Operation Gelding Program Ends Summer with Four Clinics

The Unwanted Horse Coalition’s Operation Gelding program has aided in the gelding of 489 stallions to date.
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The Unwanted Horse Coalition’s (UHC) Operation Gelding program completed its summer schedule with four clinics in May, June, and July. The Minnesota Horse Council, Patterson Animal Hospital, Connecticut Draft Horse Rescue, and Blaze’s Tribute Equine Rescue all hosted successful Operation Gelding clinics, castrating 66 stallions between the four organizations. The UHC’s Operation Gelding program has aided in the gelding of 489 stallions to date.

The program, which was launched in Aug. 2010, is designed to offer funding assistance to organizations, associations, and events that wish to conduct a public gelding clinic under the name and guidelines of Operation Gelding. An organization that has completed an Operation Gelding clinic will receive funding of $50 per horse ($1,000 maximum) to aid in the costs associated with the clinic.

On May 5, Yalonda Burton, DVM, of Patterson Animal Hospital in Stillwell, Okla., gelded 18 equids at her veterinary clinic. This clinic marks Burton’s second time hosting an Operation Gelding clinic with the help of the UHC.

"We were able to castrate 18 equines with the help of the UHC: 2 mules and 16 horses," Burton said. "We had student volunteers from Oklahoma State University student chapter of AAEP (American Association of Equine Practitioners) as well as a veterinarian from Goldsby, Okla., come to participate in this event. It was a great day and we all felt like we made an impact on our community

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