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Media Barn: New in Books – A Horse by Nature

Mary Ann Simonds

Managing Emotional and Mental Stress in Horses for Improved Welfare by Mary Ann Simonds Renowned wild horse ecologist and equine behaviorist Mary Ann Simonds provides a practical soup-to-nuts manual for understanding how horses think, feel, learn, communicate, and interact with each other and with humans. Integrating over 30 years of … Read More

Picasso – April-May 2024 Equine Art Raffle Painting Benefiting Rescue Horses

To raise money for our Harmony HorseWorks Equine Welfare Fund, we continue our 2024 periodic equine art raffle campaign and invite you to bid on this month’s featured painting, Picasso, by equine artist Barbara Wright. The fund helps support rescue horses in CO and AZ and our therapy programs. Picasso … Read More

Editor’s Postcard: Who Will Carry On?

horse business

Equine Facility Professionals are Hard Workers, Passionate, and (Maybe) Crazy A few years back a teenage student of mine asked, “What will happen to all these horse facilities owned by old women like you after you all die?” Ha! I was taken aback (to say the least). I was only … Read More

HSUS Cashes In On PZP Sales While Wild Horses, Native Wildlife and Range Health Continue To Suffer

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Funding in the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) budget for wild horse roundups has been cut by $5.9 million, as part of the federal spending bill signed into law in early March 2024.  Ironically, this move came directly on the heels of a Nevada Wildlife Commission meeting and endorsement of … Read More

New & Noteworthy: Horse Industry Podcast Seeks Pictures and Descriptions of First Ponies

Photo Courtesy Kim Roe

While some equestrians are fortunate to own, ride, and show world champion horses, the love and appreciation for our first ponies is something we never forget. The Horse Industry Podcast (horseindustrypodcast.com) has launched a new long-term project to capture the stories of first ponies through their “Registry of the Remarkables” … Read More

Outbreak Alerts: April 15, 2024 Strangles in King County, WA

Equine Herpesvirus- Neurologic

Source: State Veterinarian Office Confirmed Case(s) – Voluntary Quarantine Number Confirmed: 1Number Exposed: UnknownFacility Type: Private FacilityComments: Under veterinary care. No quarantine. For more information about Strangles, go to https://www.equinediseasecc.org/strangles See past published Outbreak Alerts: https://nwhorsesource.com/category/news/alerts

Diamond-McNabb Ranch Horse Sale Announces 16th Annual Sale Date of June 1, 2024

All Photos and Images Courtesy Diamond-McNabb Ranch Horses

Offering quality ranch-trained horses for almost 20 years DOUGLAS, Wyo. (April 1, 2024) – The Diamond-McNabb Ranch Horse Sale has announced its 16th annual sale will happen on June 1, 2024. The 16th annual sale will feature 85 quality ranch-trained horses at the beautiful Powderhorn Ranch near Douglas, Wyoming.  “We could not be more … Read More

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