Today marks the 54th anniversary of the enactment of the Wild and Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act — a reminder of the need to protect wild herds and the ... Read More
Image taken by Meg Frederick at Return to Freedom
Today, Dec. 15, marks the 51st anniversary of the Wild and Free-Roaming ... Read More
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The butchered remains of an extinct horse were found at a site of human occupation potentially dating back more than 16,000 years – a date which ... Read More
Throughout history, the horse has occupied a powerful place in the emotional, spiritual and daily lives of human beings. It is said that one day in 1889 when the German ... Read More
There are many hypotheses regarding history of the domestication of the horse. Horses first appeared in Paleolithic cave art around 30,000 BC. These were wild horses that were hunted for ... Read More
The clattering of hooves pierced the dark stillness of the Austrian night. It is the fall of 1855. The gilded Ambruster Dress Carriage, a beautiful vehicle trimmed in glimmering black ... Read More
Before the development of firearms, the horse was crucial to warfare and before the invention of the steam engine, it was the fastest and most reliable form of land transport. ... Read More
Modern horses, zebras, and asses belong to the genus Equus, the only surviving genus in a once diverse family, the Equidae. Based on fossil records, the genus appears to have ... Read More
Science journalist and equestrian Wendy Williams talks about her new book The Horse: The Epic History of Our Noble Companion.
A number of hypotheses exist on many of the key issues regarding the domestication of the horse. Although horses appeared in Paleolithic cave art as early as 30,000 BCE, these ... Read More
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