FEI Addressing Endurance Horse Welfare Issues

The FEI requested immediate action following seven endurance horse deaths in the UAE in the last four weeks.
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The Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) Secretary General has provided an overview of a series of measures to be implemented by both the FEI and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Equestrian Federation to address serious horse welfare issues in UAE Endurance.

In view of the deaths of seven horses in the UAE in the last four weeks, six at national endurance competitions and one at a FEI event, as well as seven recent adverse findings in drug tests from UAE endurance horses, FEI Secretary General Sabrina Ibáñez requested immediate action from the UAE national federation (NF).

“I asked the UAE National Federation to urgently put in place measures that would specifically address the situation in the UAE and we welcome the speed with which they have responded to these very serious issues,” Ibáñez said. “We have already expressed our concerns that the fatal bone fractures we are seeing in the UAE are possibly the result of over-training and are likely to be pre-existing injuries that haven’t been given sufficient time to heal.

“The studies that the FEI is undertaking and which will be first presented to the Sports Forum and then in more depth during the Endurance forum in Barcelona (Spain) on May 23 and 24 will help determine the causes so that actions can be taken to prevent similar tragedies in the future

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