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ILPH Right Weight Project Hits the Road

ILPH Right Weight Project Hits the Road


The ILPH Right Weight Road Show will be fighting the flab on the road this spring. Increasing awareness of weight problems is not just restricted to the human population.  The ILPH Right Weight Road Show (RWRS) is going out and about to help horse owners understand the problems their animals could face by not being at the right weight.

Project manager Samantha Lewis said:  "Our research suggests that over 80% of leisure horses in the UK are overweight and this problem seems to be increasing. 

 ILPH with a horse on some scales
But unlike the many welfare cases the ILPH deals with, most overweight horses are that way because their owner is caring and has the best of intentions."

The RWRS team is asking owners at livery yards and stables around the country to contact them if they'd like the Road Show to come to their yard.  The team will show owners how to correctly weigh their horses, teach them how to fat score and give them diet tips for their horses along with an equine nutritionist.

Many owners work very hard to keep their horses so the help offered by the team is given in a relaxed and informal atmosphere.
 ILPH talking to children about a ponys weight

If anyone would like to find out more, please visit the UK Operations area of the ILPH website http://www.ilph.org and click on the Right Weight or telephone Samantha Lewis on 01953 497217



Added on: 25/03/08.

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