Walking On Volume 2, Issue 8, August 2015 | Page 6

Industry Info

Federal and Industry Speakers Address
AHC’s 2015 Issues Forum
Reprinted wth permission from the Summer 2015 edition of AHC News.

A broad range of speakers from
the federal government and the horse
industry addressed the American
Horse Council’s National Issues
Forum in Washington, DC on June
16. The theme of the forum was
“Protecting and Promoting the
Horse.” This year’s forum, sponsored
by Luitpold Animal Health, drew a
crowd of about 175 and was held in
conjunction with the AHC’s annual
convention, which ran from June 14
to 17 at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol
Hill. “We were very pleased with the
crowd and the presentations,” said
AHC president Jay Hickey, “particularly the afternoon sessions which
were very upbeat and highlighted the
efforts of six organizations working
hard to attract people, particularly
youth, to the horse experience and
keep them involved.”
USDA and the Horse Industry
Representatives from the Department of Agriculture led off the
morning program. Most were from
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