While the importance of improving horse-related safety seems self-evident, no
comprehensive study into understanding or reducing horse-related risk has been …

Simple Summary This review explores the evidence for the effect of equestrian sports on
equine welfare and highlights scenarios in which their welfare can be impaired and where …

Riding, training and caring for horses are visceral experiences that require the immersion of
both body and mind. This book provides an in-depth understanding of human–horse …

Small effective population sizes and active inbreeding can lead to inbreeding depression
due to deleterious recessive mutations exposed in the homozygous state. The …

This original and insightful book explores how horses can be considered as social actors
within shared interspecies networks. It examines what we know about how horses …

Simple Summary This article addresses the problems that face Thoroughbred breeding and
racing globally as the sector seeks to become sustainable. It considers the benefits and …

Traditionally, the concept of SLO has been applied to resource-based industries, when
companies seek legitimacy because their practice is seen to cause environmental and/or …

This book presents an authoritative and comprehensive survey of human practice in relation
to other animals, together with a Christian ethical analysis building on the theological …

African horse sickness virus (AHSV) is a lethal arbovirus of equids that is transmitted
between hosts primarily by biting midges of the genus Culicoides (Diptera …

Animal-based entertainment industries, predicated on asymmetrical human-animal
relations, often operate legally but face growing opposition, focused particularly on animal …