welfare

Dear friends of the equestrian world, I am a second year student of the Masters degree of Animal Science and Technology at the University of Padua (Italy). I am writing my thesis on equine welfare, and I decided to accompany it with a survey on the same subject. The survey will be used to...

So I've been volunteering at a charity that does riding for disabled children for about 2 years now. Initially I did it to learn more about groundwork and being around horses etc, but have kept up with it as I enjoy it. Recently I've had some concerns about the welfare of the horses there. One...