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Horse Show To Step Up Drug Tests
The Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration plans to step up drug tests on horses, from WSMV.  Read more >>

BLM seeking wild horse advisory board members
The Federal Bureau of Land Management is seeking nominations to fill three vacancies on the national Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board, from KMTR.  Read more >>

Horse processing is a private property issue, Stenholm says
The horse slaughter issue is a private property issue according to former U.S. Rep. Charles Stenholm, D-TX, who was a featured speaker at the 96th annual Kansas Livestock Association convention held Dec. 4 and 5 in Wichita, Kansas, from the HPJ.  Read more >>

Equine Welfare

Sledders attempt to save horses
McBride (Canada) residents are doing what they can to rescue a pair of horses that have been mysteriously stranded for several weeks at a popular snowmobiling area in the Robson Valley, from the Prince George Citizen.  Read more >>

New Article on safergrass.org – The Influence of Solar Radiation and Temperature on the Diurnal Fluctuation of NSC in Grass
Previous studies have shown that grass in the evening is higher in NSC than grass in the morning, particularly in the upper layers that are subjected to the most sunlight and may contain developing seed heads in late spring, from AHP.  Read more >>

Industry News

Hood River Business Owner in National Limelight for Eco-friendly Equestrian Apparel
Kerri Kent has a vision for the future of a sustainable planet, from AHP.  Read more >>

Preserving USA High Standards, Maker of Horse Saddles & Tack Announces Web Site Launch
Amish neighbors have been employing horse-drawn power and constructing saddles, tack and harnesses for their horses for generations. Now available to the public through this new web site, horse saddles and tack that contain the superb workmanship one would expect from a community that constructs tack for a living and a lifestyle, from Yahoo.  Read more >>

SmartPak™ Named a Top Place to Work
At SmartPak, employees are happy to be at work, from AHP.  Read more >>

Also Read: HorseChannel Newswire – 20/12/2008