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Equine Welfare: Great Britain Enacts Legislation to Curb Abandonment and Unsupervised Grazing
Following Wales in January 2014, England recently passed a law on May 26, 2015, aimed at combating horses, ponies, and donkeys that stray on land or pastures without authorizati...
Animal Welfare: New Zealand Recognizes Animals as Sentient Beings
A bill amending the Animal Welfare Act of 1999 explicitly recognizes that animals are sentient beings capable of experiencing emotions—both positive and negative—such as pain or...
Horse Welfare: The British Equine Veterinary Association (BEVA) Launches Two Pilot Projects, One in the U.K. and One in Morocco
The Beva Trust has partnered with the British Horse Society (BHS) and the Moroccan Society for the Protection of Animals and Nature (Spana) to carry out two initiatives aimed at...
Horse Meat: A New Case of Fraud Uncovered in Europe
An organized criminal network that was selling horse meat unfit for human consumption in the European Union has just been dismantled. Joint action by the countries involved, wit...
Horse Meat Scandal: Two and a Half Years in Prison for Dutch Wholesaler
The prosecutor had sought a five-year prison sentence; Willy Selten was sentenced to two and a half years. The Dutch trader behind the infamous “beef-to-horse lasagna” fraud was...
Horse Welfare: Better Understanding Herd Dynamics in the Pasture
The behavior of horses during grazing often seems mysterious to humans. Sometimes, a simple movement of the ear or tail is enough for a horse to “communicate” with the entire he...