The Unwanted Horse Coalition (UHC) has announced it will continue its Operation Gelding Program after receiving donations from the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) and the United States Trotting Association (USTA), and the Thoroughbred retirement program CANTER Pennsylvania has launched a program to help offset gelding-related costs.

A release from the UHC said it will contribute its own funds to the program, which provides money to assist organizations, associations, and events that wish to sponsor clinics to geld horses for free or at a reduced rate.

"The seed money provided by the AAEP, USTA, and UHC will allow the coalition to continue this program," UHC chairman Doug Corey, DVM, said in the statement. "We appreciate that support and want to build on it. So the UHC is asking for the support of the general horse community.

"Tax-deductible contributions can be made by anyone for the UHC Operation Gelding program through the American Horse Council Foundation," he continued. "A $50 contribution will help to geld one stallion; additional funds will do even more. All contributions will be used entirely for the gelding program