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Featured FORT WORTH, Texas – The Spring issue of the Paint Horse Connection, the American Paint Horse Association’s member magazine, pays tribute to the more than 35,000 fans that have “friended” the organization’s Facebook page since it was created in May 2009. The magazine utilized innovative technology that allowed the award-winning graphics department at APHA to build the entire cover using photos submitted by APHA’s Facebook fans. The cover depicts the portrait of the stallion’s head used in the widely recognized APHA logo and was built using MacOSAIX software. Over 1,700 photos were utilized to assemble the cover
Legislators in North Dakota have introduced a bill that would allow police and veterinarians to seize animals they believe are being treated inhumanely. A public hearing on the measure is set for Friday, Feb. 11, 2011. As introduced, Senate Bill 2365 would grant a law enforcement officer or licensed veterinarian the right to take custody and control of an animal if there is “reasonable cause to believe” that the animal has been subjected to activity prohibited by state laws pertaining to the humane treatment of animals. The measure would allow law enforcement officers to seize an animal
People have been whipping racehorses since time immemorial, but until now there has been little research into whether it actually goads them into running faster. Well, it doesn’t, according to the authors of a new study, who also suggest the practice is unethical. “It’s the first study to confirm that whipping does not increase the chances of the horse finishing first, second or third,” said Paul McGreevy, a veterinary ethologist at the University of Sydney who is a co-author of the new paper. “Ninety-eight percent of the horses were whipped in this study without, on the whole, influencing