Carriage Horse Controversy Causes Veterinarian’s Suspension

An ASPCA veterinarian was suspended without pay after providing conflicting information to media outlets.
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Two recent New York City carriage horse incidents have resulted in significant media coverage and public controversy as well as the suspension of American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) veterinarian Pamela Corey, DVM.

In the first incident a 15-year-old horse named Charlie collapsed and died on Oct. 23 while on his way to work in Central Park. According to Ian McKeever, a spokesman for the Horse & Carriage Association of New York, the draft-cross gelding with an unknown history had only been working in the city for 20 days; McKeever also reported that the carcass was handled in a manner inconsistent with standard procedures.

"The usual process is that the horse is handed over to the Health Department; they’ll turn it over to the Sanitation Department, and it’s taken up to Cornell for the necropsy," said McKeever. "This is the first time that a dead horse has been given to the ASPCA, which means they’re in control of the story."

In the Oct. 31 ASPCA news release about the gross necropsy findings by Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, Corey–director of equine veterinary services for the ASPCA’s Humane Law Enforcement department–was cited as stating that "Charlie was not healthy for a career in an urban carriage horse business

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