Horses Count
Racing ................ 844,531 Showing .............2,718,954 Recreation ............3,906,923 Other ................1,752,439
Total ................9,222,847
Note: “Other” activities include farm and ranch work, rodeos, car- riage tours, polo, police work and informal competitions.
Source: The Equestrian Channel; U.S. stats
“We need foster homes and vol-
finds homes for mustangs and burros, usually housing 30 horses at a time. With many needing medical care upon arrival, expenditures average $3,000 their first year and $1,700 annually once they’re healthy. Although the goal is adoption, equine fans also can sponsor a horse by donating $5 a day or purchasing a painting done by a horse. The center also provides public educational forums. Sponsored by the American Soci-
ety for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), April 26 is Help a Horse Day, a nationwide grant competition. Last year, some 100 U.S. equine rescue groups held events to recruit volunteers, gather donated supplies and find homes for adoptable horses (
Tinyurl.com/ ASPCA-HelpAHorseDay).
Call to Action Although a U.S. law now bans slaugh- terhouses for domestic horses, each year 120,000 are sold at auction for as little as $1 each and transported to Canada and Mexico for slaughter, their meat destined for human consumption in Europe and Japan or for carnivores at zoos. Horses can legally be confined to a trailer for up to 24 hours without food or water during shipment. Two-thirds of all horse rescue
operations are either at or approach- ing capacity. Almost 40 percent turn away animals because of lack of space or money. Many horses are ill, under- weight or injured, which raises the cost of care.
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unteers. We need the time and skills people can donate; not everything is hands-on, so those that like horses but don’t have handling skills can still help,” says Williams. “Bluebonnet, for example, has many volunteer jobs that can be done remotely. Office work, so- cial media to spread the word, gather-
ing donations—everything helps.” Rescue groups ask that con-
cerned horse lovers donate time, money and land to help and lobby for legislation to ban the export of horses for meat markets.
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