The United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York is pursuing criminal charges against the executive of a drug-compounding company over what it alleges to be an unlawful conspiracy between them and a number of equine veterinarians. Specifically, the indictment accuses the executive “with participating in a conspiracy to distribute an adulterated or misbranded equine drug with intent to defraud and mislead in violation of [federal law]”

The United States Equestrian Federation (“USEF”) has expelled a member for violating the USEF Code of Conduct after a Texas court found her guilty of felony animal cruelty to a mare to whom the veterinarian was providing post-surgical care. According to the Hearing Committee’s decision, the member’s license to practice veterinary medicine was revoked as the result of an incident in which the veterinarian was alleged to have used a “hotshot” or handheld cattle prod to repeatedly shock the mare in an effort to get her to stand. As a result of the criminal charges on which she was convicted, the veterinarian will serve a term of probation, but not any jail time.