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Check out this list of resources from Humane World to learn where to have your horse humanely euthanized, buried, cremated or rendered.

To thrive, horses require healthy amounts of food and water, adequate shelter and competent care.

Soring involves the intentional infliction of pain to a horse's legs or hooves in order to force the horse to perform an artificial, exaggerated gait. Here are important facts about this cruel abuse.

This guide covers the fundamentals of proper horse care, including nutrition, shelter, veterinary care, hoof care, exercise, and overall welfare—based on widely accepted animal welfare standards.

Humane World for Animals and Humane World Action Fund have campaigned for the safety and preservation of wild horses and burros. Here are some frequently asked questions about the use of PZP immunocontraceptive vaccines in wild horses and burros.

While having a horse in the family can be rewarding, being a successful horse owner requires a great deal of time, money and a lasting commitment to the care and well-being of the animal. The

A carriage horse ban gains momentum in New York City and signals a global push to retire a “romantic” tradition built on cruelty.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced a final rule to stop a strange, persistent and deeply disturbing cruelty that has survived more than a half century’s legislative attempts to suppress it. In a huge win, the new rule bans the use on Tennessee walking and racking horses of devices and substances integral to soring, including tall, high-heel-like horseshoes (known as “stacks”) and chains that bang against a horse’s chemically sored ankles, all used to cause excruciating pain. The rule also assigns sole responsibility to the agency’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to screen, train and authorize inspectors, and creates an inspection system that relies on veterinarians, veterinary technicians or others employed by government agencies to enforce relevant laws and regulations. We believe that the rule puts the government on a much stronger footing to finally eliminate soring.

Horses and other equines require extra consideration in disaster planning.

Over the weekend, the 86th annual Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration concluded in Shelbyville, Tennessee, and we are determined that this be the last Celebration with abused walking horses on display. A rule finalized earlier this year by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and slated to take full effect in February 2025 gives us reason to hope our decades of work to end this practice will come to fruition. However, there are last-ditch efforts to block this essential rule through lawsuits and political pressure, which is why we must continue to press the issue. Members of the Humane Society of the United States’ Equine Protection team traveled to Tennessee to evaluate the condition of the horses at the show, and here, Keith Dane, senior director of Equine Protection, gives an account of what they saw.

President Trump’s proposed FY27 budget cuts the Wild Horse and Burro Program’s funding and eliminates a crucial prohibition against horse slaughter. If this proposal goes through, it could set the stage for the slaughter of tens of thousands of wild horses and burros.

Soring isn’t tradition, it’s cruelty. Horses are deliberately hurt with chemicals and heavy stacks to force the “Big Lick.” And now, the USDA has removed proven protections and handed enforcement back to an industry that’s failed horses for decades. We’ve had enough. We’re suing because the law is meant to protect horses, not reward pain.

Humane World investigation reveals the cruel reality of horse soring as trainers in “Big Lick” contests continue illegal practice.

Update 6/23/22: The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Protection voted today to advance two important horse protection bills, the SAFE and PAST Act.