Christian Bale grew up a vegetarian and was instilled with a strong appreciation for animal welfare. That childhood education has carried over to adulthood as all of the actor’s pets were at one time stray cats and dogs.
But the Batman star credits his greatest influence on acting to horses. “I love horses. I’ve learned from [...]
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Bay County Sheriff’s deputies were forced to use a Taser to subdue an escaped emu named Plop-Plop. The large female bird escaped from a farm last weekend and on Monday, she holed up with some horses and goats in a pen.
When deputies arrived, the emu “went kind of crazy,” said Sheriff’s deputy Randolph Grob.
The deputies [...]
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The growing use of animal dietary supplements has raised several concerns, including the safety of specific supplements and the approaches taken to determine their safeness.
A new National Research Council report, requested by the Center for Veterinary Medicine of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, assesses whether the addition of three dietary supplements — lutein, evening [...]
A new test for West Nile virus in horses that could be modified for use on humans and wildlife may help track the spread of the disease, according to an article in the September issue of the Journal of Medical Microbiology.
West Nile virus infects a wide range of animals, including humans, horses, dogs, cats, bats, [...]
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When the horses and competitors go through their paces at the Summer Olympics in Hong Kong in 2008, it will be very hot and very humid – just as it is every summer there. Three special blankets will offer the Swiss teams’ tournament horses some respite from the elements.
When the animals move from their air-conditioned [...]
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Young horses may be easier to train if they temporarily lay off the sweets, says a Montana State University study where two-year-olds wore pedometers, wrist watches and Ace bandages.
A commercial mixture of corn, oats, barley and molasses — sometimes called “sweet grain” or “sweet feed” — gives horses the glossy coat and lively spirit that [...]
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Mercedes Clemens is certified to massage humans, but she claims the state of Maryland is keeping her from her first love: Massaging horses.
She shut down her equine massage practice in a Washington suburb after state officials told her state law only allows veterinarians to perform such services.
Now she’s suing two state agencies, saying regulators are [...]
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Hawk Reeves named her place Phoenix Pharms, after the mythical bird that rises from its own ashes, because it’s where her rescued horses and other animals find new life.
“It’s the place where heaven and horses meet,” she said.
Giving animals second chances is a passion for Reeves, who has lived with husband, Paul, on the 80-acre [...]
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Across Southern California, the 5.4 earthquake rattled furry nerves and ruffled feathers–literally.
“My birds felt it first,” reported one reader. “They were all fluffy and upset a few seconds before it happened.”
In Chino Hills, the epicenter of the quake, Alissa Sissung’s 10-year-old daughter, Delaney, was spending the day at a horse camp not far from her [...]
There is an aura of content among the donkeys, cows, pigs, goats, horses, rabbits and cats at Rosia Kennedy’s Rainbow End Farm in Granby.
Kennedy rescued all of the 45 animals at the 8-acre farm from abuse, neglect or slaughter. Today they live in stalls and cages kept spic-and-span by Kennedy, a wiry 4-foot-11-inch woman with [...]
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