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Bronson To Officially Open First Panhandle Inspection Station - TALLAHASSEE - Northwest Florida now has a new layer of defense against invasive pests and diseases, as well as criminal activity and potential acts of terrorism. More>

10/31/05 - Wilma SITREP - Melissa Forberg and Debra Drake, HSUS, visit with dog that first survived Hurricane Katrina in MS, then was fostered to the Key West Animal Shelter where it survived Hurricane Wilma. More>

10/28/05 - Wilma SITREP - Miami SPCA destroyed. Rescued 18 horses and assisting with relocation. More>

10/28/05 - Volunteers for IDA's Project Hope animal relief team continue to rescue animals in New Orleans More>

10/26/05 - Report from VETS branch director since Wilma hit yesterday (Oct. 24) More>

University of Florida veterinarians and staff have been organizing the Veterinary Emergency Treatment Service (VETS) since early 2005. More>

10/28/05 - Veterinary Emergency Treatment Service (VETS) branch director, from the State Agricultural Response Team (SART) incident command post that is currently set up in Kissimmee, Fla. to offer aid after Hurricane Wilma. More>

10/28/05 - Volunteers for IDA's Project Hope animal relief team continue to rescue animals in New Orleans, though much of their effort is going toward finding strays and feeding animals that are at large in the area rather than conducting house-to-house search and rescue. More>

10/17/05 OFFICIAL UPDATE TO NEW ORLEANS SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATION: In the last couple of days rescuers have been receiving reports of many of the animals in the streets of New Orleans not looking as good as they have in the past when there were more volunteers in New Orleans putting out food and water. More>

10/17/05 - Helping future animal disaster victims: Although seven weeks have passed since Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf coast, images of stranded animals and rescue personnel forcing people to leave their pets behind are still fresh in our minds. More>

10/12/05 -   Encourage Your Congressmen to Co - Sponsor Right to Ride Legislation "Right to Ride" legislation has now been introduced in both the House of Representatives and the Senate. More> 

10/13/05 - IDA's Project Hope animal relief team had another eventful week looking after animals rescued from the wreckage of New Orleans and other areas hit hard by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. More>

10/11/05 - Tampa , FL - The Bob Thomas Equestrian Center at the Florida State Fairgrounds is receiving a major face lift in order to put horses and riders on sure footing and provide a great year-round venue for horse enthusiasts. More>

10/8/05 - PRESS RELEASE Ocala Horse Trials and Sunshine State Driving Event to debut at Florida Agricultural Center and Horse Park Nov. 5-6, 2005 More

10/11/05 - Mississippi - Karen Pate of Singing River Ranch, 228-826-5827, 12201 Seaman Road , Vancleave , MS 39565 , has opened up her barn to be a staging area for feed and hay. She has turned what was left of her covered riding arena into storage and serves the local community with limited supplies. "The biggest need is hay because all the fields have been ruined," she says. She is dispensing over 30 bales a day to folks in need plus the feed. More>

10/6/05 - A Mississippi Vet Story - Jacqueline Broome, DVM, a mixed practice veterinarian from Gulfport, Miss., who managed to save 30 horses on her farm by turning them loose to weather the storm with their natural instincts, but she lost 29 of the animals in her clinic in town. More>

10/6/05 - Mississippi Chapter Chair Rose Johnson, right with fellow Sierra Club volunteer Lark Mason, has 14 relatives staying at her tarp-covered home since Hurricane Katrina. She's spent the past three weeks volunteering in North Gulfport providing meals and other relief supplies. But the damage to homes in the low-income minority neighborhoods of North Gulfport didn't prepare her for the scene south of the tracks in Gulfport. More>

10/5/05 - Thousands of Animals Remain Homeless and Starving, Need for Volunteers Still Urgent;
Project Hope animal relief team had left Waveland, Mississippi to avoid Hurricane Rita and headed for the Harrison County Fairgrounds. More>

10/4/05 - Making horses eligible for federal disaster assistance is now included in the USDA FY 2006 appropriations bill.  The provision was added as an amendment offered by Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY).  It was passed by voice vote.  Its effective date would be July 28 in order to cover losses suffered because of Hurricane Katrina. More>

10/4/05 - United Animal Nations' is doing to help animal victims of Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita. More>

10/3/05 - Sierra Club is asking for donations for the Gulf Coast Emergency Restoration Fund... More>

9/22/05 - The Board of Directors of The EQUUS Foundation, Inc., approved an emergency allocation of $5,000 to support the Katrina Equine Disaster Relief effort. More>

9/21/05 Thousands of animals remain trapped without food or water in abandoned houses. Volunteers are desperately needed in Gonzales to help save animals still trapped in houses throughout the New Orleans area. Timing is critical, and every day counts for these starving animals. More>

9/21/05 - United Animal Nations - Victory for the Horses
The final vote on the Ensign-Byrd amendment was 68-29 in favor of ending horse slaughter by withholding funds for federal inspectors in horse slaughterhouses and at the borders! More>

9/21/05 Lone Star Equine Rescue / Habitat for Horses (LSER/HfH) members are working to remove our horses slated to be in the path of hurricane Rita.  The ranch, located in Galveston County , is under a mandatory evacuation order.  40+ horses are being removed and temporarily relocated to the Travis County Expo Center in Austin to wait out the storm.  More>

As of Wednesday 9/21/05 at 12:00 LSER/HfH will be suspending the KATRINA SUPPORT. It has been reported that Louisiana has all the items needed.  We extend a sincere thank you to each of you who helped, donated, called and did, in fact, make a difference. 

9/20/2005 -- Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns today released a preliminary assessment of U.S. agricultural production losses due to hurricane Katrina in the mid-south and drought in the eastern Corn Belt. The report estimates hurricane-related losses to be nearly $900 million. More>

Hurricane Katrina: Animal Disaster Relief Teams to the Rescue
Funds are Urgently Needed to Save Animals from Storm's Destruction more>

West Nile Virus links found in birds other than crows!
A recent DNA study of the blood consumed by 300 mosquitoes in Connecticut over the past three years found that 40% of them fed on American robins (Turdus migratorius), while only 1% fed on American crows. More

Annie's Rescue - Annie was severely neglected by her original owner and near death when found. Thanks to the timely response of Ray Tagliaone, Linda Johnson, Dr. Peggy Fuller, Sherry Smith and Jennifer Rapp, and many other supporters and volunteers, Annie has gotten a second chance and a new home! More>

URGENT: Protected Wild Horses In Danger - U.S. Forest Service Plans to Sell Hundreds of Horses for Slaughter. Recently, IDA Arizona learned that the U.S. Forest Service plans to remove 400 wild horses from the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest in Eastern Arizona and auction them off. Most of the horses will go to slaughter. More>

Goldust Appeal, owned by Layne at Triple K Bar C Ranch, will be one of the new featured horses in new book by Carole Fletcher called "Advanced Trickonometry"... I know how special and smart this guy is - now everyone else will know. More

2005 USEF/Markel National Young Horses Selection Trials - U.S. Short List for 2005 World Championships for Young Dressage Horses More>

Young Equestrians to Get “Taste of Olympics” at North American Young Riders' Championships.This will mark the first appearance in the mid-Atlantic region for the NAYRC, the premier equestrian competition in North America for Young Riders, age 16-21. More>

New contributor article from Ange Dickson Finn "Horse Show Mom" - Finding A Trainer - Most parents start out in the sport of horseback riding “green as grass.” Their child expresses an interest in riding, and they start looking for the nearest stables... read more from Through The In-Gate by Ange Dickson Finn, Horse Show Mom

10th Anniversary of Centered Riding's International Symposium Plan to attend our special celebration at the Quality Inn, November 4-6 in Sally Swift's home town, Brattleboro, Vermont. More...

Anthrax in Texas July 2005 - The Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) announced today that ranches in Sutton County have laboratory-confirmed cases of anthrax in horses, deer, and cattle. Laboratory results are pending for several other sites in the county, where livestock and deer losses have been reported. More...

Kentucky Horse Park to Host Inaugural USEF Youth Reining Championship Aug 23-28, 2005. Hagyard-Davidson-McGee and Markel Insurance Sign as Sponsors. More>

West Palm Beach, FL- Deborah Butterfield: Horses, features twelve evocative sculptures of horses in bronze, steel, and mixed media by the internationally acclaimed Montana sculptor. On view at the Norton Museum of Art from September 17 through December 11, 2005, most of the pieces are from Deborah Butterfield's personal collection and have rarely been seen by the public. More

USET News: June 2005 - The USET Foundation is pleased to announce that Winsome Adante, owned by Plain Dealing Farm of Scottsville, VA, and ridden by Kim Severson, has been chosen as the 2005 USET Foundation Breyer model horse. Winsome Adante, an 11 year old English-bred Thoroughbred gelding, is the tenth Breyer model in this popular series. More

June 2005 USEF/Markel National Young Horses Selection Trials - U.S. Short List for 2005 World Championships for Young Dressage Horses More>

Young Equestrians to Get “Taste of Olympics” at North American Young Riders' Championships.This will mark the first appearance in the mid-Atlantic region for the NAYRC, the premier equestrian competition in North America for Young Riders, age 16-21. More>

Ammendment related to the Wild Horse Slaughter
July 2005 - Several weeks ago, we asked you to contact your Representatives in the U.S. House to urge them to support the Rahall-Whitfield Interior Appropriations Amendment, which will prevent our tax dollars from being used to sell wild horses for slaughter.More...

Willie Nelson and friends send letter to Congress on behalf of America's wild  horses>>

PRESS RELEASE: Equestrians of all disciplines and levels commit to raise money for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. The equestrian who raises the most will be named the 2005 Equestrian of the Year. More>

NEWS RELEASE: The North Carolina Horse Council today announced plans for holding an equine industry referendum to extend the Horse Industry Promotion Assessment which was first authorized in 1999. More>

Stem cells from your horse, back to your horse, by your vet used to treat injuries to tendons, ligaments, and fractures in performance horses. More>

Watch out for this HORSE SCAM - Advance Fee Scheme! Many so-called "horse traders" are sending emails to people who are selling their horses over the web. They are promising that they will pay you an extra amount of money for your horse in the form of a cashiers check being much greater that what you are asking for the horse if you will just deposit the check and send them back the difference.

What happens after you deposit the check and send them the money, is that the bank calls you back later and tells you that the check is no good. You are then stuck with the bad check and you have already sent the horse trader the money and you may have already sent the horse! The FBI knows of this - it is called an "advance fee scheme". Click here for more information. DO NOT fall for this SCAM!! I have personally seen an attempt at this with a horse being sold by my trainer. (TR)

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