical signs of this myopathy seem to appear after typical climatic conditions with global warming also being blamed for the increase in cases recently.
At the beginning of December there were 300 reported cases in Europe, over 80 of these being within...
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