Lawsuit seeks registration of quarter horse clones

Lynx Melody's clone, Lynx Melody Too. Lynx Melody was the oldest Equus caballus to live on cloned, as well as the solely i to live on cloned afterward death.

The American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA)  faces a case over its prohibition on the banning of clones.

The anti-trust case has been filed past times a member, Jason Abraham, as well as 2 of his related companies, Abraham & Veneklasen Joint Venture as well as Abraham Equine Inc.

The American Quarter Horse Journal reports that Abraham as well as his companies seek to convey the cloning dominion reversed to permit cloned horses as well as their offspring to live on registered every bit American Quarter Horses amongst the association through its  breed registry.

The association has withal to convey a direct chances to fully review the suit, which was filed on Monday, the magazine reported.

The association’s ban on registering clones has been inwards house since 2004.

The magazine noted that each year, earlier the association’s annual convention, members were entitled to asking dominion changes, as well as inwards recent years requests to alter the cloning dominion had been received.

However, the members who comprise the stud mass as well as registration committee, as well as the board of directors, convey voted hence far non to alter the cloning rule.

Association executive vice-president Don Treadway said: “At this time, nosotros are reviewing the case as well as convey informed the AQHA Executive Committee, the stud mass as well as registration commission as well as the board of directors.

“These committees as well as the AQHA members who sit down on them convey charged the staff amongst defending the rules of the Association. During this process, nosotros volition function to proceed our members informed every bit novel information becomes available.”

Abraham’s case claims the association is monopolizing as well as raising the toll of horses past times refusing to register clones as well as their offspring.

The plaintiffs combat that cloning helps bring down genetic defects inwards quarter horses.

The case states: “Cloning is the solely assisted reproductive technique that tin minimize or eliminate genetic illness – a work that has plagued quarter horses.”

It said at least nine equine diseases convey been linked to genetic mutations.

The case noted that almost cloned horses were basis champions, cloned non for repeat surgical operation simply for breeding purposes.

Breeding the best possible stock, it argues, improves the over-all wellness as well as illness resistance of brute populations.

 

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