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Re: [RC] Horse Populations- OT - Diane TrefethenHi Julie,Hope this is helpful. Diane Marinera@xxxxxxx wrote: Does anybody just happen to have at their fingertips the number of horses in the year 1900 in the United States compared to 2000? In a paper written by James William Hynes, he quotes the United States Census Reports, (1900a) http://txspace.tamu.edu/bitstream/1969.1/3907/1/etd-tamu-2005A-AGED-hynes.pdf#search=%221900%20census%20%22number%20of%20horses%22%22 stating that there were 18,280,007 horses in the US, 86.2% on farms and 13.8% in "barns and enclosures". In this article: http://www.humaneteen.org/Pets_For_Life/pdf/Pets%20for%20Life.pdf#search=%22%22in%202000%22%20%22number%20of%20horses%22%20%22in%20the%20US%22%22 the American Horse Council is cited as the source for a figure of 6.9 million horses in the US in 1999. American Horse Council http://www.horsecouncil.org/statistics.htm In September, 2005, a study conducted by Deloitte Consulting, LLC and commissioned by the American Horse Council Foundation stated that the estimated horse population in this country had reached 9.2 million. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |