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Livorno Racecourse: unacceptable to use a public loan to keep horse racing alive
28/02/2026 - The municipality must not use taxpayers’ money to prop up a structurally declining activity built on the exploitation of horses
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Perugia, trial on clandestine horse slaughter: IHP admitted as a civil party
27/02/2026 - The association’s legal standing recognized. Three defendants committed to trial. The investigation originated from the NAS operation of February 5, 2025.
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Protection of equidae, bill introduced in the Chamber of Deputies
24/02/2026 - The bipartisan bill introduced by MP Brambilla was drafted in close collaboration with IHP. The ratio behind the proposal is to equate horses with pets, introducing a ban on slaughter, exploitation in historical and folkloric events, and use in pulling carriages for tourist purposes. The proposal also aims to limit certain coercive training methods.
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Sartiglia, the exclusive video of the mare’s death
17/02/2026 - IHP is in possession of the footage showing the moment of the mare’s death and has reconstructed what happened thanks to several eyewitnesses.
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A horse dies at the Sartiglia in Oristano
16/02/2026 - The hypothesis reported by the media is that the animal died of a heart attack.
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Horse racing facing an unprecedented crisis: the system collapses
11/02/2026 - From Capannelle to Trieste, amid failed management deals and revoked recognitions: Italian horse racing is beginning to pay the price of growing public disaffection. Citizens are increasingly unwilling to tolerate animals being horrifically exploited in the name of profit. Yet the fate of the horses remains absent from public debate.
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Siracusa, horse without a microchip amid car wreckage
10/02/2026 - The horse was not seized, but left in the hands of its “caretakers,” who were fined—an unacceptable situation caused by the ineffectiveness of Italian laws.
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Cartagena puts an end to the exploitation of horses. In Italy, delays continue
06/02/2026 - Elsewhere decisions are taken; in Italy the debate still hides behind “tradition”, while horses pay the price of political inertia
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Viareggio Carnival: shame on the horse show on the seafront
04/02/2026 - “What was presented by the Giona Show is an anachronistic and now widely disapproved form of exploitation, as shown by the comments on the videos circulating on social media. We invite citizens to protest with the Municipality so that this never happens again.”
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Lilli: the little pony that once again taught us the value of respect
29/01/2026 - IHP will fully cover the costs of a complex surgical procedure, followed by a long and delicate rehabilitation: one of Lilli’s legs had to be amputated, and today she walks thanks to a prosthetic limb. Love for this animal thus also becomes an opportunity to reflect on what respect truly means.
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