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Combat to cowboy boots: Airman uses horses to spread resiliencyFarm Forum(AFNS) — Growing up, she recalled running around the woods of North Carolina trying to catch a wild horse. She had fallen in love with a flea bitten, little and gray Arabian hor...

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HorseChannel.comWhat's the Difference Between Mini Horses and Ponies?HorseChannel.comPonies are distinguished from full-sized horses based on size and stature. Ponies are smaller--under 14.2 hands--and usually stockier than horses. Ponies also ofte...

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Fewer days, fewer horses result in less business at NorthlandsDaily Racing FormUnless a deal is reached between Northlands and Horse Racing Alberta, the governing body of horse racing in the province, this will be the last year of racing at the five-fu...

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duPont Scott Equine Medical Center Gets High-Def CT ScannerTheHorse.comVirginia Tech's Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center (EMC), in Leesburg, has obtained a new high-definition computed tomography (CT) scanner to allow enhanced imaging capab...

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Expert horse shoer wished a speedy recovery by human and equine clients [Lisbon/Woodbine]Baltimore SunHe completed both radiation and chemotherapy and then surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Due to his general good health, a supportive wife and a great...

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WBIR.comPA rescue group rescues surviving horses from Knoxville crash ...WBIR.comAccording to Omega Horse Rescue, based in York County, the horses were being transported to a slaughterhouse when the accident happened on Sunday.20 horses rescued from cr...

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Police from 5 States Escalate Violence, Shoot Horses to Clear 1851 Treaty CampCommon Dreams (press release)CANNON BALL, N.D. - At approximately 11am, over 300 police officers in riot gear, on 8 ATVs, 5 armored vehicles, 2 helicopters, and numerous mili...

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Las Vegas Review-JournalBLM to remove 1100 horses from Nevada sage grouse habitatLas Vegas SunELKO, Nev. — The Bureau of Land Management is planning to remove 1,100 wild horses from a part of northern Nevada that also contains sage grouse habitat. Th...

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AZCentral.comMontini: Making horse sense from a horse's deathAZCentral.comOr as this reader told me, “Me and my friends argue over coffee about which candidate is the biggest horse's a**. Or whether YOU are the biggest horses a**. But we all ...

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Reno Gazette JournalReport: BLM has no strategic plan for wild horsesKSL.comSALT LAKE CITY — The nation's wild horse and burro population is growing by 18 percent to 20 percent each year under a budget that has ballooned 433 percent over the past...