Equus

The ANZAC battle of Gallipoli is commemorated on April 25. The topic is presented for children by “Roly the Anzac donkey” (Penguin NZ) that shows how storytelling, from an animal’s perspective, can convey the horrors of war to young readers.

Twenty Furioso-North Star breed horses from the Rusetu stud farm (Buzau County) will start a training program next month and will be then put up for sale for equestrian sports.

By Apostolos Lakasas

Horses forced to work 14 hours every day in the Mediterranean town of Antalya have been painted with oil to hide their poor conditions, stirring public outrage from animal rights activists.

Horses forced to work 14 hours every day in the Mediterranean town of Antalya have been painted with oil to hide their poor conditions, stirring public outrage from animal rights activists.

Police in Epirus, northwestern Greece, are looking for the perpetrators behind the suspected poisoning of 11 horses belonging to a man who conducts riding tours at Acherontas River.

Ilias Markou, owner of the tour company, told Athens-Macedonia News Agency that he found two of his horses dead and another nine suffering spasms in the early hours of Friday.