Ah, urine: the forgotten excretion. Forgotten, that is, until 42nd Ward Alderman Brendan Reilly got the Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection to amend city rules to include it. more ›

CBS 2 is reporting that five badly neglected horses have been rescued by authorities in Lowell, Indiana. Investigators say that the difficult economy contributed to the neglect of the equines, but that their owners were capable of caring for them but didn't. more ›

If we say Lost In The Fog is a film about horse racing, surely Seabiscuit comes to mind. But Tobey Maguire isn't nearly as adorable as the horse's cantankerous octogenarian owner Harry Aleo. And unlike most documentaries made after a story ends, filmmaker John Corey just happened to fall into the development of the story of a three-year-old horse named, Lost in the Fog. He followed him from the small-time races in San Francisco, through a 10-race winning streak, until the horse's capture of the coveted Eclipse Award, as the nation's top sprinter. more ›

Frank Lee, 67, is facing felony animal abuse charges after authorities found his four horses so severely neglected that two had to be euthanized. The horses were malnourished and living in manure-filled stalls, and their hooves were so overgrown the animals could barely walk. The sheriff's video from the stable is incredibly sad. more ›

"He grazes with a new friend, a miniature horse named Jackson that could easily walk right under him." —Adorable story about Chance, a huge horse rescued from last year's massive truck crash in which nearly 60 horses were injured. more ›

Horse slaughter for human consumption shall remain illegal in our fine state, now that the SCOTUS has declined to hear Cavel International's appeal. Cavel's DeKalb horse-slaughtering facility shut down last year after Illinois passed a state law banning the practice. more ›

Putting other horses like Mr. Ed and Barbaro to shame, Smokey, a 12 year old Mustang at the Danada Equestrian Center in Wheaton, has learned to paint. Smokey's trainers started the painting activities as a way for the horses at Danada to battle cabin fever since the cold kept them from a regular exercise routine. Smokey emerged hoof and shoulders above the others as the most artistically inclined of the group. more ›