Archive for August, 2012

MCCOMB, LA, (HSUS) – The Humane Society of the United States worked with McComb animal control officers and local volunteers to rescue 23 horses from flood waters reaching their chests in Magnolia, Miss. as part of ongoing efforts to help communities and animals along the Gulf Coast impacted by Hurricane Isaac. Tragically, before the...
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U.S. Department of Transportation Orders Terri’s Farm to Shut Down FMCSA finds company reincarnation of out-of-service truck company WASHINGTON, (USDOT) – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has ordered Tennessee-based truck company Terri’s Farm to immediately cease all interstate transportation services based on evidence that it was a chameleon...
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JEFFERSON PARISH, (HSUS) – I have just arrived in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, with our Animal Rescue Team — the flood waters have overcome this area in the wake of Isaac, and people and animals are in danger. We are responding to this emergency right now, but we need your help. Please make a lifesaving...
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LONDON, (FEI) – On this second day of competition, the remaining three Grades – IV, III and Ia – took centre stage for their first London 2012 Paralympic outing to perform in the Team test. All five Grades have now completed the team test and the all-time record holders Great Britain have taken a...
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By Kate Green Sinead Halpin (USA), who was first reserve for the US Olympic team, finally got her moment in the sun when she took a convincing lead after the Dressage phase at the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials (GBR), finale of the 2011-2012 HSBC FEI Classics™. Halpin, 30, who won the HSBC Training...
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By David Hooper, CEO, Texas Thoroughbred Association AUSTIN, (Texas Thoroughbred Association) – REPUBLICAN PARTY ADOPTS PLATFORM PLANK OPPOSING ONLINE GAMBLING When the Republican Party’s national platform was released last Tuesday, it included a plank in opposition to online gambling. The relevant text is filed under the heading “Renewing American Values to Build Healthy Families,...
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Nominations for USEF Lifetime Achievement Award and Pegasus Medal of Honor Award due by September 21st LEXINGTON, (USEF) – - The deadline to nominate individuals for the United States Equestrian Federation’s (USEF) 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award and Pegasus Medal of Honor Award is fast approaching. Any current USEF members may submit nominations for these...
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U.S. Department of Transportation Orders Terri’s Farm to Shut Down FMCSA finds company reincarnation of out-of-service truck company WASHINGTON, (USDOT) – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has ordered Tennessee-based truck company Terri’s Farm to immediately cease all interstate transportation services based on evidence that it was a chameleon...
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AMARILLO, (AQHA) – The $2.4 million All American Futurity (G1) is the world’s richest Quarter Horse race and the richest for any 2-year-old race, regardless of breed, in North America. On September 3 at Ruidoso Downs in Ruidoso, New Mexico, a group of top horses will compete for a record winner’s share check of...
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ASPCA Responders Assist in Relocation, Water Rescue Efforts in St. John the Baptist Parish, La. ASPCA helps St. John Parish Animal Shelter relocate 100 animals affected by severe flooding; Water rescue teams search the community for displaced, stranded pets NEW YORK, (ASPCA) — As severe flooding continues to threaten communities in St. John the...
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