Tag: Animals

  • Preparing for the Summer Grazing Season

    Preparing for the Summer Grazing Season

    An Alberta Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Development (AFRD) specialist says that cool dry conditions across most of Alberta have slowed forage growth in pastures and hay fields and if it stays that way could spell problems for producers. “If it stays dry the amount of growth will be limited and it is possible that pastures…

  • Canadian Angus National Convention coming to Calgary

      Canadian Angus National Convention Will Feature Industry Leaders and Producers From Across Canada ROCKY VIEW, AB – The 2015 Canadian Angus National Convention will be held in Calgary, Alberta, June 4 through June 6. National Convention includes the Annual General Meeting for the Canadian Angus Association (CAA) coupled with tours, events and hospitality amongst…

  • Checking in on the Osprey

    Checking in on the Osprey

      The FortisAlberta Osprey-cam reveals mother Osprey sitting on three eggs. You can keep checking in on the Osprey family and you might be lucky enough to glimpse the eggs. The babies should make an appearance sometime in June. Read more about the birds and the role FortisAlberta plays. Watch the Ospreys here: http://original.livestream.com/fortisab You can…

  • Four Hero Dogs Inducted into the Purina Animal Hall of Fame

    Four Hero Dogs Inducted into the Purina Animal Hall of Fame

      This is the 47th year that these awards have been handed out. The 2015 winners are: Badger from Elgin, ON Badger is an 11-year-old Lab-Rottweiler mix and was found abandoned in the woods as a puppy over 10 years ago. His rescuer, Derik Hodgson, was in turn rescued by Badger when he fell on the…

  • West Nile Virus and Your Horse

    West Nile Virus and Your Horse

    Note: this information is taken from Alberta Agriculture and Food’s Ropin’ the Web. The West Nile virus (WNv) is a mosquito-borne virus that can cause swelling and inflammation of the brain and spinal cord in horses, birds and humans. The virus is named after the West Nile region of Uganda where the virus first appeared…

  • Millarville-Stockland 4-H Beef & Sheep Club: Achievement Day

    Millarville-Stockland 4-H Beef & Sheep Club: Achievement Day

    Club Reporter Ethan Beck This month began with Achievement Day held on May 9th. There were lots of cattle and sheep there and all were very tame. The day began with the sheep show. Everyone did a great job prepping their sheep for the show; their fleece was white as snow. The results are as…

  • Strankman Statement on WTO Meat Labelling Decision

      DRUMHELLER, AB (May 19, 2015): Today, Wildrose Agriculture Shadow Minister Rick Strankman released the following statement on the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) decision against US Country of Origin meat labelling legislation. “I welcome the positive news that the WTO has ruled against this regressive meat labelling legislation that has severely hurt Alberta’s export beef…

  • Millarville Mutts Mustangs & Marksmen: Wrapping Up Another Busy Spring

    Millarville Mutts Mustangs & Marksmen: Wrapping Up Another Busy Spring

      By Veronica Moreau Club Reporter It has been a busy time for those involved in the Millarville Mutts, Mustangs, and Marksmen 4­H Club. On March 7, members participated in a joint clinic with the Millarville Saddle Sores. The clinic focused on multi­judging, an event in which animals are classed and placed prior to oral…

  • Laminitis & Founder in Horses

    Laminitis & Founder in Horses

    With the onset of summer and pastures growing lush, some horses are at risk of pasture-induced laminitis. Laminitis is an acutely painful inflammation of the front hooves, although it can affect the hind hooves as well. Founder is the name given to the resultant tissue damage and complications following one or a series of acute…

  • Four-Legged ‘Therapists’ Help Kids Heal

    Four-Legged ‘Therapists’ Help Kids Heal

    A waggin’ train of canines keeps Stollery patients on the mend Story by Kerri Robins; photo by Melody Duncan Leave it to man’s best friend to make a ‘paws-itive’ difference for sick kids at the Stollery Children’s Hospital. Hounds have become enthusiastic healers as they walk the Stollery halls to visit with young patients as…

  • The Ospreys Have Landed

    The Ospreys Have Landed

    [break][break][break][break][break][break][break][break][break] FortisAlberta’s Osprey web cam is up and running and our beloved Osprey couple have returned to the platform set up near Canmore. It provides a bird’s eye view of the Ospreys’ nesting activities. Osprey, (Pandion haliaetus) are found on every continent except Antarctica. They migrate thousands of miles each year to and from Central…

  • Veterans on Horseback Coming to the Foothills

    Veterans on Horseback Coming to the Foothills

    [break][break][break][break][break][break][break][break][break] Communities For Veterans Foundation – The Ride Across Canada is operating a horseback ride across Canada with veterans and for veterans. Watch for the riders in Black Diamond this afternoon around 3:00 to 4:00 pm. They will be riding in from the south along Government Road to Black Diamond Town Office. Why are we…

  • Encapsulated Stem Cells Could Accelerate Wound Healing in Horses

    Encapsulated Stem Cells Could Accelerate Wound Healing in Horses

    By Cornell University Baker Institute for Animal Health A team of Cornell University scientists has shown that equine stem cells confined inside tiny capsules secrete substances that help heal simulated wounds in cell cultures, opening up new ways of delivering these substances to the locations in the body where they can hasten healing. The capsules…

  • Equine Dental Health

    Equine Dental Health

      A Guide To Equine Dental Care Like humans, horses get two sets of teeth in their lifetime. The baby teeth (also called deciduous teeth) are only temporary. Normally, a horse will have a full set of baby teeth by the age of 9 months. These teeth will start to be replaced around the age…

  • High River’s Heaven Can Wait Online Auction

    High River’s Heaven Can Wait Online Auction

    Heaven Can Wait is holding our first online auction to help support the ongoing care of our animals. With the scope and crisis of the Milk River dogs, local artist Kari Martin has spearheaded this fundraising effort by producing 8 original pieces of art depicting each of the dogs who came into our care. Additional…