https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed At least three people were seriously injured at the Cologne Karneval when horses pulling a carriage bolted and ran into a crowd on Monday. The parade was temporarily stopped. https://www.thelocal.de/20180212/several-injured-after-horses-bolt-at-cologne-karneval Mon, 12 Feb 2018 16:33:48 +0100 several-injured-after-horses-bolt-at-cologne-karneval After the opening of the €2.5 million facility in southern Germany, animal burial experts have called for pet owners to have the chance to be buried alongside their beloved pets. https://www.thelocal.de/20171204/candles-and-music-germanys-first-horse-crematorium-to-give-equines-worth-farewell Mon, 04 Dec 2017 17:21:02 +0100 candles-and-music-germanys-first-horse-crematorium-to-give-equines-worth-farewell Nearly 50 horses used their newfound freedom at the weekend to wreak a bit of havoc in a Lower Saxon town. https://www.thelocal.de/20160801/team-of-escaped-horses-trample-police-car-run-amok-in-small-town Mon, 01 Aug 2016 14:24:20 +0200 team-of-escaped-horses-trample-police-car-run-amok-in-small-town A 48-million-year-old fossil of a pregnant horse and fetus found south of Frankfurt is the oldest of its kind known to science and contains unusually well-preserved evidence of tissue from the womb, researchers said Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20151008/horse-pregnant-for-48-million-years Thu, 08 Oct 2015 11:13:43 +0200 horse-pregnant-for-48-million-years Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen was the unexpected star at the opening ceremony of the International Equestrian Federation's European Championship on Tuesday evening, taking part in a display put on by the Germany's state stud farms. https://www.thelocal.de/20150812/defence-minister-takes-break-for-horse-riding-contest Wed, 12 Aug 2015 11:32:45 +0200 defence-minister-takes-break-for-horse-riding-contest German police on Wednesday recovered two life-sized bronze sculptures of horses worth millions that once stood outside Adolf Hitler's chancellery but vanished in the year the Berlin Wall fell. https://www.thelocal.de/20150521/police-discover-hitlers-lost-bronze-horses Thu, 21 May 2015 10:38:38 +0200 police-discover-hitlers-lost-bronze-horses Nine horses were killed, three vehicles were damaged and two people badly injured in a crash in eastern Germany on Tuesday night. https://www.thelocal.de/20131212/nine-horses-killed-in-crash Thu, 12 Dec 2013 10:46:00 +0100 nine-horses-killed-in-crash A rash of suspected horse poisonings in western Germany, which has reportedly killed more than 50 animals, has turned out to be a deadly illness which comes from the creatures eating certain tree seeds. https://www.thelocal.de/20131127/horses-die-from-tree-seed-disease Wed, 27 Nov 2013 13:14:00 +0100 horses-die-from-tree-seed-disease Germany's five-time Olympic medallist in equestrian events Isabell Werth was handed her second sixth-month ban on Tuesday after being found guilty of giving her horse illegal stomach medicine. https://www.thelocal.de/20131105/second-ban-for-olympic-equestrian-champion Tue, 05 Nov 2013 18:21:00 +0100 second-ban-for-olympic-equestrian-champion A woman in Bavaria made a startling discovery as she went to prepare for a morning ride – there was someone already on her horse, and he was passed out drunk on top of it having spent the night there. https://www.thelocal.de/20131029/woman-finds-drunk-man-asleep-on-her-horse-bavaria Tue, 29 Oct 2013 11:07:00 +0100 woman-finds-drunk-man-asleep-on-her-horse-bavaria Danedream won Europe's most prestigious horse race the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in Paris on Sunday to give Germany only their second win in the race in a record time of 2 minutes 24.49 seconds. https://www.thelocal.de/20111003/37965 Mon, 03 Oct 2011 14:02:00 +0200 37965 A nighttime procession of youthful riders in Lower Saxony on Thursday ended in a dramatic accident when more than 100 frightened horses injured at least 44 people, most of them children. https://www.thelocal.de/20100827/29433 Fri, 27 Aug 2010 10:19:00 +0200 29433 A former US military base in Hanau, Hesse, is to become home to a group of endangered horses next month in an effort to conserve the habitat and protect the rare animals. https://www.thelocal.de/20090902/21639 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 09:43:00 +0200 21639 Dogs have always enjoyed wide acceptance and man’s best friend, but a German team of scientists has revealed that horses may have been domesticated more than five millennia ago. https://www.thelocal.de/20090428/18931 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:18:00 +0200 18931 Bavarian police on Monday said a man who tried to take his horse with him into a public toilet over the weekend caused over €1,000 in damages after the animal balked. https://www.thelocal.de/20080804/13479 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 13:40:00 +0200 13479