Before the show-jumping champion Gem Twist died in 2006, his New Jersey owners paid to have a flap of his skin frozen - hoping to carry something of his prodigious talent into the future.
Veterinary scientists later pulled those skin cells from the freezer and used them to clone a new horse, now a healthy, spirited [...]
Horse Cloning - The First Cloning of Athletes
Published in January 23rd, 2009
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Tree Captures Filly - Sort Of
Published in October 23rd, 2008
Jason Harschbarger of Pullman, West Virginia is accustomed to farm animal noises. However, when he heard Gracie’s whinnying, he was forced to investigate.
Upon his arrival at his neighbor’s field, he found the cause of the filly’s distress. The horse had managed to wedge her head into a hole in a tree and could not escape.
Harschbarger [...]
Drunk Horse Goes For A Swim
Published in October 18th, 2008
How irritating it must be to have a drunk stumble into your swimming pool in the middle of the night and then need rescuing. When the drunk is a 12-year-old horse, things get interesting.
The pony, named “Fat Boy”, escaped from his stable in Newquay, Cornwall, England.
The roaming pony found apples in a nearby yard and [...]
Last Call For Horse At Pub
Published in October 7th, 2008
Since Peggy the horse can’t take her shoes off before she enters a recently renovated pub, she will have to stay outside with them.
The Daily Telegraph reports that Peter Dolan, a retired oil rigger, was a regular at O’Malleys Pub in Jarrow, SouthTyneside, England. One day, his twelve-year-old horse Peggy, followed him in and has [...]
Ernie the Horse in I-95 Traffic
Published in August 7th, 2008
Ernie out for a run
Drivers on I-95 saw an unusual site on Monday, August 4, a horse at full gallop on the interstate.
Ernie, a 5-year-old horse had escaped from an Ipswich, MA farm where he is boarded. He leapt a 6-foot fence just before 4:00 PM and found his way to I-95 at Exit 53.
Witnesses [...]
