Taking the Initial Step for Unwanted Horses

Taking the initial step to help unwanted horses is critical to solving the problem of excess horses facing the horse community. The Unwanted Horse Coalition’s (UHC) new handbook, Best Practices: How Your Organization Can Help Unwanted Horses, details the first step to any organization, association, or event getting involved in the problem of unwanted horses today.

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Taking the initial step to help unwanted horses is critical to solving the problem of excess horses facing the horse community. The Unwanted Horse Coalition's (UHC) new handbook, Best Practices: How Your Organization Can Help Unwanted Horses, details the first step to any organization, association, or event getting involved in the problem of unwanted horses today.

"Fundamental to any successful effort is the assignment of at least one person to be an Unwanted Horse Coordinator at your organization, event or activity," said Dr. Doug Corey, Chairman of the UHC. Designating an Unwanted Horse Coordinator would ensure that an organization is considering the issue of unwanted horses in its day-to-day activities.

The Unwanted Horse Coordinator would be responsible for implementing programs beneficial to unwanted horses. This person could initiate simple tasks such as distributing educational materials to members at meetings or events. The coordinator would be the contact within the organization to provide assistance and useful information to members, participants, and others interested in getting involved. The organization's Unwanted Horse Coordinator can also undertake more involved tasks such as fundraising, coordinating adoption programs, working with care facilities, and organizing clinics and wellness programs. The coordinator can help organize castration clinics, hay/feedbanks, vaccination clinics for rescues, owning responsibly seminars, a horse show to benefit and showcase rescue horses, and more.

"Appointing an Unwanted Horse Coordinator within (an) organization, association, or event is critical to helping reduce the number of unwanted horses. The coordinator can generate awareness by educating the public about unwanted horses, while also providing feasible solutions to the problem. There is no limit to the duties a coordinator can perform," said Ericka Caslin, director of the Unwanted Horse Coalition

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