11/22/2009 - Chicago Mounted Police Face Budget Cuts
Four horses that are part of Waukegan's mounted police patrol need new homes after budget troubles forced the Chicago suburb to cancel its equestrian unit. "We will be relinquishing the patrol," Waukegan police chief Artis Yancey...

11/20/2009 - Nancy Cox Honored with Bluegrass Tomorrow Vision Award
The University of Kentucky (UK) College of Agriculture's Nancy Cox, MS, PhD, is one of Kentucky's visionaries and innovators who was honored at Bluegrass Tomorrow's 20th Anniversary Vision Awards/InnoVision Breakfast on Oct. 30 at the...

11/21/2009 - Move Planned for New York Drug-Testing Lab
After nearly four decades, New York’s Cornell University is moving to close its world-famous equine drug-testing laboratory. An equine science program at a state university 70 miles up the road is eagerly willing to take over, and expand, an...

11/20/2009 - Readers Open Their Barns for Adoptable Horses
More than 1,040 readers of TheHorse.com responded to a poll asking, "Have you ever adopted a horse?"   Results were as follows:  Yes, but not through a rescue 45.98% (481) Yes,...