Get access to all 8 of the recorded Humane Horse Handling’s Spring 2020 Webinars!

Did you miss the live broadcast of Humane Horse Handling’s Spring Webinars? Become a supporter and get access to recordings of all 8 of our fun and educational webinar series focusing on behavior and welfare of wild and feral horses hosted by Sue McDonnell PhD and Sarah Low DVM. Topics include natural behavior, population control, gathering techniques and training of formerly free-roaming equids when in private care. All donations fund our research into low-stress gathers and handling of wild and domestic horses. Bring your curiosity and view the description of the webinars here. You can now view the webinar When Wild Horses Must Be Gathered: Creative Alternatives without making a donation - see video below.

 

Special announcement:

HHH is pleased to announce that the article "Preliminary Proof of the Concept of Wild (Feral) Horses Following Light Aircraft into a Trap" has been published in Animals as part of the Special Issue Horse Welfare and is available online. Click here to access the article.

Bringing state-of-the-art welfare to wild and domestic horses.

 

Founded by leading researcher and professor of equine behavior, Sue McDonnell PhD CAAB, veterinarian, Sarah Low DVM, and veterinary technician, Jamie Miller CVT, Humane Horse Handling is a newly formed 501c3 organization. We work to improve the care and handling of wild and domestic horses through research, education, and application of equine behavior and welfare science. Our goal is to demonstrate that low stress, science informed handling and gathering of wild horses is a key factor for sustainable management. We intend to work with advocates and government agencies, with a focus on horse welfare.

You may realize wild horse management on public lands in the United States is generally ineffective, expensive, and not always in the best interest of horse welfare. Currently tens of thousands of wild horses face an uncertain future in a system fraught with stressful, less than state-of-the-art handling and management practices. You may feel powerless to help, but by becoming a Humane Horse Handling supporter, you can help to save wild horses from unintended suffering.

Our team is made up of leading researchers, veterinarians and teachers in equine behavior, health, handling and welfare. We have the expertise and knowledge to carry out our mission. However, we need funding and resources or we won’t be able to bring our solutions for humane wild horse management to the horses, land and people in need. Without your help, wild horses, both on and off-range, will continue to unnecessarily suffer compromised welfare.  

OUR CURRENT FUNDING NEED

Our current goal is to raise $150,000 to complete both phases of our inaugural low stress drone gather project. With your financial support, we will use drones to lead a herd of wild horses into a trap, document the process and create an educational video showing how low stress handling and gathering methods can be used in effective wild horse and rangeland management. Help us show the world that low stress wild horse gathers and handling are viable alternatives to fear based methods!

 
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