H&H has covered the need for horse sport to maintain its social licence to operate; essentially the public acceptance of horses’ use in sport. This World Horse Welfare webinar went into the subject in detail, discussing the ethics of equestrianism
THE ethics of veterinary intervention to keep horses sound to compete, whips, spurs and competing horses in general were under the spotlight in a recent webinar.
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