Sustainability in the Equine Industry

Dear Colleagues,

The relationship between humans and horses is as old as recorded history, with the earliest uses including food, agriculture, transportation, and warfare. Today, pleasure, recreation, sport (i.e., showing and racing) and even companionship are the more common uses, and the horse is embedded in cultures across the globe. The American Horse Council estimated the 2017 domestic horse population to be 7.2 million head resulting in a total economic impact of $122 billion in GDP. As uses have changed, enlightened sustainable management in the equine industry has also changed. In this Special Issue, we aim to document the state-of-the-art in sustainability of the equine industry while addressing some of its most pressing and often controversial topics. We ask, what is sustainability in the equine industry?

Ideal contributions to this Special Issue include but are not limited to: waste management; welfare and treatment; urban and agricultural conflicts; facilities and transportation; environmental management emphasizing water and/or renewable energy; disease management; opportunities for therapeutic and social interaction; wild horse management; policy; euthanasia/slaughter; real estate valuation in equine communities; and other innovative applications of the triple bottom line and lifecycle analysis to the equine industry.

Clinical Prof. Steven S. Vickner
Chief Guest Editor

Prof. Dana L.K. Hoag
Prof. Jason E. Bruemmer
Prof. Michael Peterson
Guest Editors

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