Honduras
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Continuing with its regional approach, World Horse Welfare launched a five year training project on 9th August 2010 to tackle the major welfare concerns of 130,000 working horses in Honduras. With over 4 million people living in remote villages, rural poverty is the most severe in Central America.
Surrounded by deep ravines and mountain ranges, roads and pathways are often too dangerous for vehicular access and working horses are heavily relied upon to reach isolated communities.
In towns and cities, carriage horses are regularly seen transporting tourists through cobbled streets. Many are overworked and have sustained tack related injuries. In numerous cases, reinforced steel bars are used to make horse shoes. Unfortunately, these shoeing methods coupled with unskilled owners shoeing their own horses cause unnecessary lameness amongst the working horse population.
Faced with daily challenges, urban and rural horses in Honduras work extremely hard despite being in terrible pain and discomfort. Thankfully, World Horse Welfare’s training initiative will address the concerns identified. Located in San Pedro Sula, our team has currently completed the first training programme, whereby 20 students have been taught vital farriery and saddlery skills.
Upon completion of the project, World Horse Welfare aims to have trained 50 farriers and 50 saddlers, who will be equipped with the skills and business knowledge to provide essential services to horse owners within their communities. The most able students from each year will return on subsequent training courses to become assistant instructors who will continue the training after the project has completed.
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