The U.S. Department of Agriculture has adopted the final rules regulating the transport of horses to slaughter facilities. The new rules subject the commercial transportation of these horses to ...

Hauling horses in double-deck trailers is dangerous and inhumane. These trailers do not provide sufficient headroom for horses to stand upright. They often endure long journeys in cramped positions ...

"We deliver hundreds and hundreds of horses, so coming up with a few people that have had a problem, it's not characteristic of how things run," said Steele, who has co-owned the company with his wife ...

Long-distance transportation is a stressor for horses that could prompt poor performance, illness, and other life-threatening health issues. Recently, a team of Japanese researchers determined that ...

Washington, DC—The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) applauds the US House of Representatives for passing the Horse Transportation Safety Act (HTSA) today as part of a massive infrastructure bill. The ...

This story appears in the Aug. 16 print edition of Transport Topics. Federal legislation that would ban the use of double-decker trailers to transport horses has drawn the ire of trucking and other ...

The transport of horses is a complex issue that encompasses physiological, immunological, and behavioural dimensions affecting animal welfare. Recent research has demonstrated that even routine road ...

Magma Aviation and Intradco Global, a horse transportation air charter specialist, have successfully transported 34 endurance horses from Liège (Belgium) to AlUla (Saudi Arabia) for the AlFursan ...