Equine Cases: A Research Study

Further problems that have arisen in relation to horse abuse include abandonment and neglect. Owners seeking to rid themselves of these costly animals, generally due to financial situations, have an increased difficulty in finding a place for their horses to go. This leads to abandonment or neglect. Horse owners who no longer want their horses, or cannot afford them anymore, face fewer options in getting unwanted horses off of their hands. Many owners turn to abandoning their horses, which constitutes animal abuse. They have a hard time finding other ways to rid themselves of an unwanted horse, apparently hard enough that

_____ Referring to Question #10 above, which of the following best describes why you might be cautious in relying on these results? (A) The sample size is too small to make any reliable inference about the entire population. (B) Silly questions sometimes generate silly responses, not true opinions. (C) The respondents may not be a representative sample of any population of interest. (D) Newspapers tend to skew results to fit their own agenda.

8. The people who make up this article is the students from 7 different universities. It was rather representative because they were from universities that were located across the US, not just from one specific area. This was a unsystematic selection procedure because they weren’t from specific groups or students, just casual students from the seven different universities which created a representative sample of a big population.

What search terms did you use to locate this research study to analyze? What database did you use? What was your rationale for selecting this particular study to analyze over the others identified in the search results? What is the full reference of for the study in APA format?

My rationale for studying the working conditions of therapy horses, who work at Heal With Horses located at Wellington Ontario is that, working animals are not typically seen as traditional workers in society. They can be oppressed and are easily taken advantage of, as they can not verbally stand up for themselves, but do so in many other ways. Thus saying, it is our job as society and empathic, intellectual, human beings to ensure we represent, understand and stand up for the working rights and voices of all workers, whether they have 2 legs or four. I believe it is our ethical responsibility as human workers to make sure we give equal working conditions to all diverse types of work and workers; including service horses/animals because we humans do reap the benefits of their labour. It is the right thing to do to make sure therapy horses are treated fairly. From working at a non for profit

The article, Show Horse Welfare: Evaluating Stock-Type Show Horse Industry Legitimacy, explains how stock-type horse associations deal and handle those who treat horses inhumanely. This article was accepted on 15 May 2015 and published online 23 May 2015. The main argument of this article is for the stock-type horse associations to figure out what they consider inhumane when it comes to the welfare of horses. Once they figure out what they consider inhumane, they need to punish those who violate those rules and to educate those further on the abuse to horses in the show world so it can be fixed. The thesis is describing how the exhibitors of these stock-type shows are influenced by personal and environmental factors of inhumanely treating horses

The Houston SPCA investigates over 7,000 cases of cruelty, abuse and neglect each year, and intervenes on behalf of over 2,400 horses. Our investigators are on the road seven days a week protecting these noble animals from suffering and abuse. The majority of our cases are resolved by simply providing owner education. Unfortunately, it sometimes becomes necessary to work with law enforcement to rescue and remove the horses from immediate danger. In 2014, over 200 horses came into our care directly from cruelty cases. Most would have died without our immediate intervention. Many were emaciated and suffering from heavy parasite loads, open wounds and complete lack of hoof and dental care. We work tirelessly to provide expert veterinary, farrier

I strongly agree with all of the statements that I stated above. If the surveys had only been composed of those questions, the results have been the same to me. Honestly I don't know why but these statement seems like common sense to me to strongly

Contrary to other livestock that are raised specifically for human consumption, the purpose of breeding horses is for pleasure uses. As Lenz reflected “Horses processed for meat represent the lowest economic level of the horse population and typify the unwanted horse in the United States” (253). Therefore, when a horse ends up at slaughter facility, it is likely due to one or more of the following reasons, the owner no longer finds the horse suitable, the horse is dangerous, the horse is injured, the horse is unable to be re-homed, or finally the owner can no longer afford to continue feeding and caring for the horse. Arguably, rescue facilities to take in unwanted horses in the United States exist, however they “do not meet the needs to care for these horses due to limited capacity and funding” (Stull

In fact, the popularity of equine therapy has raised many questions about its effectiveness in enhancing both emotional and physical health. Some researchers argue that implementing the therapy with horses, domiciled and non-threatening animals, comes with unique challenges whereas others contend that working with them enables individuals with physical disabilities to learn empowering and noble ways of overcoming their limitations. For instance, using

8- This research study seemed a bit bias when it came to determining those that were eligible

Working in stables can be useful for clients who may have a fear of horses but still enjoy the animal (4). They could muck out stalls, brush them and even feed them. Many clients enjoy just being in the pasture field with the animals and just walking alongside them (4). When it is just the client and the horse out in the pasture field, the client is more likely to share what disturbs them. Some patients simply want to read a book in the stalls with the animal (4).

On the other hand one of the drawback of the study was the small number of the participants. It was unclear for the writer to justify the results based on the answers as the sample of the questions were not being provided to judge the fairness and to compare the experience of the six participants that were the part of the study. It was very difficult to incorporate every finding as there were seven categories on which the result was based. Convenience sampling method has been used for this research so the feelings and thought of the group that were excluded could impact the result in different way. There was a lack of minority group participation in this research

This paper is the literature review which supports the topic of data analysis from the proposal paper written in relation to the equine assisted therapy project currently underway at The Gatepost Support Services (TGSS) in Gunnedah NSW. This project was deemed necessary as it will enable the team at TGSS to understand what is and what is not working within the project, and what could be implemented in the future to improve the project.

18. What biases or misclassification might be a problem in the study? What is your rationale?