Horses’ Eye Blink Rate Could Reveal Stress Levels
While cortisol measurements have long been the gold standard in measuring stress in horses, getting those measurements can be stressful in and of itself.
While cortisol measurements have long been the gold standard in measuring stress in horses, getting those measurements can be stressful in and of itself.
The temperatures have cooled for Charleston’s iconic carriage horses, but the debate over their working conditions remains a hot topic.
The operator of a new carriage service in Bandera, TX was killed Tuesday afternoon when an SUV crashed into her horse-drawn vehicle just outside of town, the Texas Department of Public Safety said Tuesday.
We want to thank very much the hundreds of people who stopped by our booth at the Charleston Animal Society Chili Cook Off.
For months, critics of Charleston’s carriage-tour industry have been calling on the city to measure heat at street level, where the horses are, instead of on top of a four-story building.
"If we can promote and market ourselves as a city so efficiently, why couldn't the same type of effort be put into handling the results?"
A great and pointed question to the city of Charleston. With traffic, carriage horse incidents, and the level of construction on the rise, something must be done to ensure that CHS remains first and foremost a livable city.
"If you’re lucky, or not, a horse carriage may roll through and keep you parked long enough to hear the bells of St. Michael’s."
"Our position remains the same," Chief Executive Officer Joe Elmore said Wednesday. "Ninety-five degrees is still tops in the nation. We carry more than twice the load of any other place in the nation.