Improving Sports’ Horse Welfare: A Way Forward
Many features of the Thoroughbred Horseracing sector have been seriously challenged from an animal...
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Tag: ethics
Renowned welfare expert recommends British Horseracing update their horse welfare assumptions
A critique by Professor Emeritus David Mellor, ONZM, of the website Horse PWR, British...
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Clear evidence that equestrians are concerned about the welfare of horses in sport
Research by the Equine Ethics and Wellbeing Commission shows clear evidence that both equestrians (75% of those surveyed) and the general public (65%) have concerns about the welfare of horses in sport.
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Has Thoroughbred inbreeding reached breaking point?
From winning it in 1964 to being in the pedigree of all 20 runners in the Kentucky Derby fifty...
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Sport Horse Welfare: Where are we at?
In a thorough review titled ‘Champing at the Bit for Improvements: Equine Welfare in...
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The ethics of genetically modifying horses
With science and technologies advancing at such a rapid rate, it is important that the horse...
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Training the opportunist and the comfort seeker
Of all animals, humans are the ultimate calculating opportunists. While pressing the world around...
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Sport Horse Welfare: Where are we at?
In a thorough review titled ‘Champing at the Bit for Improvements: Equine Welfare in...
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Research Bias vs Biased Research
This article is Part 3 of the Science Critique 101 Series. There are four common critiques that...
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Rewilding Horses: No Easy Enterprise
What are our moral obligations when managing the welfare of rewilded horses? Conservationists are...
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Knowledge Certificate for all Horse Owners will be Required by Law in France
New legislation passed in France will require all horse owners to demonstrate sufficient knowledge...
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