Her death was ruled an accidental overdose. What you believe is irrelevant
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Edited as requested.
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The AVMA Principles of Veterinary Medical Ethics does seem to include a duty to report.
It’s falls under section C of the Code of Conduct (Uphold Standards of Professionalism), 2b
A veterinarian has an ethical responsibility to report suspected animal cruelty and/or abuse.
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Membership in the AVMA is voluntary.
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@skydy can you link the story or take a pic of the information relating to this suspension? Or PM me the deets?
Wow. Color me shocked something was done. Kudos, USEF. Thanks for sharing.
ETA: Can someone shed some light on why the suspension doesn’t start until November 1st?
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Interestingly, this person is a lower-level amateur rider with what appears to be one horse. I’m glad something was done but wish USEF applied their standards to the entire group.
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People like this should NOT have horses. It seems so easy for some to take out their disappointment or frustration out on their horse. If I witnessed something like this, they would be taking me away in handcuffs. We all have gotten upset over one thing or another but NEVER would it even occur to me to do this to my horse. Just no.
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Seriously. I think I was taught at age 5 or 6 while riding lesson ponies and participating in little lesson barn home horse shows that you NEVER blame your pony/horse when things go poorly. You just stuff your feelings in, and take proper care of the animal after riding it.
I have zero respect for adults who can’t seem to manage that. Give me a break.
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I’d like the hear the reasoning behind this as well. Also, the season may be very different in NV, but where I’m from, there are no competitions between Nov. and Apr. It seems a suspension should correspond to the competition calendar otherwise it’s meaningless.
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Typically, suspensions are timed to coincide with the time of year in which the offense took place.
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Do you know the reasoning behind that? Is it to ensure that there are, in fact, competitions taking place then? I’d like to see the punishment be swift (not that TPTB care what I think).
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The idea is to not allow the person to compete where the issue happened - not sure if that’s good or bad.
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Interesting. I mean, sure that’s good, but shouldn’t they not be able to compete anywhere? I feel like giving them a few months before the suspension starts allows them to line up catch riders, etc, so it’s not as much of a hardship as if they were suspended immediately. 🤷
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So this amateur refused out of SJ and beat the crap out of her horse on Saturday, April 14th, 2024.
USEF completed an investigation and made their ruling on Wednesday, June 26th, 2024.
74 days. Two and a half months.
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Read the suspension.
It covers the horses as well.
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At the speed they move, I would consider that pretty fast.
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There have been times where I’m not thrilled with the performance, dead silent, putting away tack, and a quick half-hearted “good job, if the job was to make us look bad” pat, followed by not wanting to see said horse for at least half an hour - but to tear into him, going as far as to close the stall on his hips? Come on. That’s kiddy immature tantrum stuff. Grow up.
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