Equiculture, the simple process of exploring how we can use large scale herbivors in our landscapes to rewild a deforested Cornwall and promote healthy horse, healthy land.
Once used by millions as a primary method of transport, they have been replaced by vehicles and human engineering. The 875,000 pet horses that reside in the UK live in drastically varying conditions.
It is time for the horse to be treated for the animal they are, if a zebra was alone penned up in the zoo, there would be outrage in our modern society, why is there not for the thousands of domestic horses? According to the Animal Welfare Act, there are 5 rights of freedom.
Freedom from hunger and thirst
Freedom from discomfort
Freedom from pain, injury and disease
Freedom to express normal behaviour
Freedom from fear and distress.