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When considering purchasing equine mortality insurance you may come across different terms related to your horse's value. These include “agreed value” and “actual cash value” (fair market value). So what's it all...
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It sneaks up on you. First, it’s only the little things, like the new guy at the feed store carrying your grain out and putting it in the truck for you… and calling you Ma’am. Or the breeches that you used to love no...
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Monica Thors
A New Jersey judge gives an animal cruelty defendant the chance to have felony charges brought against her dismissed. Monica Thors, 57, of Mullica Hill must complete one-year of diversion, altho...
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A horse shopping excursion to Amsterdam left a California dressage trainer the victim of online fraud for hundreds of thousands of dollars when importing horses. What can you do to protect yourself?
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Update
Thirty-four-year-old Ericka K. Smith, who also goes by the name Ericka Benman, is now serving her time in an Oklahoma prison. A judge sentenced Smith to serve 63 months in prison for fraud of almost $1.5 milli...
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Twenty four horses perished on Dec. 27 in one of the nation’s worst barn fires in recent history. The early-morning blaze at the Patricelli family’s Folly Farm in Simsbury, CT, impacted the main barn, where two d...
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USEF investigates Johnson & Johnson heiress Jazz Johnson-Merton. See the video of her attempt to kick her horse in the stomach during Hampton Classic....
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Peppermint Kisses for Ponies
Christmas means family, friends, and all of this puts me in the mood to bake, even for my ponies. A half cup flour, a quarter cup oats, apple, and lots of love go into these homemade Pepper...
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Death Investigation Closed
Update October 30, 2017
Florida authorities have ruled the death of former veterinarian Scott Langton a suicide.
The District Nine Medical Examiner's office states Langton's cause of d...
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Teen helped in home, vet clinic
Florida authorities arrested and charged former equine veterinarian Scott Langton, 42, with felony sexual battery of a teen.
Langton's former teenage worker is accusing him of drugging ...
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How you can help
Horses saved from rising floodwaters after Hurricane Harvey last month remain unclaimed by their owners. As a result, they could end up at auction this week and this may be just the beginning.
A Coll...
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Details still emerging
Oklahoma officials confirm an equine infectious anemia (EIA) disease investigation led to the euthanasia of a Bryan County horse.
The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture (ODAFF) has placed ...
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For equestrians trying to justify those monthly horse expenses to their horse show dads (or moms), there's good news. Horses are helping golfers improve their performance and consistency on the golf course....
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As a plaintiff attorney, calls to my office have increased from injured equestrians or family members of injured riders. Often they question whether their head injuries are the result of a failed helmet design. Find out if...
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Two-time animal cruelty offender
A Montana judge sentenced the owner of Kountz Arena to probation Thursday for felony animal cruelty.
Bozeman's Dayle Kountz kept his stallion Young Doc Bar alive after an accident w...
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A Maryland school district approved guidelines allowing the use of miniature horses as service animals aligning it with the Americans with Disabilities Act. ...
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Deadly disease
North Carolina Ag officials confirm a mule tested positive for the deadly Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA) last week.
A veterinarian pulled blood from the 14-year-old female or mollie mule located in J...
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Horse farms accepting evacuees from Florida [click the link to see available stabling for Florida horses] may require a current negative Coggins. Take your horse's Coggins along with proper identification and vaccination...
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Officials confirm two more horses in southwestern Kansas have tested positive for an incurable, infectious disease.
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A Virginia judge sentenced Nottoway County horse farm owner Robin Vince to spend a year in jail for felony animal cruelty...
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