Monitoring their feed intake closely and ensuring they are exercised properly keeps minis happy and healthy. Minis aren’t really for riding, but there are still so many ways to exercise, bond and have ...

Most of the time, when livestock operations purchase sacks of feed for their animals, they’re not thinking about the possibility to turn the leftover packaging into something functionally artistic.

Shirley Kittleson, a veterinarian in Sherburn, Minn., says she’s owed nearly $1.5 million for the care and feeding of a miniature pony herd that was seized from a pony farm two years ago.

Because of their size of about 250 pounds, miniature horses require less space and feed than their full-sized counterparts. “Our 17 miniature horses eat as much in a day as two regular horses ...