Horses can identify some colors; they see yellow and blue the best, but cannot recognize red. One study showed that horses could easily tell blue, yellow and green from gray, but not red. Horses also have a difficulty separating red Read more…
From those direct effects, the horse industry’s contribution ripples out into other sectors of the economy. Adding these ripple effects results in an estimate of the total contribution of the horse industry to the U.S. economy of $122 billion, and Read more…
In the limiting case where you take your car or horse for a run extremely rarely, the horse surely emits vastly more CO2 per km than the car. What animal gives off the most CO2? Cattle (raised for both beef Read more…
From those direct effects, the horse industry’s contribution ripples out into other sectors of the economy. Adding these ripple effects results in an estimate of the total contribution of the horse industry to the U.S. economy of $122 billion, and Read more…
Nutrients: When not managed properly, horse manure (feces and urine) can pollute the environment, mainly as ground or surface water pollution due to the nutrients nitrogen, phosphorus, and carbon (organic matter). These nutrients can reach waterways as surface runoff or Read more…
Horse manure is a good source of nutrients and a popular additive to many home gardens. Horse dung manure is highly valued by farmers because composting of horse manure makes the compost pile become super charged and also increases soil Read more…
The only ways people make money from horses themselves involve exploitation. Examples include racing, breeding, some forms of competition and horse slaughter. For the most part, horses are a costly hobby and interest. The expense is well worth it to Read more…
The researchers determined that a single horse can produce 45.5 pounds of methane gas per year, but amounts widely vary. Do horses emit methane gas? Methane is produced in nonruminant herbivores such as horses because they undergo hindgut fermentation. Although Read more…
A Horse Works Better On Rocky Surfaces It often leads to additional costs of constructing roads and other crucial infrastructure to make the place convenient for cars. On the other hand, horse riding does not require additional infrastructure like public Read more…
Fusaichi Pegasus is the most expensive horse ever costing $70 million. Living up to the mythical, this Thoroughbred racehorse won the Kentucky Derby in 2000. He has career earnings of almost $2 million and sired of over 75 stakes winners Read more…