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RE: [RC] Spanish Mustangs/freedoms - heidiI have to say that I like the **concept** of licensing or certification. What I don't like is that any such program is easily manipulated. I think most of us have seen or heard of situations that would have been avoided if a person had been required to show competence. BYB's is only one part of that. Animal abuse / neglect cases due to ignorance or incompetence spring to mind. The problem is -- where do you draw the line, and who gets to draw it? Once you open the door to licensing, it is very hard to stop progressive requirements, and very easy for the people in charge of licensing to use it for any number of special agendas which have no relation to the original intent. I would add that it is the smaller "backyard" breeders who have basically kept the traditional "using" Arabian alive. If it were left to the powers that be in the Arabian "industry" to send "examiners" around and pass judgment on breeding stock, the Arabian breed would now be entirely a schizoid bunch of sausages on toothpicks with a flag on each end. Therein lies the flaw in the "inspection" concept--it is literally ALWAYS hijacked by personal agendas, even when they may seem to be benign and well-meaning. Heidi =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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