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Board Members And Contact Information


CRHRA correspondence: memberships@crhra.ca


President: Patrick Connor Email: president@crhra.ca Phone: 613-484-1140


Office Phone Number (519) 941-6157 347345 5th Side Road, Mono, L9W 6S4


Working For The Future Of Recreational Canadians Community!


Board Secretary: Heather Aitken Email: secretarycrhra@gmail.com Phone: 519-767-8074


CRHRA Trail Community Coordinator: Laurie Panagiotou crhratrailcommunity@gmail.com


CRHRA Admin-Trail-Community Kathy Morton Email: 4trailcommunitycrhra@gmail.com Memberships: Barb Millar Phone: (519) 941-6157 Email: memberships@crhra.ca


Ambassador: Jack deWit Email: cndhrsman@gmail.com Cell: 905-424-4666


CRHRA News May 2023 CRHRA was created to be a


strong voice to champion the needs of recreational horse enthusiasts across Canada. Our head office is in Ontario but we have a satellite office in Alberta. CRHRA is looking for re- gional


representatives Your CRHRA membership in-


cludes you in the Trail Community. memberships@crhra.ca The Trail Community Adminis-


in all


Provinces and Territories except Quebec. Please do check out our website at www.crhra.ca or our Face- book page by searching Canadian Recreational Horse and Rider Asso- ciation or CRHRA. We define equestrian recre-


ational activities as any thing where equestrians do not need a sport li- cence. Our website lists equestrian activities that would not be covered under our member benefits. Trail rides, clinics as well as numerous other non-competitive activities are recreational equestrian activities.


tration team has been hard at work gearing up for trail rides this season. Be sure to follow our facebook page so you are up to date on all activities. The Trail Administration is ex-


cited to connect with others in all Provinces and Territories that are holding riding events. We hope to work with our members to build a deeper awareness about trails in all our Provinces and Territories along with learning about you and your trail


riding groups.


crhratrails@gmail.com Please con- sider becoming an equestrian trail re- gional representative with CRHRA. You can register to be a regional representative at president@crhra.ca


To register for one of CRHRA’s


Trail Ride sponsored events contact crhratrailcommunity@gmail.com Don’t forget a CRHRA basic mem- bership is only $39.00 plus tax which includes a benefit of $5million Lia- bility. Go to the Website www.crhra.ca and check out all the benefits available to our members provided


by BFL Canada.


equine@bflcanada.ca can provide other types of insurance as well. It is not too late to get your CRHRA membership which is good till Dec. 21, 2023. CRGRA membership in- cludes $5 million liability insurance coverage. We need more equestrian enthusiasts in all disciplines! This is all for now so do be safe and happy riding to all!


CRHRA Board


‘A Good Life for Horses’ FEI-appointed Equine Ethics and Wellbeing Commission


submits Strategic Approach and 24 new Recommendations


21 April 2023 A new Strategic Approach and 24


new Recommendations from the Equine Ethics and Wellbeing Commis- sion (EEWB) for the FEI will be sub- mitted and discussed at the FEI Sports Forum on Monday 24th April. They are now available to view on the Commis- sion’s website at https://equinewellbe- ing. fei.org/sf2023.html Maintaining a ‘Social Licence to


Operate’ requires an ongoing pro-ac- tive approach from the equestrian com- munity through commitment to a trusted equine welfare strategy. The in- dependent EEWB was founded in June 2022 to address equine welfare issues of public and equestrian concern to en- sure the welfare of the horse is para- mount, and Social Licence is maintained. The Commission’s presentation


at the April 2023 Sports Forum in Lau- sanne represents the second phase of its work, after conducting detailed surveys last summer of public opinion in 14 countries and almost 28,000 equestri- ans from 116 countries, and making initial six initial Recommendations at the FEI General Assembly last Novem- ber in Cape Town. The Strategic Approach being


presented this month — entitled A Good Life For Horses — lists the core actions and objectives required to en- sure that horses, specifically those in- volved in sport, lead a good life, and to ensure ongoing public and equestrian support. The Commission has further


drafted 24 Recommendations for the FEI to consider and discuss, and they will be presented on Monday 24th


April by the Commission’s Chair, Pro- fessor Dr Natalie Waran (NZL). They include ways in which the FEI can lead in setting standards for equine welfare, embed equine welfare within its struc- ture and ways of working, become more pro-active and transparent about horse involvement in sport, and be more open to external scrutiny. Examples of the Recommenda-


tions that will be discussed include: • To publicly commit to defining, pro- moting and ensuring A Good Life for Horses as the fundamental tenet of an FEI Equine Wellbeing Strategy. • To continue to develop the use of eth- ical, evidence-based practices in horse training, management and perform- ance. • To ensure that all FEI stakeholders commit to an FEI Equestrian Charter’ • To establish and promote an equine ethics and wellbeing education pro- gramme for all equestrians, requiring FEI stakeholders to complete at least two core modules related to equine wellbeing and Social Licence to Oper- ate preferably within their first year of association with the FEI. • To empower officials through im- proved mandatory training and ongo- ing professional development


in


relation to equine welfare. • To establish and implement a process for ensuring high standards of welfare and investigating risky practices for horses when ‘outside of competition’ through establishing something similar to human athlete checks under the WADA code. Prof Nat Waran says: “The Com-


mission has worked hard to develop a proposed vision and strategic approach


to ensure a ‘Good Life for Horses’ and to sustain equine participation in sport now and into the future. We are looking forward to engaging with equestrian stakeholders at the FEI Sports Forum to discuss the draft recommendations, and hearing different views about what we have proposed.” Representatives of the EEWB


will be available to discuss these after they have been presented to the Sports Forum. Media enquiries should be ad- dressed in the meanwhile to lucy@lucyhigginson .co.uk, communi- cations officer for the Commission.


About the Equine Ethics and Well- being Commission The committee was founded in


June 2022 to address societal concerns about the uses of horses in sport. It meets monthly (online or in person). The purpose of the Commission’s


work is to independently consider is- sues of public and equestrian concern that may affect ongoing social accept- ance of the involvement of horses in sport. Specifically, the Commission was tasked with providing independent advice and recommendations to the FEI for ensuring equine welfare is safe- guarded through ethical, evidence- based policy and practices. The Commission comprises 10


people, five of them nominated repre- sentatives of the FEI and five who are external to it. It is chaired by Professor Dr. Natalie Waran (NZL), an interna- tionally respected equine behaviour and welfare expert. Find out more about the Com-


mission here - https://equinewellbe- ing.fei.org/index.html


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