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What’s it like to be a horse: how to improve equine mental health

CONSIDERING “what it’s like for a horse to be a horse” should be at the heart of efforts to improve equine mental wellbeing.

At a World Horse Welfare webinar on 25 August on horses’ mental health, Andrew McLean, who specialises in training horses and elephants, having evented to top level, was joined by former champion jockey and pundit John Francome and World Horse Welfare’s Caroline Heard.

Dr McLean, who co-founded the International Society for Equitation Science, spoke

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