As expected, there is talk of legal action by nurse Kaci Hickox, who was quarantined in New Jersey after allegedly having a fever upon her homecoming to the U.S. during
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Carriage Horses Take Center Stage At New York’s Fashion Week
By Nancy E. Halpern, D.V.M. on
New York City’s carriage horses, like fashion week itself, are iconic symbols of the city, as reported by NPR radio yesterday when the horses, carriages, and drivers took center stage…
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Equine Infectious Anemia – Back in the News
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Equine Infectious Anemia (“EIA”), a long-dreaded, infectious disease of horses, spread mostly by horse flies and deer flies (the “insect vectors”) made headlines again, when a man reportedly admitted to…
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Updating Pet Trust Statutes
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The “Pet Trust statute” in New Jersey, first enacted in 2001, should be amended to reflect current concerns and those which are reasonably foreseeable so that pet owners’ intentions can…
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Carriage Horses of New York-is it the end of an era?
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The new mayor of New York City promised to ban the use of carriage horses in the city, an iconic attraction for city dwellers and visitors from around the globe. …
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Federal Jury Finds AQHA Violated Antitrust Laws By Barring Cloned Horses From Registration
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On July 30, 2013, a ten-person jury in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Amarillo Division, rendered a verdict in the case of Abraham v. Veneklasen …
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Infectious Diseases In Animals And Humans – What Is Your Legal Risk?
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Approximately 1500 pathogenic organisms exist on the planet (that we know of), of which a majority (75%) are transmissible from animals to humans (or visa versa). Some of historic significance…
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