equine
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According to the University of Minnesota, horses and other equines are naturally prone to colic.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 21, 2025
They emerge in darkness to feed on carcasses—mainly equines and poultry—discarded in open landfills and on roadsides because of the city’s poor waste collection service.
From National Geographic • Feb. 8, 2024
A previous study, analyzing a relatively small amount of modern DNA from hundreds of donkeys, had suggested the equines had been domesticated twice, in Asia and in Africa.
From Science Magazine • Sep. 7, 2022
At the ranch where 65 horses are being cared for, Warrell said she receives calls almost daily from desperate horse owners who are asking if Horse’n Around will take their equines.
From Washington Times • Jul. 9, 2022
Jorrocks’s advice, “know your horse,” should be engraved in capital letters on the heart of everyone who hunts, as its observance would prevent many distressing accidents both to humans and equines.
From The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed. by Hayes, M. Horace (Matthew Horace)
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