Horses

Horses banned from Pushkar Fair 2017

A view of the deserted horse tents at the annual Pushkar Fair on Oct 26, 2017. Rajasthan’s animal husbandry department restricted entry of horses in the annual Pushkar Fair for cattle this year after Glanders disease was recently detected in horses in Rajasthan. The disease resulted in deaths of a few horses. The state believes that assembly of horses or equine species of animals at the fair can spread the disease among other animals. (Photo: Shaukat Ahmed/IANS)