Day: May 22, 2012

Equine Identification Traditional Methods and New Technologies

Free Webinar Tuesday, May 29, 2012 8-9 p.m. EDT

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Horses can recognise their owners from their voices and create a mental picture of familiar humans

When a familiar person’s voice is played from a hidden loudspeaker, horses look towards them more than to another individual they know, or a stranger.

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FDA report outlines food safety deficiencies at Diamond Pet Foods plant

Diamond Pet Foods, the company behind a massive recall of dry dog food due to Salmonella contamination that has sickened at least 16 people, was not taking “all reasonable precautions”

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Graphic horse soring video released trainer indicted

“All too often, you have to cheat to win in this sport,” said Keith Dane of the Humane Society of the United States.

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Mad cow quarantines lifted at 2 California dairies

Tests performed by the World Organization for Animal Health also confirmed what U.S. labs had found: The cow had a random mutation of the illness that was unlikely to affect other cows in the herd.

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