A herd of 33 starving horses have been rescued from an acreage near Bonnyville, and charges are pending against the owner, the Alberta SPCA says.
Four horses were also found dead on the property, which was searched Friday by the agency after it received a complaint.
The surviving animals, several of which are pregnant, were taken to [...]

The Alberta SPCA has seized 33 horses from a private property over allegations they were in distress.
The animals were taken from the property in Springbank area, west of Calgary, on Jan. 5 under the Animal Protection Act, but no charges have yet been laid, Morris Airey, director of animal protection services, said on Friday.
Airey could [...]

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (AP) – An official at a Florida pharmacy said Thursday the business incorrectly prepared a supplement given to 21 polo horses that died over the weekend while preparing to play in a championship match.
Jennifer Beckett of Franck’s Pharmacy in Ocala, Fla., told The Associated Press in a statement that the business [...]

WELLINGTON, Florida (AP) – The sudden death of 21 polo horses in Florida may have been caused by a toxin that has yet to be identified by tests and could have been in the animals’ feed, vitamins or supplements, veterinarians said Monday.
The horses from the Venezuelan-owned team Lechuza Caracas sickened just before a tournament Sunday, [...]

HICKMAN, Neb. – This one-horse town looks like it’s set to become a no-horse town.
The owner of a 32-year-old horse named Peter Rabbit wasn’t able to buck a local ban on livestock within city limits.
After widespread publicity of the ban that threatened to kick Peter Rabbit off the pasture where he was born, the Hickman [...]

LIHUE, Hawaii – A man hoping to cheer up an ailing relative at Wilcox Memorial Hospital hadn’t considered one of the visitation rules: No horses allowed.
The man thought the patient would enjoy seeing his stallion, said Lani Yukimura, a spokeswoman at the hospital. He and the horse entered the hospital earlier this month and rode [...]

Cases of Potomac horse fever (PHF) are starting to appear in Ohio, according to Catherine Kohn, VMD, PhD, Dipl. ACVIM, professor in the Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences at The Ohio State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine. The hospital has recently seen three cases and diagnosed another via mail-in sample. One horse was euthanatized because [...]

A Niota, Tenn., horse might be confirmed as the world’s tallest when a representative from The Guinness Book of World Records measures her July 28, television station WBIR reported.
Handler Jessica Barnette told the station that Tina, a 3-year-old mare, currently stands at 20.1hh, and is expected to top out around 23hh. Her weight is [...]

(AP) St. Paul – Can’t afford the $250 donation it takes to get an engraved brick at the University of Minnesota’s new Equine Center? Take heart – for only $50, you could have a painting by a horse.
Hercules, that is, the Belgian gelding who serves as the unofficial mascot at the Veterinary Medical Center’s Large [...]