Walking On Volume 2, Issue 10, October 2015 | Page 8
Industry Info
Additional Organizations
Support AHC Welfare Code
The U.S.
Polo Association, American
Warmblood
Registry, North
American
Shortpony
Registry, Missouri Quarter Horse Association,
Michigan, Minnesota, New York
and South Carolina Horse Councils, Pal-O-Mine Equine Center and
the Virginia Horse Center Foundation are the latest organizations
to endorse the American Horse
Council’s (AHC) Welfare Code of
Practice.
The AHC Welfare Code of
Practice is a broad set of principles
designed to establish good welfare procedures for organizations
to follow to “Put the Horse First.”
The code outlines in broad strokes
what principles organizations are
committed to in breeding, training,
competing, transporting, enjoying,
and caring for their horses. The
code encourages everyone to consider the health, safety, and welfare
of their horses in all aspects of their
activities, including the social and
ethical issues.
The AHC’s code is not intended
to supersede an organization’s rules
or regulations. Any organization’s
more specific rules still govern activities sanctioned and regulated by
the organization. Rather the code
is a compliment to any such rules
and restates the principles to be
followed by breed registries, trade
associations, various disciplines and
the horse community as a whole in
pursuing their equine activities.
To review the AHC Welfare Code
of Practice, a list of the 51 org anizations supporting the code, and
a FAQs page, please visit the AHC
Website at www.horsecouncil.org.
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