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utes, marriage, gifts and war booty, care and management practices
traveled and
evolved with them. How- ever certain management practices have not changed since ancient times, such as the stabling of horses. The second speaker,
Debbie Busby, spoke to the audience about “Human Be- haviour Change for Ani- mals”. Busby stated that human behaviour is the root cause for most animal suf- fering, and detailed the four pillars of change: the stages of behaviour change, the
psychology of change, the environment of change and the ownership of change. Busby gave examples of be- haviour change with posi- tive outcomes for horses based on her own equine be- haviour consultancy in the United Kingdom. The third speaker, Lisa
Ashton, entreated all horse lovers to be the change that horses need. We are the ones who need to make a differ- ence, and evidence-based research on best practices can help us know better and do better. Ashton also spoke about the different stages of change, and what we can do to help make change hap- pen.
The entrepreneurial
panel presented five profes- sionals from various areas of the equine industry as “Agents of Change.” War- ren Byrne representing Canna Horse, Linda Hauck representing
Tapestry
Equine Products, Anthony MacDonald,
TheStable.ca, Gayle Ecker representing
representing Equine
Guelph, and Lisa Ashton representing EquiSci each spoke about the change we need to make for horses and how they are creating change in the industry. All their different areas of ex- pertise stimulated a very en- gaging discussion with the audience.
Speakers (front row) Dr Sandra Olsen, Gayle Ecker, (back row) Warren Byrne, Lisa Ashton and Anthony MacDonald having fun at the Equine Industry Symposium
The Equine Industry
Symposium was organized and hosted by 2nd year stu- dents in the Bachelor of Bio-Resource Management degree majoring in Equine Management. They wish to
thank all the sponsors that made the day possible in- cluding the lunch sponsor Ontario Racing, the breaks sponsor the Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association, the Ontario Agricultural College and the departments of Animal Bio- sciences and Food, Agricul- ture
and Resource
Economics, the Grand River Agricultural Society, Sys- tem Equine, Schleese Sad- dlery. Raffle prizes were donated by Greenhawk, Saddlefit4Life, Jennifer Bai- ley, Stride Snacks and Lea- Louise Gadsby. The networking game played during lunch featured the Working on Optimal Equine Welfare (WOW) playing cards depicting the first principles of training, and the winners received a full- sized poster of the first prin- ciples.
To keep up to date
Lisa Ashton, Gayle Ecker, Anthony MacDonald, Linda Hauck, Warren Byrne
Agents of Change. From left to right:
Akaash Maharaj and Katrina Merkies. Photo by The Rider.
with information about next year’s symposium and pho- tos from this year’s sympo- sium find us on Facebook @Equine Industry Sympo- sium.
Equine Management students Camryn MacNeil and Renée D’Angelo
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