Horse welfare
H&H covers a large number of horse welfare cases, from cruelty to rescue and other work by dedicated equine welfare charities. We also bring you worldwide reports on the plight of the horse in other countries.
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Are uniformly loose nosebands the answer to horse sport’s image problems, or ‘the beginning of the end’?
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Five horses put down after shipment including sick equines and terrified foals intercepted
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Are horses any more traceable since the shocking ‘Horses – Making a Killing’ TV documentary... and what else needs to be done?
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Are the blood rules in FEI horse sport working – and how can we move forward?
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‘A symbol of hope’: donkey carries woman through bombed streets and shelling to deliver her baby safely
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Equine charities report owners’ ‘desperation’ and large-scale rescues as living cost crisis continues
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‘Handle with care’: Christmas message stresses the need to care for horses properly
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Proposed ban on double bridles and riding behind the vertical debated in European Parliament
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‘The kind of change needed in horse sport’: British Dressage launches equine welfare action plan
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Fund to improve sport horse welfare in memory of top showjumper who died at World Cup Final
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Why we are seeing blue tongues in dressage arenas – and what needs to be done about it
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The history of hyperflexion in dressage training – and how the sport can move away from it
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‘A clear message’ as FEI suspends and fines Charlotte Dujardin for training video
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Many horses’ need are not being met, study finds, prompting calls to do better
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‘It’s very sad’: loaned thoroughbred comes home emaciated, ulcerated and suffering
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Nosebands made optional and breaks for young horses in welfare-led rule changes
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‘Be aspirational’, don’t throw mud and listen to what horses are telling us, say experts
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‘Seeing horses for what they are’ and giving them choices – to give them a better life
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Dressage groups debate welfare and public trust, raising more questions than answers
