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I’ve worn many hats, figuratively and literally, in the course of a long veterinary career, and with each of them I have done my best to improve the quality of life for our equine friends.

I’m wearing a new hat these days: chairman of th

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I’ve worn many hats, figuratively and literally, in the course of a long veterinary career, and with each of them I have done my best to improve the quality of life for our equine friends.


I’m wearing a new hat these days: chairman of the Unwanted Horse Coalition (UHC). It’s not so much that I needed to fill some spare time in my schedule, but rather that I so deeply believe in the mission of the UHC that I want to be involved and want it to succeed.


The mission, for those of you not yet familiar with the UHC, is to reduce the number of unwanted horses and to improve their welfare through education and the efforts of organizations committed to the health, safety, and responsible care and disposition of these horses

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Tom Lenz, DVM, Dipl. ACT, is chairman of the Unwanted Horse Coalition, an organization dedicated to reducing the number of unwanted horses and to improving their welfare through education and the efforts of organizations committed to the health, safety, and responsible care and disposition of these horses. Lenz was the 49th president of the American Association of Equine Practitioners, and he has served on the American Horse Council’s Animal Welfare Committee and the Research Committee of the American Quarter Horse Association.

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