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In Florence, a carriage driver forced a horse to trot alongside a bus. IHP has reported him and requested custody of the horse.

04/12/2025 - A video posted yesterday on the Instagram channel “Welcome to Florence” shows a horse used in the tourist carriage service being driven at a trot along a street in Florence in the evening, alongside an out-of-service bus with which it appears to be engaging in a sort of speed race. Photo: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.Attribution:I, Sailko
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This Christmas, make a difference. With a long-distance adoption, a donation, or a solidarity gift, you help IHP provide care and protection for rescued horses. A small gesture can become a new life.

01/12/2025 - This Christmas, you can truly save a life. With a long-distance adoption, a donation, or a solidarity gift, you can support the horses rescued by IHP and help provide care, protection, and a second chance. Discover all our Christmas initiatives: the 2026 Calendar, our solidarity shop, the stories of the horses we have saved, and the essential work of our legal team. This year, choose a gesture that truly makes a difference.
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Jovanotti concerts, IHP accepts invitation to visit La Favorita (Palermo)

27/11/2025 - coming soon
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When Horses Move Billions: Europe Has the Data, Italy Has a Blind Spot

25/11/2025 - The horse stands at the centre of a vast economic interest, especially at the European level, and it is precisely this that makes it more vulnerable to exploitation than any other animal. The paradox is striking: while Europe regularly produces studies and updated estimates on the sector, Italy has gone more than fifteen years without any official data that would allow us even to know how many horses are present within national borders.
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Illegal slaughter in Crotone: the systematic link with equestrian sports and horse racing

21/11/2025 - Horses “athletes” systematically sent to the illegal slaughterhouse. A reform of the equine registry and a law imposing precise obligations on those exploiting them in riding schools and racetracks is needed The “Grosseto strand” emerging in the recent operation by the Carabinieri NAS in the province of Crotone — which led to the arrest of one person and the indictment of five others for the illegal slaughter of thirteen horses — once again brings attention to the fate of equines at the end of their sporting careers.
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No to Jovanotti concerts at racecourses: horse welfare at risk

20/11/2025 - coming soon
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Blood farms, the new shocking report: ten years of abuse and no change

16/11/2025 - The new international investigation conducted in Argentina and Uruguay reveals conditions identical—and in some cases worse—than those captured in the first videos filmed in 2015: emaciated mares, untreated wounds, systematic abortions, and extreme blood extractions to produce the PMSG hormone destined for Europe. It’s time to ban it: a pharmaceutical supply chain built on violence cannot exist
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Thirteen horses slaughtered illegally near Crotone

13/11/2025 - IHP calls for a thorough reform of the equine registry and regulations to protect horses outside the sports circuit
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In the budget, 140 million euros are allocated for horse racing, but zero euros for the horses

12/11/2025 - The Government and Parliament have allocated about 140 million euros per year for the 2026–2028 three-year period in support of the horse-racing sector, without providing even one of the measures needed to protect and rehome horses at the end of their sporting careers.
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On holiday in Palermo, she is shocked by the conditions of the horses used to pull carriages.

06/11/2025 - coming soon
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