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Horse meat set to be banned in Italy amid draft equine bill
Italy could soon ban horse meat as part of a law that would define equine animals including horses, donkeys and mules as pets, making it illegal to kill them.
The World’s Last Truly Wild Horses Are Thriving at Chernobyl
Ever since the nuclear disaster of 1986, the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone has taken on a second life as an animal haven of sorts. This toxic zone is now crawling with life no one expected.
American Horses Are Still Being Slaughtered for Meat
Nearly two decades ago, the United States effectively shut down domestic horse slaughter operations with a change to federal funding rules. The North American horse-meat industry has since declined, but it’s not gone entirely.
Horse abuse warning as hay prices double
A summer 2025 drought, brought on by extreme weather, is pushing hay prices up.
Horses can smell fear in humans, researchers say
Horses can smell fear, or at least whether you have scared yourself witless watching a horror movie, according to researchers who say the effect has consequences for riders, trainers and others who work with the animals.
Horse rescued after getting stuck in pond on Carbis Moor
A horse that got stuck in a pond on moorland had to be hauled out by firefighters. The animal was found 3ft (0.9m) deep in mud and water on Carbis Moor near St Austell, Cornwall, on the morning of 2 January.
Wild horses return to the Golden Steppe
Photojournalist Ami Vitale followed Przewalski’s horses—once declared extinct in the wild—on a 2,000-mile journey back to their ancestral home. (And only one tried to escape.) Przewalski's horses once roamed widely across Central Asia.
Branded New Forest ponies are well cared for | Letter
Letter: Brice Stratford defends traditional practices and says New Forest ponies have a better quality of life than any others
Horse meat set to be banned in Italy amid draft equine bill
Italy could soon ban horse meat as part of a law that would define equine animals including horses, donkeys and mules as pets, making it illegal to kill them.
The World’s Last Truly Wild Horses Are Thriving at Chernobyl
Ever since the nuclear disaster of 1986, the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone has taken on a second life as an animal haven of sorts. This toxic zone is now crawling with life no one expected.
American Horses Are Still Being Slaughtered for Meat
Nearly two decades ago, the United States effectively shut down domestic horse slaughter operations with a change to federal funding rules. The North American horse-meat industry has since declined, but it’s not gone entirely.
Horse abuse warning as hay prices double
A summer 2025 drought, brought on by extreme weather, is pushing hay prices up.
Horses can smell fear in humans, researchers say
Horses can smell fear, or at least whether you have scared yourself witless watching a horror movie, according to researchers who say the effect has consequences for riders, trainers and others who work with the animals.
Horse rescued after getting stuck in pond on Carbis Moor
A horse that got stuck in a pond on moorland had to be hauled out by firefighters. The animal was found 3ft (0.9m) deep in mud and water on Carbis Moor near St Austell, Cornwall, on the morning of 2 January.
Wild horses return to the Golden Steppe
Photojournalist Ami Vitale followed Przewalski’s horses—once declared extinct in the wild—on a 2,000-mile journey back to their ancestral home. (And only one tried to escape.) Przewalski's horses once roamed widely across Central Asia.
Branded New Forest ponies are well cared for | Letter
Letter: Brice Stratford defends traditional practices and says New Forest ponies have a better quality of life than any others
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