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Re: [RC] [Guest] Horse Death at Owhyee Ride - Roger RittenhouseIn keeping with with my policy of low impact political comment - - I digress , I commend Dr Jim Baldwin and the AERC VET COMM for the outstanding report of a recent horse death. This is the way it is suppose to be done. Past practices have been set aside. The report is a' tell all' with all the details and information a rider member would need to know. A real positive action for the VC to set aside the flaming trashing and carping we had years ago when this issue was not to be discussed and hidden under the cover of client patient privledges. This type of fair honest balanced reporting should be the norm, weather the rider made a mistake or willfully over- extended the horse. I would expect the Horse Welfare comm to also evaluate horse treatment reports and make some sort of public report on the incidents and causes. Not needed to publish all the details but a sit-rep type of report with analysis. If we can get these treatment situations discussed - we find we will have less deaths -- as the riders learn from these incidents. Again a 'well done' to Dr Jim and his staff. Roger Rittenhouse Se 8263 *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 9/2/2003 at 7:41 PM Jim Holland wrote: Idle speculation on a horse death no serves no useful purpose and is counter productive. Dr. Jim Baldwin and the Veterinary Committee are doing an excellent job investigating and reporting the circumstances surrounding a horse death to the AERC BoD and the membership...IN DETAIL...along with ride environment and what conditions/actions might have prevented it. If you have not done so, please read the Committee Reports from the last AERC BoD Meeting at: http://66.253.93.220/Documents/BoardMinutes/MinutesCommitteeReports2003072 9.html which includes an excellent Vet Committee Report by Dr. Baldwin on a horse death. READ it! Learn from it! It took a lot of effort from a lot of dedicated people to make this available to you. IMHO, AERC is now committed to ensuring that NO horse death occurs without a thorough investigation and that the membership can review that information and learn from it. To do it properly takes time...be patient! The efforts put forth by Dr. Baldwin, Mike Maul, Mike Tomlinson, John Parke...and others...and the support of the BoD and the membership to make this happen are appreciated by this member. In addition, the Horse Welfare Committee will provide additional studies as a supplement to the Vet Committee Reports. The voices of those who speak for the horse grow louder and more numerous. "God forbid that I should go to any heaven in which there are no horses." -Robert Browning Jim, Sun of Dimanche+, and Mahada Magic John Teeter wrote:It was a very sad time for all involved. I'd caution that "We heard that someone overrode their horse and it hadtobe put down...." is a very broad comment. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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