The United States Department of Agriculture approved an application for horse slaughter inspections at a plant in Roswell, New Mexico and grant inspections at horse slaughter plants in Missouri and Iowa for Monday, July 1st (2013). The Safeguard American Food Exports Act (SAFE) will prohibit the slaughter of horses for human consumption in the U.S. […]
One of the more common questions asked about horses is why they sleep standing up. To us humans, this does not sound very comfortable! Horses’ back legs lock so that standing for a long time is not strenuous, so it is much more comfortable than it looks. The reason horses sleep standing up is so […]
With cold weather here, mice and rats seek warm places for their survival, which could mean your house. If your cats and dogs are like my daughter’s pets, they believe in live and let live. Which means it’s up to us to rid our homes of those unwelcome guests. Of course there are pets that […]
