A health and welfare strategy for horses has been launched to ensure good health and humane treatment of all horses, donkeys and ponies in the UK.
The plan is aimed at all people involved in horses form owners, riders, and trainers to vets, farriers, insurers and feed merchants and hopes to help people to understand their responsibilities and, by supplying relevant information, to be able to act upon them.
The 10-year plan has been created by 14 horse organisations and has been seen as necessary due to the increased number of horse owners in the UK and the potential risk that climate change brings in the spread of more exotic diseases to these shores.