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f you’re like most horse lovers, you like to trail ride when you go on vacation. Rental stables, called
“dude strings” in the West, rent horses by the hour and are easy to find in most tourist spots.
Because rental stables are not regulated at the federal level, it’s impossible to determine how many may be operating in the US. What does this lack of regulation mean for the welfare of rental horses? Tey depend on us, riders on vacation, to monitor the quality of care
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they’re provided and to quickly report violations when we suspect them.
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tate animal welfare codes, at a minimum, make it illegal to
overwork or deprive certain classes of animals adequate food, water, or shelter. Under these laws, sheriffs and animal control officers, and sometimes welfare organizations, can investigate reports of rental horse abuse or neglect.
At the state level, only Maryland, Georgia, and Massachusetts license and
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inspect horse rental outfits, making sure they are meeting standards of care particular to horses for hire. Local variations of these standards may require that horses not be tied at the bit, that they be properly groomed (with special attention given to areas that come into contact with tack), and that daily records reflect the number of hours they have worked.
Beverly Raymond, who has been a stable inspector with the Maryland Department of Agriculture since the late 1970s, says when she first started inspecting stables
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