The Unwanted Horse Coalition’s (UHC) Operation Gelding program continues into the new year with three additional clinics completed in November and December 2011 and three more on the schedule for March 2012. The UHC’s Operation Gelding program has aided in gelding 359 colts or stallions to date.

The program, which was first launched in late August 2010, is able to continue aiding in the castration of stallions thanks to the support and seed money provided by the American Association of Equine Practitioners Foundation (AAEP). Operation Gelding is designed to offer funding assistance to organizations, associations, and events that wish to conduct a public gelding clinic under the name and guidelines of Operation Gelding. An organization that has completed an Operation Gelding clinic will receive funding of $50 per horse, $1,000 maximum, to aid in the costs associated with the clinic.

The Operation Gelding program is in its second year, with seven clinics already completed since September 2011. Clinics have been held in Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Michigan, Texas, and Washington.

The UHC was pleased to be involved with Georgia Equine Rescue League’s (GERL) first ever Stallion to Gelding Castration Day on Nov. 12, 2011. The GERL had an incredible 96 horses signed up for the event; twelve equine veterinarians signed up across the state of Georgia to carry out castrations