On Tuesday, Faye (as chief representative of p4p) travelled to the Houses of Parliament. She had been invited by our local MP, Neil Parish, to attend the Associate Parliamentary Group For Animal Welfare (APGAW) October Committee Meeting.
This meeting was dedicated to welfare subjects relating to "The Horse". There were two main scheduled topics on the agenda. The first related to the "impending welfare crisis" where an estimated 6000 horses will be in need of welfare help this winter, but sadly welfare centres are already full, and there will not be enough places for them all to be rescued. Faye was able to contribute to the discussion about the problems of overbreeding, particularly regarding the wild ponies in our region.
The second agenda item was the Grand National, and the number of equine deaths and casualties caused by the race.
It was a very interesting meeting dedicated to discussing equine welfare, and people4ponies valued the opportunity to contribute to the discussions (particularly regarding wild ponies) and the meeting as a whole.
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