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Arson That Killed 8 Horses Investigated as Hate Crime Against Gay Owner
By Lauren Frayer - AOL NewsFirefighters in rural Ohio are offering a $5,000 reward today for information about who was behind an Easter arson attack that killed eight horses, including a week-old colt, in a blaze being investigated as a hate crime against the animals' gay owner. Brent Whitehouse said he noticed an orange glow coming from the barn near his farmhouse in McConnelsville, Ohio, just before midnight Sunday. He ran out to the barn, but the door jammed -- its hinges likely melted from the fire's heat. "I couldn't get the door open," Whitehouse told the Ohio news website WhizNews.com. "I could still hear the ...
Stallion Semen Served Up in New Zealand as New Energy Drink
By Matthew Hall - AOL NewsThe latest crazy candidate for a food fad may prove to be quite a mouthful. Raise your glass if you fancy a shot of horse semen, a purported "delicacy" that will debut at the Wildfoods Festival in Hokitika, New Zealand, in March. "It is sort of quirky, I suppose," festival organizer Mike Keenan told AOL News, with Kiwi understatement. "It is the protein of the stallion. It is going to be tastefully done." The shots, which will sell for $10, are pitched as being healthy energy boosters and will be available to sample as they come or in cherry, licorice or banoffee pie flavors. "You often ...
Cops: Drunken Cowboys Arrested on Horse and Mule
By Ben Muessig - AOL NewsYou can lead a horseback-riding cowboy to a watering hole, but you can't make him drink responsibly. Police in Austin, Texas, arrested two men on charges of drunken driving after they allegedly blocked traffic on East Sixth Street while riding a horse and a mule. Jose Rios, 33, and Samuel Olivo Jr., 48, were nabbed after police spotted them trotting down East Sixth Street on Jan. 7 and allegedly urging passers-by to walk onto the roadway and take pictures with their steeds. Drunk Cowboys Arrested for Riding Horse and Donkey Down 6th Street: MyFoxAUSTIN.com However, police weren't ...
Prince Harry Accused of Animal Cruelty
By Lauren Frayer - AOL NewsBRADFORD, United Kingdom (Sept. 5) – Animal welfare groups are accusing Britain's Prince Harry of animal cruelty after he continued to play in a polo game after his horse was allegedly wounded by spikes on the royal's riding spurs. Photos from a July polo match in England show the 25-year-old prince atop a horse bleeding on its side. The game's rules state that any player who uses his spurs excessively can face penalties that range from a warning to a more than $75,000 fine. Competitors are also supposed to take themselves out of the game immediately if they notice that their horse is ...
Italian Tourism Minister Seeks Ban on Siena's Famed Palio Horse Races
By Kathryn Yao - AOL News(Aug. 5) -- When the Spanish region of Catalonia banned bullfighting last month, Israel Vicente, director of a bullfighting ad agency, bemoaned the change in an interview with Time, saying "we've opened Pandora's box." He was partly right. A related initiative is indeed now in the works -- except in this case the country is Italy, and the animals that are allegedly being exploited are horses. Italy's tourism minister, Michela Brambilla, is a longtime critic of Palio horse racing, most prominently practiced in the walled city of Siena, where 48 horses have died since 1970. Measures were taken ...
Dreadlocked Donkey Is One Rare Ass
By Ed Mazza - AOL News(July 21) -- This is not your typical hairy ass. This is Lambada, one of the incredibly rare Baudet de Poitou donkeys of Poitou-Charente, France. With 600 to 1,000 in existence, the Poitou are among the world's most endangered animals. "These donkeys are more rare than the white rhino," said Maryon Attwood, chairwoman of the Northwest Poitou Donkey Institute in Washington state, an organization working to ensure that the animals don't go extinct. ...
'Mad Men': Atomic Secretaries and Feminine Mistakes
By Donna Trussell - Politics DailyHorse meat! And a thump on the head. We here at Woman Up are back on the "Mad Men" beat. ...
Johns Hopkins Professor Leaves Neuroscience for the Racetrack
By Ria Misra - Politics DailyThe path from neuroscience professor to professional race horse trainer may not be the most direct one, but can it really be called the equivalent of throwing your experience in the trash? Michelle Nihei, now 38 and a former Johns Hopkins faculty member, left neuroscience eight years ago to focus on a new professional passion: racing and training horses. She is the subject of a mostly positive profile in Thursday's New York Times, which contains this line: "She could have had a long career as a scientist. Instead, she chose to take her diplomas, her training and her background and virtually ...
Carlos Lee's Heart Is With Cows
By Pat Lackey - AOL NewsYou know what would make me nervous? If I was the fan of a baseball team that had just spent $100 million on an outfielder that probably wasn't worth anywhere close to that kind of cash and then someone said something like this about him: "He's a cattleman; he's a calf roper; he's a horseman," said Skip Wagner, president of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. "I think he plays baseball because he's great at it and everything. But you can tell his heart is in the West with horses and cattle." Anyways, for some context, Carlos Lee showed up at the Grand Entry of the Houston Livestock Show ...
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