Miniature Horses in the Headlines

Due to popular request, this page was requested in miniature horse fans who want to keep-up with miniature horses in the news and in the courts.

• Florida does Guide Horse awareness campaign
   

• Helping Hooves Book Signing Louisburg NC
   

• DOT provides equity for disabled air travelers with service animals
   

• Miniature Horse Wheelchairs
   

• Nutt is evicted for keeping unauthorized guide horse
   

• Carroll center helps guide horse user
   

• A Tiny Horse with Big City Cool
   

• Meeting Jane Goodall
   

• Cowboy opts for guide horse
   

• The all-critical city training for Guide Horses
   

• Horse-friendly hotels in New York City
   

• Meet Bluebell the dwarf
   

• Saving Lil Orphan Annie
   

• Guide horse travels on cruise ship
   

• Researchers working to crack the Equine genome
   

• Robot guide may soon replace guide animals
   

• Airline policy on traveling with emotional support horses
   

• Homeless Woman claims that Rat Terrier Puppy is a guide dog
   

• Seeing-eye Dog Pees on Court - Delays NBA Basketball Game!
   

• Blind Man charged with reckless driving - blames seeing-eye dog for wreck
   

• New DOT ruling clarified Guide Horse air travel rights
   

• Service Animal User sues for Discrimination
   

• 80-year-old man denied replacement guide animal
   

• RFID is saving horses lives
   

• Horse Taught to Fetch and Answer Telephone
   

• Supreme Court to hear case on ADA disability rights on Cruise Ships
   

• Why do guide animals need sneakers?
   

• India's First Guide Animal School
   

• Florida Man to be Arraigned for Discriminating Against a Guide Animal User
   

• Woman wins in Dressage with blind horse
   

• Robotic Guide for Blind is Prototyped
   

• Airline requires potty pads for guide animals
   

• Service Animal Calls 911 and Saves Handler
   

• Guide Animals Going to Prison
   

• State Laws on Guide Animal & Service Access Rights
   

• Allergic pilots can deny guide animal rights
   

• Court finds that Guide Animal users must obey safety rules
   

• First Guide Horse completes coast-to-coast air travel
   

• Guide Horse Wins at World Championship Horse Show
   

• Owner-trained service dog attacks and kills terrier
   

• Guide animal access is problematic in Japan
   

• Ohio Seeing Eye Dog Hit and Killed by Car
   

• Owner-trained guide horse achieving great success in flying on commercial airliner
   

• Service Monkey user is questioned
   

• Study concludes some guide dogs may be nearsighted
   

• Canadian Guide Horse may need to be multi-lingual
   

• Miniature horse survives severe broken leg
   

• Premature miniature horse foal saved at hospital
   

• Miniature horse cartoons completed
   

• Blind horse rider wins championships
   

• More miniature horses entering suburban neighborhoods
   

• Guide Horse receive worldwide attention
   

• Putt-putt is sick - brought back to town in violation of court order!
   

• Putt-putt the mini horse looses zoning variance
   

• New blood test may save lives of thousands of mini ponies every year
   

• Court rules that miniature horse is not livestock and may live in subdivision
   

• Miniature horses may now fly in passenger aircraft cabin
   

• Wiley Miller, the award-winning creator of popular Non Sequitur comic strip, has started a series on the use of a Guide Horse.  Click here to read the strips.
   

• Miniature Horse certified as Therapy Animal - Miniature horses are now recognized as certified therapy animals.
   

• New Texas law protects Guide Horses - Texas Governor's Committee on People with Disabilities
   

• Pennsylvania AG notes that ADA violations are also criminal under PA State Law - Pennsylvania Attorney General
   

• Blind woman sues for discrimination at horse riding stable - St. Louis Post Dispatch
   

• Mean Judge won't allow disabled girl to have assistance horse - Blind World
   

• Miniature Horse inducted into the Texas Animal Hall of Fame - Herald Democrat
   

• Blind teen tells Nampa council she needs horse to get around - Blind rider uses Guide horse
   

• Rutgers University - Animal Rights Law Project -  A great source of generic animal rights laws.
   

• Ridgewood Homeowners vs. Mignacca - Rhode Island Superior court - This is the original court finding where the miniature house was allowed to stay in the subdivision.
   

• Appeal - Ridgewood Homeowners Assn. v. Mignacca - A Rhode Island court rules in favor of a miniature horse.
   

• Girl's wish comes true, but pet conflicts with ordinance - Times Free Press, Tennessee News Channel 9 WTVC, Associated Press - A disabled girl's struggle to keep her miniature horse. 
   

• Pig Tale Reveals Potential Hazard in 'Assist Animal' Rules - Aviation Today - September 2001 - A discussion of the legitimacy of non-dog service animals, including Guide Horses.

• Hendrick v. Ashburn - Texas Court of Appeals - 1993 WL 389197 - September 30, 1993 - A Texas court rules that a miniature horse with "Projectile Diarrhea" was treated appropriately by a Veterinarian.

• Save the . . . dogs? - Virginia Daily Press - April 19, 2000 - A story about a miniature horse killed by marauding dogs.
   
• Mini Horse Neglect - The Olympian - Citizens help 93 Miniature horses saved from cruel owners.

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