Berlin-Hamburg train line closed after horse gets hoof stuck in track
Authorities had to temporarily close down the high-speed train line between Germany's two largest cities on Thursday after a runaway horse got into a spot of bother.
Renegade horse herd runs amok in small Saxon town
Nearly 50 horses used their newfound freedom at the weekend to wreak a bit of havoc in a Lower Saxon town.
Woman tries to take pony abroad in a car boot
A woman from Lower Saxony was stopped by police on Tuesday – for trying to carry a Shetland Pony out of the country in the boot of her Fiat Panda.
Biology pupils find horse in kebab meat test
Schoolchildren in western Germany came across horse meat while testing doner kebabs in a biology experiment. It comes a year after the horse meat scandal which showed much meat on sale in Europe had been mislabelled.
Lucky escape for girl and her little pony
A young girl spent hours vainly calling for help while up to her chest in mud with her Shetland pony after she tried to rescue the animal when it got stuck in a swamp near a German river.
Wayward horse injures five at marksmen’s fair
A horse which did not wish to be mounted bolted from its rider and charged into a crowd at Hannover’s famous marksmen’s festival on Sunday, injuring five people and damaging a car, bicycle and pram.
SPD call for 'Eurofood' police force
Germany's opposition Social Democrat party called for a Europe-wide food police force on Friday, a day after it emerged that falsely labelled horsemeat was far more widespread than previously thought.