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> Having been a represinitive for the horse resue in the area of Colorado I live in I have
> gone on several calls from concerned neighbors about neglected horses. In our state it
> is the State Vet. who has the authority to remove the horse from the owner. Our job was
> to try and educate the owner on care of horses. Instead of driving up and saying what
> an abused horse you have we would ask how old the horse was, what kind of care has he
> been given, and explain about floating teath, worming, etc. Then we would follow up and
> if we didn't feel the owner was taking proper steps in carring for this horse we would
> call the state Vet and he would have to come out. So many times it was just lack of
> education as an old horse can go down hill awfully fast and take forever to put back on
> weight.
>
> Leslie Miller
> Chinook Winds Arabianslmiller@qadas.com