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Animal Welfare: AVMA takes stance against double-deck trailers for equine transport
Posted by: JimEdwards on Jun 01, 2008 - 05:37 PM
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 June 1, 2008
Emergency personnel respond to an incident involving a double-deck trailer transporting 59 horses and ponies near Wadsworth, Ill., in fall 2007. The trailer had overturned, leading to the death or euthanasia of 13 horses on the scene and the euthanasia of five more horses afterward. The incident prompted introduction of a bill to ban double-deck trailers for equine transport in Illinois.The AVMA opposes the use of double-deck trailers for the transportation of equines because of safety concerns, according to a new policy that the Executive Board approved in mid-April.
The policy follows recent vehicular incidents involving equine transport that caught the attention of the public and the press, including the rollover of a double-deck trailer in Illinois last fall that resulted in the deaths of 18 of 59 equines.
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