Colorado Equine Law Articles
2012 Equine Herpes Virus Quarantined in Colorado. The Colorado Department of Agriculture has advised that an outbreak of Equine Herpes Virus (EHV-1) has been confirmed in Douglas County, Colorado. The boarding facility where the horse resides has been quarantined. The affected horse was imported by a private owner from Iowa through a transport company and was…
April 28, 2012 11:30 AM Equestrian Safety & Head Injury Safety Presented by Dr. Sean Markey, neurological consultant for the Denver Broncos and director of neurosurgery at Parker Adventist Hospital. Date Apr 28 — Apr 28 Time 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM Location Colorado Horse Park 7375 Bayou Gulch Road Parker, CO 80134 Cost Free View our Equine…
BY MARC C. PATOILE, ATTORNEY AT LAW Horse Divorce: Article as Featured in Horse Connection Magazine. Recently, an interesting bumper sticker caught my eye, “My wife left with my horse—God I’ll miss that horse.” The number of divorces in America has escalated to around 1,000,000 annually and a reported fifty percent of all marriages in this country…
A number of Colorado equine law articles are now posted by Marc Patoile of Folkestad Fazekas Barrick & Patoile, P.C., who is a seasoned equine law lawyer, among his other areas of practice. We are in the process of posting all of the articles by our attorneys or staff, or featuring them, here: http://ffcolorado.com/blog/colorado-equine-law-and-equestrian-law-articles/ Photo from…
The U.S. Equestrian Federation President and gold-medal winning Olympian David O’Connor said the largest threat to the horse industry is loss of land for horse-related activities. Ask anyone who rides, especially those from the other side of the pond, whether horses require a significant amount of land and whether those types of lands are decreasing.…
Equine Herpes Virus (EHV-1) Contained in Colorado. The Colorado Department of Agriculture’s State Veterinarian’s office has released a number of quarantine and hold orders associated with the recent spread of Equine Herpesvirus (EHV-1) in the state; the disease is considered contained within Colorado and no new cases have been confirmed since May 20, 2011. “I’m…