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Chicago: an end to horse drawn carriages
22/05/2020 - Chicago joins other cities which have already banned the use of carriages in the USA, among them Salt Lake City and Biloxi in Mississippi, Camden in New Jersey and Key West, Palm Beach, Pompano Beach and Treasure Island in Florida.
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Lockdown effect: Palios and other traditional spectacles using equines cancelled
21/05/2020 - The cancellation of the most famous of these, the Siena Palio, has made the headlines
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Ippica, IHP chiede blocco fondi al Governo
19/05/2020 - coming soon
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“Mani in pasta” operation: mafia tentacles extend into the horse racing business. Again.
15/05/2020 - The "Mani in pasta” - or “a finger in every pie” - operation, which in the last few days resulted in 91 arrests of persons in Italy after a major raid conducted by Italy’s finance police, the Guardia di Finanza, coordinated by the Anti-Mafia District Directorate of Palermo, reaffirms what we have been aware of for decades: the link between organised crime and horse exploitation.
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Iillegal horse racing in Palermo
05/05/2020 - The COVID-19 emergency did not stop an illegal horse race in Palermo, which was filmed on Monday 27 April at 6.30 AM by the participants themselves, and then posted on social media channels.
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IHP: three horses dead at the Tignano rescue centre (Volterra)
29/04/2020 - Following these new deaths, the investigation process provided for in the High mortality protocol of the Veterinary Preventive Medicine Institute of Pisa and the North-West Local Health Authority, with the involvement of the Carabinieri (as suspected malicious intent has never been excluded), was reopened.
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AISPA and IHP: ten years together
21/04/2020 - AISPA, the Anglo-Italian Society for the Protection of Animals, and IHP, met for the first time in 2010. Our association had just been created, with many hopes, very little money, and an already large number of animals to maintain and care for
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Coronavirus, accudimento cavalli: passo indietro del presidente FISE dopo oltre un mese
18/04/2020 - Coronavirus, accudimento cavalli: passo indietro del presidente FISE dopo oltre un mese
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Endurance, 3-year ban in arsenic case
16/04/2020 - original article from Horse Sport
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Coronavirus crisis: absurd appeal made by FISE and equestrian centresi
12/04/2020 - It's disconcerting to see on a national television channel the appeal of a sports federation chairman and of some owners of equestrian centres for public aid and maybe even donations from private citizens in order to move forward.
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