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Showing posts with label Horse. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Horse. Show all posts
Abused horses kept in small Miami Gardens stall are rescued
The harm inflicted on two horses and a dog rescued in the last week was so severe, even the rescue workers who save hundreds of abused animals a year were shocked.
Two horses, each at least 200 pounds underweight, were found boarded up in an 8-by-10-foot stall in a Miami Gardens ranch Sunday afternoon, and a 3-year-old beagle mix turned into Miami-Dade Animal Services last week had muscle-deep lacerations running the length of her body.
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As a horse breed, the Lipizzan Horse (also known as the Lipizzaner) has long been linked with the Spanish Riding School of Vienna in Austria, one of the world’s longest forerunners of “high school” movements and haute ecole when talking about horse movements, actions, mannerisms and activities.
The 1963 Walt Disney released feature entitled Miracle of the White Stallions is one of the few movies to have featured the Lipizzan, with the movie telling the story of how the Spanish Riding School of Vienna had evacuated their horses during the course of World War II.
One unique thing about the Lipizzan horse breed is how their color changes from the day they are born through their adult stages. With most adult Lipizzan horses sporting a grey hued coat, they are actually born either dark grey or black, with their coats changing to a lighter hue as they grow older.
Though considered to be white horses, Lipizzan horses are not actually white, in the sense that a white horse is actually born all-white, which is quite the opposite when talking about newborn dark colored Lipizzans.
With the Miracle of the White Stallions including the live-action involvement of Lipizzan horses, the film had ideally captured the allure of the Lipizzan horse breed, one of the highly valued and treasured horse breeds known ever to be.
Lipizzan Horse Video
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The Kiger Mustang is one of the known substrains of the Mustang horse breed, defined by its dun or chestnut-hued coat, with some kigers known to sport stripes which are akin to the striped patterns of Zebras.
The 2002-released animated feature, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, featured a kiger mustang as its main protagonist, with the movie driven by a unique twist in how its characters would talk to and with other.
As a horse breed, kiger mustangs hold the distinction for their athletic ability, along with their intelligence factors.
They stand to be the preferred horse for endurance races, obstacle races and other races which test the stamina and constitutions of horses, just as they are typically preferred for “pleasure horse rides”, given their relative docile natures as a “feral” type of horse.
As a breed, kiger mustangs are also considered to bear the physical characteristics of primitive horses, with some kiger mustangs sporting Zebra-like stripes on their chestnut-hued coats. While most dun-hued horses are known to bear certain physical traits which take after primitive horses, kiger mustangs are not exactly a primitive horse breed.
Agile, smart and robust in their overall stamina, kiger mustangs are quite valued as a horse breed, found in the Southern portions of Oregon in the United States.
Kiger Mustang Video
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The American Quarter Horse stands to be one of the, if not THE, most popular horse breed in the world, with an estimated more than 5 million American Quarter Horses populating the breed’s registry.
Known for its capacity for short-distance speed bursts, the American Quarter Horse is essentially an American horse breed, as its name would already imply, with its name taken from the fact that it could easily outrace any other horse breed within a quarter mile or less gap.
As a horse breed, the American Quarter Horse can be best described as powerful, with a strong physique and large body that exudes and says volumes about its physical prowess and capabilities as a horse.
Its regal and majestic stance have led many in basing the ideal visuals of proud race horses after American Quarter Horses, whose color coats come in almost all known color varieties of horses and horse breeds, though the browning hued “sorrel” is the most commonly encountered color type of American Quarter Horses.
Bearing the largest number in breed population, the American Quarter Horse is truly a popular breed, one whose physical attributes and speed stands to be the more evident reasons why it is so loved by horse owners based in different parts of the world.
American Quarter Horse Video
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Black Beauty is one of the most beloved classics in the world of literature, written by Anna Sewell in 1877. With more than 50 million copies sold, Black Beauty is undoubtedly one of the best-selling books of all time, telling the lesson of animal welfare and treating people kindly, with respect and sympathy. The story is narrated through a first person point of view, from the perspective of the horse Black Beauty. In the book, Black Beauty narrates his experiences, from his young carefree days as a colt, to his hard days spent as a cab horse, to his eventual retirement in the country.
While man has domesticated most horses, many still roam wild and free today. These horses are known as feral horses and are the descendants of horses once tamed but have run free, continuing to do so for many generations. An example of feral horses would be the Mustangs of North America, which are descended from the horses brought to North America some 400 years ago.
The Przewalski's horse is the only ‘pure’ wild horse. It’s a horse whose ancestors were never domesticated. Ironically, the Przewalski's horse is officially extinct in the wild, with the remaining population kept in captivity.
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Not many people know about the interesting history of mustangs. These wild horses live free in the American west and are descendants of the horses bought by the Spanish to America. In 2002, DreamWorks released a movie called Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, an animated western film that follows the life and adventures of an energetic, young mustang stallion in the Wild West. The movie, directed by Lorna Cook and Kelly Asbury and created by John Fusco, got a nomination for Best Animated Feature at the Academy Awards that year. The movie does not really show the animals talking, but they communicate through facial expressions and sounds. Spirit’s thoughts come out in narrations, voiced by Matt Damon.
Many would consider mustangs as a wild horse. However, since they originated from tamed horses from Spain, this term has been intensely debated over. A better definition and classification for them is feral horse.
During the 1970s, the US congress recognized the mustang as “a living symbol of the pioneer spirit and history of the wild American west. It continues to add to the mixture of different life forms found in the nation and it enriches the lives and heritage of American people”. The mustang herds that run free vary in heritage but are generally traced to the Iberian horses. Most of the mustangs have compact bodies, but very good and strong bone structures. These horses are also very hefty and can survive in many different climates and environments.
The current mustang population and count is protected and managed by the BLM or Bureau of Land Management. These horses usually wonder off to livestock ranches and take food and water there. Many livestock farm owners send these animals off their farms, however some do welcome them.
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