Today I came to the realization that we're in trouble. Well, I've known the horse industry has been suffering for a very long time, but it finally hit home.
We don't have enough kids growing up with horses. In years past, there were always young people wanting horses, dreaming about horses, loving horses. How many of us rode before school each day? How many of us mucked stalls joyfully just to spend time around horses? How many of us were at the barn for countless hours every day, sun-up to sundown, living and breathing these incredible creatures? Compared to how many do those things in this day and age?
What happens when there are no new buyers because no one cultivated an environment for kids to learn about horses and fostered a desire to become a horse owner? They cost a lot. They take a great deal of room and specialized housing. And let's not forget how much time and effort it takes to care for a horse.
Somebody has to do something, or a few years down the road, the only place you'll be able to see horses will be in a zoo. Start today by pledging to help a child or two learn about horses and fall in love with them, just like you did so long ago. What have you got to lose? If horses start disappearing, we're all going to lose everything we hold dear.
~SFTS
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