The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) has reinforced its opposition to the use of double-deck trailers to transport horses and other equines by approving a new policy on the Humane Transport of Equines.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Md. — Temperatures are warming, pastures are greening, and the flying, creeping, and crawling pests are making their yearly appearance.

The Humane Society of the United States is offering a reward up to $2,500 for information leading to the identification, arrest and conviction of the person or people responsible for several acts of apparent animal cruelty at an equine rescue center near Morriston. 

BOZEMAN, Mont. -- Horses are being abandoned or neglected because the cost of keeping them has skyrocketed and many people don't understand all that's required of a horse owner, panelists said recently at Montana State University's fourth annual equine conference.

The Humane Society of the United States is offering a reward up to $2,500 for information leading to the identification, arrest and conviction of the person or people responsible for dragging a blind 10-year-old pony to death April 30 in Shenango Township, PA.

SOLVANG, CALIFORNIA - Monty Roberts, internationally acclaimed horse trainer, animal behaviorist and author of the best-selling The Man Who Listens to Horses, continues his mission statement to "leave the world a better place than I found it for horses and for people too" by advocating change in the horse racing industry.

Upon accusations that Eight Belles was given steroids, her trainer, Larry Jones, ordered a drug test to accompany the filly’s necropsy yesterday to prove that she was clean.

LEXINGTON, KY - A number of factors have converged to make this a very difficult year for Kentucky’s horses. Equine overpopulation, a challenging economy, and last summer’s draught are among the causes of distress that have put Kentucky’s horses in the national media spotlight.