The ISPCA is urging all horse owners to pay particular attention to the worming and farriery needs of their horses as the grazing season begins. As reported on the AIRC website, the ISPCA claims that many people are neither worming their horses nor looking after their teeth or their basic foot care.
In addition, given the numbers of horses sold cheaply last year, the ISPCA fears there will be a foal explosion this year and is asking owners not to run colts and fillies together.
Officials from the Department of Agriculture, welfare organisations, veterinary surgeons and other equine stakeholders are holding a think tank in the coming weeks in an effort to develop a strategy to tackle the issue.
Keep up to date with the ISPCA’s work on their website: ISPCA. They run a number of programmes including a horse re-homing scheme.
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