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DURANGO® BOOTS TO EXHIBIT IN COWBOY CHANNEL COWBOY CHRISTMAS AT 2024WRANGLER NATIONAL FINALS RODEO®

Cowboy Christmas

Durango® returns as the Official Boot of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo® for the fourth consecutive year Nelsonville, Ohio (November 19, 2024) – For the first time, Durango® Boots will have their own retail space in Cowboy Channel Cowboy Christmas at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo® (NFR). Located in booth …

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Purina Animal Nutrition announces ambition for every horse in America to reach optimal body condition

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Dr. Mary Beth Gordon, PhD, Senior Director, Equine Technical Innovation at Purina, demonstrates how to use a weight tape.

Their new horse weight management challenge, Through Thick and Thin, seeks to empower owners to help their horses achieve and maintain healthy body condition and lifestyle Arden Hills, Minn. (November 11, 2024) – Purina Animal Nutrition announced today the launch of its new challenge, Through Thick and Thin, which seeks to …

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Power of the Pony: Heidi Nyland Melocco’s New Children’s Book Invites Youth to the Horse World

Power of the Pony

(Mead, CO) — Have a horse-loving kiddo on your Christmas shopping list? Check out the new children’s book, Power of the Pony, by equine journalist and photographer Heidi Nyland Melocco (co-authored with her daughter, Savannah). The book is a photographic tour of all things pony: the barn, arena, and show grounds. Children …

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New & Noteworthy: Amazon Faces Pressure Over Products Made from Donkey-Hide Gelatin

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Photo Courtesy Brook USA

Animal welfare advocates gathered at Amazon HQ2 to hand-deliver over 370,000 petition signatures demanding that Amazon ban the sale of ejiao, a gelatin made from donkey hides.  An estimated five million donkeys are killed every year to meet the growing demand for ejiao. This trade requires inhumane transportation conditions for …

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Outbreak Alerts: November 19, 2024 – West Nile Virus – Coal County, OK

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Source: State Veterinarian Confirmed Case(s) – No Quarantine Number Confirmed: 1Number Exposed: UnknownNumber Euthanized: 1Facility Type: Farm Horse 1: Age: 7Gender: MareBreed: Quarter Horse (QH)Usage: BreedingOnset of Clinical Signs: 10/18/2024Clinical Signs: Lateral recumbency and unable to rise, stiff in hind limbsConfirmation Date: 11/14/2024Horse Status: EuthanizedVaccination Status: Unvaccinated For more information about West Nile Virus go to: WNV factsheet.  See past published Outbreak Alerts: www.coloradohorsesource.com/category/news/alerts Equine …

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‘The Road to Casper’ celebrates the grit of two Texas A&M Rodeo Team stars

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Madalyn Richards ’24 practices breakaway roping at an arena near her home on Friday, Feb 16, 2024, in College Station, Texas. (Courtney Sacco/Texas A&M AgriLife)

Three-part video series, created by Texas A&M AgriLife Marketing and Communications, premieres Oct. 28 by Mamie Hertel “The Road to Casper” is a captivating three-part video series that follows the inspiring story of two Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences students, Madalyn Richards ’25 and Gavin French ’25, on their journey to …

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