USEF, AERC Issue Joint Statement on Endurance Horse Welfare
Edited Press Release
March 19, 2017
The groups expressed “alarm over continued disproportionate equine deaths, equine doping, and catastrophic injuries.”
The groups expressed “alarm over continued disproportionate equine deaths, equine doping, and catastrophic injuries.”
Brooke, The Donkey Sanctuary, SPANA, and World Horse Welfare will help implement global working equid welfare standards.
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Award recipients are second- and third-year students pursuing careers in companion animal or large animal medicine.
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Nonprofit organizations can submit applications for the foundation’s 2017 grants program until May 1.
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The USEF will review the science and use of medroxyprogesterone acetate (Depo-Provera) in competition horses.
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