Require veterinary history to be disclosed when a horse is sold — 34 signatures. Status: open.
Require sellers of horses and ponies to provide the animal’s available veterinary history to the buyer before sale. The history should be linked to the horse’s passport and microchip, so significant previous conditions and treatment follow the horse when ownership changes.
A horse’s passport follows it for life; its significant veterinary history should too. Buyers may be unaware of serious diagnoses, surgery, previous lameness or painful conditions. This can lead to horses being worked in pain and put riders at risk of injury. Children and novice riders are particularly vulnerable. A vetting cannot replace access to previous clinical records. A horse cannot tell its next owner about its medical past. Its veterinary record should travel with it.
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