Unwanted Horse Coalition Media Roundup – May 9, 2011

 

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Unwanted Horse Coalition’s Operation Gelding Clinics Helps over 245 Stallions across the Country
The Unwanted Horse Coalition’s (UHC) Operation Gelding program has aided in gelding 246 stallions to date. The program, which was launched in late August 2010 with the help of seed money from the American Association of Equine Practitioners Foundation and the UHC, is designed to offer funding assistance to organizations, associations, and events that wish to conduct a public gelding clinic under the name and guidelines of Operation Gelding.
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Colorado Unwanted Horse Alliance Launches New Database
The new Equidopt database has been launched by the Colorado Unwanted Horse Alliance (CUHA) and allows people interested in adopting a horse to search an online database  of horses that are available from equine rescues in Colorado by criteria like breed, age, gender, discipline and region.
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HRC’s Harvey Takes on Additional Responsibility
USTA Executive Vice President Mike Tanner today announced that Ellen Harvey, currently Executive Director of Harness Racing Communications, will take on the additional task of coordinating the USTA’s programs for horses no longer able to race or serve as bloodstock.
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SCHC, L.E.A.R.N., Edisto Equine Clinic Partner Up
South Carolina Horsemen’s Council, LEARN and Edisto Equine Clinic formed a partnership to offer a low cost gelding clinic on April 16, 2011. Twelve stallions were gelded through this partnership.
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Good Works Nominee Fights Equine Abuse
The American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) congratulates Grant Miller, DVM, a practitioner with Sonoma Marin Veterinary Service in Petaluma and a defender of abused, abandoned, and neglected horses in Sonoma County, Calif., as the Good Works honoree for the month of March.
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The mission of the Unwanted Horse Coalition is to reduce the number of unwanted horses and to improve their welfare through education and the efforts of organizations committed to the health, safety, and responsible care and disposition of these horses.

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