Faramawr and Aldrach can be found with Gary Goldtooth at his usual camp in Moorland, close to Old Jasper’s Barn. When in their normal form, they disguise themselves as Friesians… These fierce horses will join your family for 950 Star Read more…
Katy Perry will no longer have to pay $2.8m (£2.1m) to a rapper who said she stole his song on her hit Dark Horse. Did Dark Horse get copyrighted? A federal appeals court on Thursday (March 10) refused to reinstate Read more…
Live horses can be imported into Australia from selected department approved countries only. To bring horses to Australia, they must meet all of the department’s import conditions prior to export. The Biosecurity Import Conditions system (BICON) provides the import conditions Read more…
USDA regulations for importing equines can be found on their Veterinary Services, Import/Export website. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) requires various periods of quarantine depending on the country of origin of the horse. How much is an imported Read more…
Horses (Equus caballus) were introduced with European settlement both in Australia and New Zealand. Over time, animals escaped and were released and were first recognised as pests in Australia in the 1860’s. How are horses transported internationally? These days, horses Read more…
Wild Hearts A mini-documentary about the wild horses of Alberta. There are less than 1,700 wild horses remaining in the foothills of Alberta. Are there any wild horses in Alberta? Feral horses are found along the Eastern Slopes of Alberta Read more…
Although the hard hoof wall has no nerve endings, horses can feel pain in their hooves. Beneath the outer shell is several layers of soft tissue with a rich supply of blood vessels and nerves. Diseases that affect these structures Read more…
Because we cool by sweating rather than panting, we can stay cool at speeds and distances that would overheat other animals. On a hot day, the two scientists wrote, a human could even outrun a horse in a 26.2-mile marathon. Read more…
When they enter REM sleep, they need to be lying down, because all their muscles—including the stay apparatus—relax. Even so, some horses go into REM sleep standing up, she said. When that happens, their legs buckle under them, and they Read more…
400,000 feral horses. There are an estimated 400,000 feral horses roaming Australia, an incredible number when you consider that they were introduced to the continent just over 200 years ago by European colonisers. Are there feral horses in Australia? In Read more…