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Reports

The world of the horse through the five senses
  • Ethology
31/03/2021 - by Rachele Malavasi, ethology consultant for the Ethical Riding School In the wide steppes of Asia, where the gaze extends as far as the eye can see and everything is tinged with ocher: here is where the horse has evolved its sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch. Its senses are ideal for probing the wide steppes, avoiding ingesting the frequent stones among the grasses of these arid pastures, and saving itself from attacks by predators. We on the other hand, are collectors and we have built around him a world made of details and close distances: how can we help the horse to extricate itself in this environment?
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The whip: let's clarify a boorishcustom to be abolished
  • Veterinary
21/03/2021 - by Emanuela Valle, veterinary surgeon. With the latest events on the racing fields there has been a lot of talk about the use of the whip and to confirm the dishonesty of this gesture I would like to try to summarize what science says because only it can really protect the horse.
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The social lives of horses
  • Ethology
13/02/2021 - Socialising is one of the strongest natural instincts in horses: living a peaceful life in herds is the starting point of their well-being. Years of selective breeding have not changed this need in favour of life with humans: through selection, horses have been bred to be more docile (i.e. more inclined to be led), but this would have been impossible if they were forced to live outside of a herd. Everything in horses is oriented towards social life, even their brain, whose gyrification index is among the highest in mammals: according to scientists this is probably due to the high social complexity
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Well-being through the mind: ethological needs
  • Ethology
28/01/2021 - To guarantee that all horses live in  a state of mental wellbeing, as well as physical, these three ethological needs of mutual grooming, play, and defending bonds with companions, must be met.  You will have noticed that all these ethological needs imply the presence of a social group. A horse that lives isolated (whether in a loose box or a paddock) cannot play, cannot perform mutual grooming, and cannot form those affectionate bonds to be defended. Not even living in a pair, however much an improvement it might be over living in isolation, is ideal, because it is not a given that the two animals will like each other enough to be drawn to engaging in these behaviours with each other. 
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Endurance
  • Equestrian sports
11/09/2019 - Endurance riding is an equestrian sport based on long-distance rides on different types of paths of 30 to 160km in length, depending on the category.
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Tortured horses, the videos of the investigation
  • Various
17/06/2019 - INVESTIGAZIONE
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Resoconto convegno Foligno 13 maggio 2017
  • Popular feasts
19/06/2017 - Si è svolto il 13 maggio 2017, a Foligno, il convegno “Valutazione del rischio nelle manifestazioni popolari in cui vengono impiegati equidi”, organizzato dall’Ente Giostra Quintana di Foligno con il patrocinio del Ministero della Salute, della SIVE e della Federazione Italiana Giochi Storici.
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Benefici fiscali per le donazioni a IHP
  • Various
21/01/2015 -
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Equine Cushing’s Syndrome
  • Veterinary
05/04/2013 -
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The racing industry crisis, the closure of racetracks, and the failure of one system of exploiting horses
  • Horse racing
01/03/2013 -
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