Darlabean
Well-Known Member
If so, why?
I have good doers and a half acre hard standing as well as an arena for the horses I can use when fields are wet. I know I am priveledged and appreciate that. I read so often about horses in stables, even 24/7 and I know liveries have rules about turnout, but if horses living quarters were the same as those in zoos, there would be legislation against the type and amount of confinementto a 12 x 12 cage some use. Ok, responsible owners get them out and about from time to time but a stable is still quite a confinement for such a big animal but it’s not considered to be so. Is it because horses fall under the legislation of urban as well as rural work animals, still? Cribbing, weaving, wind sucking, box walking, kicking walls ....are these just products of our horses screaming to be heard?
I have good doers and a half acre hard standing as well as an arena for the horses I can use when fields are wet. I know I am priveledged and appreciate that. I read so often about horses in stables, even 24/7 and I know liveries have rules about turnout, but if horses living quarters were the same as those in zoos, there would be legislation against the type and amount of confinementto a 12 x 12 cage some use. Ok, responsible owners get them out and about from time to time but a stable is still quite a confinement for such a big animal but it’s not considered to be so. Is it because horses fall under the legislation of urban as well as rural work animals, still? Cribbing, weaving, wind sucking, box walking, kicking walls ....are these just products of our horses screaming to be heard?
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