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[Karen Nesbitt <spanishequines@yahoo.com>]

Since Irv mentioned the famous racehorse... here is an excellent article on equine fractures.  To veiw this article online: http://www.aces.uiuc.edu/news/stories/news4721.html
       
Equine Limb Fractures: What's the Prognosis

Author: Ashley Mitek

It has discussion on Barabado's injury and is quite interesting.  Typically though, most horsemen suffering with a horse that is injured are not always in a financial position to work to extend the life of such animals and end up putting them down.  Many horses do not recover well if they survive.

When it comes to ending the animals life, euthanasia by injection is not always the best option because of the consideration to as how to dispose of the animal.  Laws and regulations forbid the burial of horses lethally injected and those animals must otherwise be disposed of to dispose of them properly.

There are other regulations effecting the proper  burial of large animals such as location and depth and this is something for all horsemen to be aware of and essentially probably before they acquire a large animal. ANd of course, the land you have, may be restricted to.

 What you may have to do with it in the afterlife, might dictate to you whether to own one at all.

Not all areas will allow for burial.  Composting is another option as is cremation... Contacting ones Department of Ag in your State will advise you better on such detail.  Much too will depend on how the animal died and if contagious disease is a factor.

The majority of horsemen have literally no clue as to correct procedure and nine times out of ten, the animals are improperly handled in one fashion or another.

Same thing for manure disposal.  Many horsemen have no clue as to what to do with their manure and many improperlyu handle it by dumping it in wetlands, or spreading it too cloes to watersheds or tables etc.  But then that is another topic.

Karen Nesbitt