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Arson That Killed 8 Horses Investigated as Hate Crime Against Gay Owner

Firefighters in rural Ohio are offering a $5,000 reward today for information about who was behind an Easter arson attack that killed eight horses, including a week-old colt, in a blaze being investigated as a hate crime against the animals' gay owner. Brent Whitehouse said he noticed an orange glow coming from the barn...

Stallion Semen Served Up in New Zealand as New Energy Drink

The latest crazy candidate for a food fad may prove to be quite a mouthful. Raise your glass if you fancy a shot of horse semen, a purported "delicacy" that will debut at the Wildfoods Festival in Hokitika, New Zealand, in March. "It is sort of quirky, I suppose," festival organizer Mike Keenan told AOL News, with Kiwi...

Cops: Drunken Cowboys Arrested on Horse and Mule

You can lead a horseback-riding cowboy to a watering hole, but you can't make him drink responsibly. Police in Austin, Texas, arrested two men on charges of drunken driving after they allegedly blocked traffic on East Sixth Street while riding a horse and a mule. Jose Rios, 33, and Samuel Olivo Jr., 48, were nabbed after...

Prince Harry Accused of Animal Cruelty

BRADFORD, United Kingdom (Sept. 5) – Animal welfare groups are accusing Britain's Prince Harry of animal cruelty after he continued to play in a polo game after his horse was allegedly wounded by spikes on the royal's riding spurs. Photos from a July polo match in England show the 25-year-old prince atop a horse...

Italian Tourism Minister Seeks Ban on Siena's Famed Palio Horse Races

(Aug. 5) -- When the Spanish region of Catalonia banned bullfighting last month, Israel Vicente, director of a bullfighting ad agency, bemoaned the change in an interview with Time, saying "we've opened Pandora's box." He was partly right. A related initiative is indeed now in the works -- except in this case the country...

Background on horses

The horse (Equus ferus caballus) is one of two extant subspecies of Equus ferus, or the wild horse. It is an odd-toed ungulate mammal belonging to the taxonomic family Equidae.

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