“If a horse needs an amputation or he’s not going to live, that’s not much of a choice,” began Ric Redden, DVM, founder of the International Equine Podiatry Center and host of the 2003 Bluegrass Laminitis Symposium, in a presentation on Jan. 18. “Horses with catastrophic injury or disease of the lower limb are most often euthanized as there is irreversible vascular, soft tissue, and bone damage. Amputating the limb well above the dysfunctional area and fitting the horse with a prosthesis is a viable option. This is what being a vet is all about–looking at an animal that wants to live and fixing him