Keeping horses alive not necessarily good welfare – official
The persuasion that keeping horses last represents adept welfare has been challenged yesteryear a senior British Horse Society figure, equally UK of Britain too Northern Republic of Ireland continues to appear equine challenges.
Its manager of equine policy, Lee Hackett, has offered insights into the crisis affecting Britain’s Equus caballus population inwards the latest number of the society’s magazine.
Hackett urges people to confront to the realities of the electrical current situation.
With too then many unwanted horses roaming Britain, Equus caballus lovers are inevitably tempted to travail to conduct hold matters into their ain hands. However, Lee advises Equus caballus owners to recall twice earlier rushing to the “rescue” too suggests that a to a greater extent than pragmatic approach may last necessary.
“Let’s lose the persuasion that adept welfare ever way keeping animals alive,” Hackett says.
“We can’t afford to recall similar this whatever longer. Finding a Equus caballus a novel piece of occupation or novel abode too then nosotros tin avoid putting them downward actually is non ever the best solution.
“Humane euthanasia is far from the worst fate that tin befall a horse. Just inquire whatever i of The British Horse Society’s 200-plus welfare officers who are constantly on telephone telephone to help horses suffering too inwards distress.”
The lodge is equally good launching its novel grass sickness crusade inwards the latest issue, inwards conjunction amongst the Equine Grass Sickness Fund too the Animal Health Trust.
The aim is to heighten coin for a sum clinical trial of a novel vaccine that could hateful the halt of the devastating equine disease.
The Animal Health Trust has already conducted a successful airplane pilot study, which is a major breakthrough. The side yesteryear side phase is a full-size clinical trial of the potential vaccine.
“Grass sickness causes huge suffering to the horses it affects too the people who attention for them,” Hackett says.
“At the minute nosotros conduct hold no existent way of treating or preventing it too piece the condition quo remains horses volition proceed to die.
“However, at that topographic point is lite at the halt of the tunnel thank you lot to the prospect of a vaccine. The British Horse Society is the arrangement for people who dearest horses too nosotros are delighted to last teaming upwards amongst the Equine Grass Sickness Fund too the Animal Health Trust to launch this appeal.
“Raising the coin needed to fund the vaccine trial powerfulness simply enable us to defeat this horrific affliction in i lawsuit too for all.”
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