Horses In The Mist 2009 Mini Wall Calendar Information

Horse businesses booming in Lebanon, surrounding areas Local surge in industry reflects renewed interest in recreational riding, racing, boarding and breeding.

LEBANON -- Bryan McNabb can vouch for the region's soaring horse population. It often runs him ragged. McNabb, a veterinarian at the Lebanon Equine Clinic, said he and other veterinarians sometimes work as many as 80 hours a week to keep up with farm calls -- about 13,500 of them in 2005, up 29

Publication: Dayton Daily News

HORSE INDUSTRY STILL IMPORTANT TO PURCELL ECONOMY

Through the late 1970s and early 1980s, Oklahoma's horse industry rode the coattails of a euphoric oil and gas boom. Predominant among Oklahoma's thriving equine scheme was the McClain County community of Purcell. Even before the boom, Purcell was a hotbed of horse show and horse racing

Publication: The Journal Record

Horse roundup is taking the heat for deaths, injuries

CEDAR CITY -- Outlaw, Naylene Nield's pride and joy, is a real stud. "He's the ultimate boss," she says, rubbing the horse's broad forehead as he eyes a cluster of mares nearby. "He's the first wild stallion I ever adopted."Outlaw was born into Utah's wild horse Sulphur Herd that roams the Needle

Publication: Deseret News (Salt Lake City)

Horse feathers

Architectural terms reference many equestrian words Horses were once synonymous with American culture. Cowboys and Indians, horse-drawn carriages, the pony express, sidesaddle, saddle up and giddyup are a few expressions and images that remain integrated with our language and culture. Once the

Publication: Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA

Horse power: scientists explore how taming horses change the course of history.(life science)

Try to imagine a world without horses. A horse played a crucial role in the Revolutionary War: In 1775, Paul Revere galloped his horse through the night to alert American settlers that the British army was invading. Would the war have ended differently had Revere made his midnight ride on a cow

Publication: SuperScience

Horse feeds and feeding.

The mid-1990s have seen a tremendous resurgence in the popularity of the horse as a recreational and companion animal. This upward trend follows several years of declining horse populations beginning in the mid-1980s. The decline was reflected in high horse slaughter during this time. The

Publication: Feedstuffs

HORSE RESCUERS HORSES BOUND FOR SLAUGHTER ARE SAVED, TRAINED FOR ADOPTION.(LOCAL/WISCONSIN)

Byline: Lisa Schuetz Wisconsin State Journal TOWN OF ARENA -- Jenny Pulvermacher Ashbacher is a short woman - just over 5 feet tall. Yet when Annie, a 2-year-old quarter horse, charged her new owner three or four times after arriving at Ashbacher's 48-acre ranch this summer, Ashbacher didn't

Publication: Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)

Horse

HORSE HORSE. The horse in America dates at least from the single-hoofed Equus caballus that emerged in Pleistocene times, about 1 million years ago. Ancestors of the modern horse began a westward migration from North America across the land bridge between the north coast of Alaska and that of

Publication: Dictionary of American History

HORSE SLAUGHTER THE NATION'S WILD HERDS ARE MEETING THEIR DEATHS AT TAXPAYERS' EXPENSE.(News/National/International)

Byline: Martha Mendoza Associated Press Writer RENO, Nev. -- A multimillion-dollar federal program created to save the lives of wild horses is instead channeling them by the thousands to slaughterhouses where they are chopped into cuts of meat. Among those profiting from the slaughter are employees

Publication: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)

HORSE LOBBYISTS DIP INTO DEEP POCKETS\ GET MORE THAN $1M IN DONATIONS.(News)

Byline: Courtney Kinney Post staff reporter A recently formed advocacy organization for Kentucky's horse industry has collected more than $1 million in donations in its first two months. The Kentucky Equine Education Project, or KEEP, has generated an excited response since it was officially

Publication: The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY)