Animal Abuse

Kentucky has been voted the worst state in the country when it comes to animal abuse. The state's laws and regulations are incredibly lax, which gives a lot of room for animal fighting to thrive unregulated, felony animal cruelty to continue uncharted, and worst of all, no monitoring of animal ownership of convicted abusers.

Kentucky is trying to turn its bad reputation around when it comes to horses. The state will soon be flooded with horse owners that will be riding and training for the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. To have a scandal involving horse abuse arise during this time would be quite detrimental and embarrassing.

In response to these issues, the Kentucky Equine Health and Welfare Board (EHWA) will be created under the Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet to monitor equine welfare. The EHWA was originally started by a group of equine veterinarians, passionate about horses and their well-being. The mission of the group is to improve equine health, maintenance, and wefare across the state. Hopefully the combined efforts of this group will create a powerful awareness of this horrific problem and eradicate the issue.

Click here to find out more about this organization.