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Re: [RC] coggins - customary - Linda Marins----- Original Message ----- From: "Tx Trigger" <txtrigger@xxxxxxxxx> ...I had driven about 6 hours to pick him up, and knew the chance of him having EIA was pretty slim, but wanted that "out" of being able to return him if it some how was positive. You gambled. True, with an almost certain chance of winning. Hopefully, the only horses you gambled with were your own. Just to be argumentative (in a friendly way :-), if it is illegal to transport a horse with a positive Coggins, how were you going to return him to his previous owner? It was the discussion with the state vets that opened my eyes to my legal responsibilities as a ride manager. The odds of an infected horse turning up at a trail ride, particularly in Massachusetts, were real close to zip. But if one were to attend and I hadn't made at least some effort to try to determine its status and get it off the grounds because it didn't have a certificate, AND its test turned up positive some time later AND the owner disclosed during the interogation by the state vets that she'd brought the horse to our ride, I was going to have anywhere up to 60 *very angry* riders. Even if no horse ever turned up positive, a "surprise raid" would still result in fines and a really pissed off park manager, since checking for Coggins was also written into our special use permit. Linda Marins =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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