When Mary Radford set out from her home in Angels Camp, California last June for a day in the Sierras with her son, Peter, and their two horses, she envisioned a bucolic eight hours of riding. At that time, the mountains were still tipped with toupees of snow, and the meadows were tall with early […]
In 1999, West Nile Virus (WNV) appeared for the first time in the state of New York. Until that time, the West Nile virus had never been seen in the Western Hemisphere. Even though virus outbreaks flared up sporadically in Africa, Asia, Europe and other parts of the world, the combination of vast ocean protection […]
Every horse owner is aware of the dangers of poisoning. But most think of poisoning in the terms of toxic chemicals — not the natural ones found growing in pastures, fields, along fence lines, in front and back yards or lining driveways. Several years back a friend called to tell me of the death of […]
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