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Are you thinking of buying a new horse?
Are you thinking about buying a horse? Or have you recently purchased a horse? Whether this is your first horse or your tenth, join us for our 3-week series, Hold Your Horses: What to Know When...
PEC is Offering 2 Chainsaw Safety Courses.
Are you interested in a chainsaw safety course for trail volunteers? PEC is offering two courses. May 1, 2021 at Jacobsburg State Park Northampton County. *click for more information*registration...
Pasture Management Technical Advisement
How does it work?• “Grazing Advisors” who are current or retired livestockand horse farm managers provide technical adviceon pasture improvement, fencing, grazing planning,weed management, soil...
Equine Cruelty, Neglect, Starvation
Neglect to the point of suffering is cruelty. Often, the animals have died or have to be euthanized. Why wasn’t this reported earlier? Surely someone saw the situation before it got to that point....
Member Participation Recognition Program 2020 Winners
!! 2020 WINNERS !! At their annual membership meeting, the Pennsylvania Equine Council conducted a drawing awarding a Toro self-propelled lawn mower and a Toro leaf blower to two deserving members....
Member Participation Recognition Program
Member Participation Recognition Program As you are all aware the Equine Council continues to function as an unpaid all-volunteer organization. There are some out of pocket expenses for which...
Order from Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
Please note the following order that came out from Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (PDA) regarding the carcasses of euthanized animals (horses included) using Pentobarbitol... click here for...
Herm Gailey : A Lifetime With Horses
You have seen the name Gailey Legal Group as one of our major sponsors for years. Herm Gailey, in addition to being an attorney, is a horseman and has been one his entire life. As we become...
Equine Disease Communication Center Launches Online Equine Coronavirus and COVID-19 Resources
LEXINGTON, Ky.- The COVID-19 pandemic has created new challenges for many horse owners. To have a central source for accurate information, The Equine Disease Communication Center (EDCC) published a...
PA Driver License, Vehicle and Trailer Registration Guidelines
As an overview, we must understand that while driver licensing and vehicle registration are separate, they affect each other. Driver licensing has two components. The first is to...
What Does the Pennsylvania Equine Council Do For You?
We have celebrated more than 30 years of service to the equine community in PA. Over the years we have offered more benefits and broadened our scope of activity in response to the needs and desires...
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We’re here to make it easy, affordable, and safe to enjoy horses and participate in equestrian sports in Pennsylvania.
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death but saddling up anyway.”