Re: RC: More Dead Horses

[Truman Prevatt <tprevatt@mindspring.com>]

The horse to which Angie referres was known to the correct people. The people that could make an intelligent logical assessment as to the cause. There are also issues associated with rights of the horse owner over which AERC can have no control. For example a person can not be made to treat his horse nor can they be made to have a necropsy performed. That IS their decision.  And why does a horse's death in the East have "to be know on the West coast" or visa versa?

Under AERC rules the death of a horse needs to be investigated. This process is based on fact, science and logic. The discussion on the internet very quickly becomes a lynch mob.  There are issues that might be raised by this but agian these issues need to be based on logic and not emotion.

For instance is there a statistically significant difference between the risk to horses in rides with a single vet check at about half way than there is to horses with 2 or even 3 vet checks?  If the answer is yes,  is it significant enough to warrant guidelines on vet checks? But again this issue needs to be determined after looking a cold hard facts (which can be derived from the RM reports forms) and not a sample size of one ride.

I think when the facts are known the mortality rate of endurance horses form endurance related incidents is much less an any other equestrian sport. The AERC needs to insure as an organization that the risk to horses is minimized. The AERC needs to keep working to make the system better. The AERC needs to perform a factual investigation of each death and the statistics of pulls and treatments in order to insure it is a safe sport for the horses. I do believe this is the case.

Truman

Kathy Mayeda wrote:

 
I don't know how to respond to the paragraphs above.  No one is
talking about "instant" justice.  No one is talking about "hanging
people by their thumbs".  No one is talking about blaming a vet for a
death due to a "CRI up one beat."  I know I'm not "the only one who
cares about our horses."  Yes, we know there "was life before the
internet".  How was a horse death on the east coast made known and
discussed by people on the west coast in the "old days"?   Who brought
the issue to the forefront for discussion?  I agree that the present
system is a "good one".  Couldn't it be better?

Linda

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