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American Quarter Horses help to create a better quality of life at Skyline Therapy Services.

Saved from slaughter, Scribbles' amazing story will warm your heart and hopefully bring more happy endings to other horses in need of rescue.

Horses Healing Hearts helps children raised with addiction in their home by working with horses.

This Warrior Wellness program and its American Quarter Horses serve those who served their country.

Journalist Recognized as a Champion for Tennessee Walking Horses and the Horse Protection Act

Horseback riding can be even more enjoyable when you're helping protect and share the land.

Adopt or give generously to those who have made it their life?s mission to rescue and re-home animals.

July 11, 2012 ? With the recent economic challenges, horses have been one of the silent victims of the downturn. All across the country, horse owners are voluntarily surrendering their animals, putting a huge burden on rescue organizations. But out of this crisis, some organizations have partnered with veterinary clinics and become a safe haven for these animals.

Veterinarian Kenneth Newman's story about the dogs in his life will strike a chord with all animal lovers. His experience has led to a proposal for Gracie's Law--legislation with meaning for everyone who has horses and pets.

Presenters at these ELCR sessions will include methods for protecting horse farms, ranch lands trails and facilities, in addition to providing ways to promote new trails and facilities.

Joell Dunlap's Square Peg Foundation helps ?square pegs,? the people and horses who don?t fit neatly into a one-size-fits-all society. She has found that working together, horse and rider teams help one another in critical, life affirming ways.

Thirteen-year-old Lacey Jo Edge helps with the Unwanted Horse Coalition and Operation Gelding.

The Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation (TRF) announces a new way to virtually sponsor retired Thoroughbreds.

Millions of Americans enjoy recreational and trail riding each year. The American Horse Council (AHC) works to make sure that equestrians have access to America?s public land now and continue to have access in the future.

There are tools available to help protect our precious farms and hay fields for riding. One such tool is a Purchase of Development Rights program, also referred to as PDR or PACE programs (purchase of agricultural conservation easements).

Conservation easements have been utilized as a primary tool for land protection in the United States for many years. Federal, state and estate tax incentives as well as personal desire to restrict wide-scale development, continues to increase such protection of land and landscapes, benefitting wildlife, recreationists, farmers and equine related industries.

Equine-assisted therapy. Hippotherapy. Therapeutic riding. These are all terms that have specific definitions, but they share a common goal of helping the disabled become enabled through interaction with horses, whether it?s riding, grooming, touching, or just being near the corral watching.