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2009 UNWANTED HORSES SURVEY 
A study commissioned by the Unwanted Horse Coalition.
Creating Advocates for Responsible Ownership
 
PREFACE
About the sponsor o the stud
The Unwanted Horse Coalition (UHC) grew out o a 2005 American Association o Equine Practitioners(AAEP) initiative, and is currently under the umbrella o the American Horse Council (AHC). It isnancially supported by participating AHC organizations and is ocused on education, communicationand responsible ownership. Participating organizations include national, regional and local associations o veterinarians, breed registries, horse associations, breeders, perormance groups, owners and equinepublications. The mission statement o the Unwanted Horse Coalition is: “To eectively reduce thenumber o unwanted horses in the United States, and to improve their welare through education andthe eorts o organizations committed to the health, saety and responsible care o the horse.”
Denition o the unanted horse
Dened by the AAEP in 2005 and since adopted by the UHC: “Horses which are no longer wantedby their current owner because they are old, injured, sick, unmanageable, ail to meet their owner’sexpectations (e.g., perormance, color or breeding), or their owner can no longer aord them.”
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170,000 each year 
 
 
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58,433 processed in the USA* 
 
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36,858 exported to Canada
 
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45,609 exported to Mexico
2007 Estimation o Number o Unanted Horses in the United States.
 
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21,000 unadopted eral horses in BLM sanctuaries** 
 
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9,000 eral horses in BLM adoption pipeline
Others neglected/abused 
*USDA Veterinary Services **Bureau of Land Management
 
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction .......................................................................................................................2Methodology: About the study ........................................................................................4Executive summary ...........................................................................................................6Magnitude o the problem ................................................................................................8Nationwide perceptions about the problem.....................................................................9Prole: An emerging picture o unwanted horses ..........................................................12Who is responsible? ........................................................................................................16Awareness o options ......................................................................................................17Respondent demographicsHorse Owners ..............................................................................................................20Stakeholders ................................................................................................................22Non-horse Owners ......................................................................................................23Rescue/Retirement/Adoption/Retraining Facilities .....................................................24Estimating the economic impact .....................................................................................26Implications .....................................................................................................................28Acknowledgments ...........................................................................................................33
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