Colorado Equine Law Articles

2012 Equine Herpes Virus Quarantined in Colorado – No Travel Restrictions Imposed

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…

Horse Divorce: Article as Featured in Horse Connection Magazine

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…

Colorado equine law articles are now posted

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…

Colorado Conservation Easements and Land Trusts

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

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…