If your horse lives on a farm, is it a "farm animal?" If your horse lives in the back yard, and gets more attention than your dog or cat, is it a "companion animal?" If your horse shares a pasture with cows, or sheep, or llamas, is it "livestock?" The answers depend on state law, which generally lumps horses with other livestock. But state law can be revised to reflect changes in the use of animals...
You can sue anybody for anything, no matter how goofy the claim, so long as you can make your way to the court clerk’s office and pony up the filing fee. That’s what I tell students in my undergraduate equine law classes, and it’s true—up to a point. Securing a place on the court docket is easy, but it is only the first step in what may become a very complicated and time consuming legal process. Filing...
It's an all-too-common issue these days: you take good care of your horses, providing food, water, shelter, attention, veterinary care, a farrier, the works, but your neighbor does not. What do you do? An old adage (are there any new adages?) says that if you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem. That sounds like an unequivocal call to action, and some individuals and organizations...
