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GIRL SCOUT TROOP THANKS VET COLLEGE FOR SAVING FAVORITE HORSE For one family and a generous troop of Girl Scouts, their thankfulness will include the health of a horse named Denali and the "miracle workers" in the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech.
Nearly every Girl Scout in Troop #5110, in Summers County, W.V., has ridden and adored Denali, the 9-year-old Arabian gelding owned by Troop Leader Gayle Rancer, her husband Mark Rosenberg, and their daughters Sydney and Layla.
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BLM GATHERS 850 HORSES FROM WYOMING LAND 
The Bureau of Land Managed gathered about 850 wild horses this month in southwest Wyoming. The agency had wanted to delay the roundups until next year, but proceeded after the state protested.
The roundups from the adjacent Little Colorado and White Mountain wild horse herds on public lands in Sweetwater County are intended to reduce horse numbers to the BLM's desired population levels, officials said.
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FREE FOAL CARE RECORDS MANAGEMENT AT YOUR FINGERTIPS
Intervet Foal CareSM Program record-keeping system offers horse owners easy and convenient way to track foal health
Ever wished you had one convenient place to store all the critical health records for your foals? Keeping track of vaccinations and deworming is easier than ever thanks to the Intervet Foal Care Program recordkeeping system.
By visiting www.FoalCare.com, you can create an account and save information online or download and print the free forms, including a foal immunization record and schedule, deworming record and schedule, and growth and farrier record.
Horse owners also can use the free, online health care calendar to track breeding, vaccination, and deworming timelines. Just enter the breeding date - or desired foaling date - and the health care scheduling calendar will do the rest. Create an account and store all the scheduling information for free.
Remember, there is no better resource than your veterinarian for managing your foal's health.
Visit www.FoalCare.com today to learn more and start your own personalized recordkeeping system.
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EQUINE PROGRAM HELPS TROUBLED YOUTH Out of work and fighting depression, 23-year-old James Jones Jr. reached out to Boys' Haven.
He had found a sense of belonging at the nonprofit Louisville, Ky., home for neglected and abused youths as a teenager after shuffling through a series of foster homes.
He found the help he needed in a new equine program the home is offering to young adults who face long odds.
Jones became the first recruit and first graduate of the program, which uses horses as the backdrop for developing life skills.
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KENTUCKY EXTENSION, CONSERVATION SERVICE TEAM UP FOR BEST GRAZING Partnerships allow two people or entities to pool their strengths, with the combination stronger than either could be on their own. The University of Kentucky College of Agriculture and federal Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) have pooled their expertise in Kentucky for many years to provide the best possible information to farmers on grazing strategies for their livestock.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
TheHorse.com is your source for the latest news and information about the horse industry, the 2008 Summer Olympics, the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games 2010, and much more.
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THIS WEEK ON THE RYDER REPORT
Video The Ryder Report is a weekly video broadcast presented by News Editor Erin Ryder, reviewing the top headlines in equine health, care, management, and welfare news.
This week's stories include a report on a surge in the number of cases of Lawsonia intracellularis infection, and new information on managing and preventing laminitis.
Later this week we'll be heading to Orlando for the 53rd annual convention of the American Association of Equine Practitioners. Look for a daily video wrap-up of convention news and interviews with researchers presenting new material.
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FROM THE HORSE MAGAZINE: POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT
Can you explain the concept of positive reinforcement training? What exactly does it mean? I was recently in New Zealand, where I was with a group that seems "converted" to what they call "all-positive training." It sounds like good old-fashioned treats and bribes, just what I was taught not to do with horses.
See the answer by Sue McDonnell, PhD, Certified AAB about positive reinforcement.
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NEIGHBORS HELPING ALABAMA MAN CARE FOR MALNOURISHED HORSES Authorities charged a Limestone County, Ala., man with animal cruelty after four allegedly starving horses were found on about an acre of property in the Piney Chapel community.
Limestone County Sheriff Mike Blakely said two mares and one colt were malnourished but able to stand Nov. 26, while the other colt, its bones protruding through its hide, fell and had to be put in a horse trailer and moved to a barn.
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MATCHMAKING: ADOPTABLE HORSE
Chick's Foxfire ("Foxy") is a 10-year-old black registered Appaloosa mare that is very well- bred. She is green broke and very gentle, and she has had one colored foal. Foxy has perfect ground manners, trailers, clips, trims, loads, and ties beautifully. She has been started under saddle.
Please e-mail or visit the Arkansas Equine Foundation Web site for more information about Chick's Foxfire and other horses available at the Kingston, Ark., facility.
Are you a registered not-for-profit organization with an adoptable horse? Send a photo, description of the horse, and your Web site URL here to have your horse listed.
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POLICE INVESTIGATING AFTER HORSE SHOT, FOUND DEAD BY OWNER Kent County, Mich., sheriff's deputies are investigating the shooting of a horse found dead by its owner Thanksgiving morning.
The Muskegon Chronicle says Debra Robach was startled when she discovered the horse laying motionless in a nearby pasture. She says the horse was still warm when she found it--a sign that the 33-year-old animal had been recently shot.
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