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In a joint operation led by the RSPCA, 111 equines were removed from Spindles Farm in January 2008.

World Horse Welfare is very concerned to learn of a second case of Equine Infectious Anaemia (Swamp Fever) in the UK this month.

Watch a series of lectures on laminitis by some of the world’s leading authorities on the condition.

Campaign to end the long-distance transportation of horses to slaughter in Europe receives a boost with publication of recommendations from a panel of experts that include a cap on journey times and improved welfare conditions for horses.

Leading equine charity welcomes FEI decision on non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.

Obese, overfed and dangerously unhealthy - this is the current crisis in horse welfare, according to a groundbreaking survey released today by World Horse Welfare.

An 18 year old man from Guildford has been banned from keeping horses for two years after he pleaded guilty to failing to provide veterinary treatment to a pony with a horrific eye injury.

Twenty ponies rescued from a scrap yard can finally look forward to a happy and secure future, thanks to the hard work of World Horse Welfare.

25 thin and neglected foals, stallions and pregnant mares were removed from an isolated farm in Aberdeenshire.

A West Sussex man who neglected horses in his care has received a three month suspended jail term and been banned for life from keeping equines.