Horses CAN recognise humans by their voices – and distinguish between different people

Horses can recognise the sound of their owner’s voice – and the voices of other people.

A new University of Sussex study published today shows that domestic horses use a sophisticated cognitive system to identify individuals of species other than their own.

A previous study by the university demonstrated that horses have the ability to combine auditory and visual information to recognise each other. 

But in the latest study, published by the Proceedings [...]