Laminitis is a common illness of the hoof and is the second most frequent cause of premature death in horses. Although it is very rare for laminitis to kill a horse directly, it often results in euthanasia for humane reasons (the horse is crippled or in permanent pain) or practical reasons (e.g. the horse is unable to continue its normal activities). In addition to the horses which are put down, many others survive but are left permanently disabl (more…)
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The Fell Pony gets its name, FELL, from the Norse word meaning “hill.” During the four centuries of Roman occupation on the border between England and Scotland, extra troops — French, Dutch, German, Polish, Spanish and eastern European cavalrymen — were brought in to protect Hadrian’s Wall which separated the countries and to maintain law and order. Since bones of foreign horses have been found in Northern Britain, its thought that the Fell pon (more…)
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