To: The United States House of Representatives
Add Minimum Standards of Care to the Anti-Soring Bill
California's minimum standards of care should be added to the Prevent All Soring Act, H.R. 1518. It is imperative that the issue of how horses should be minimally cared for be addressed along with preventing abusive practices.
Why is this important?
Horses are not covered by any standards of care for animals considered to be companion animals. They fall under the livestock designation. As such state laws and law makers hesitate to open this discussion on minimum standards of care for horses lest that open the door to all animal related farming practices. This is the opportunity to insure that states have a standard set of care guidelines for horse so abuse and neglect can be easily identified on the state and local level.
Read California's minimum standards of care here: http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/ceh/docs/special/pubs-StandardsMOD2.pdf.
Read California's minimum standards of care here: http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/ceh/docs/special/pubs-StandardsMOD2.pdf.