I agree with your explanation on the stallion license down to the very last part.
Unless there has been a change very recently the Stallion Incentive Program was completely supported by dollars collected from stallion owners based on the number of mares bred. No funds from AHR supported the program.
Bill Hendershot
--- In haflingerfriends@yahoogroups.com, Emily Gibson <briarcroft@...> wrote:
>
> A stallion license requires DNA testing and a vet exam for bite and
> cryptorchid evaluation, critical to keeping these defects out of the breed.
> The original licensure is the most costly, an incentive for owners to only
> license higher quality stallions, and not just anything with testicles on
> their farm. A license must be renewed annually at a $30 fee, to ensure that
> AHR has an accurate count of breeding stallions (we are charged $ per
> breeding stallion annually to be a member of the World Haflinger
> Federation), and to once again make sure stallion owners are really serious
> about using their stallion for breeding purposes. This tends to weed out
> the experimental backyard casual breeder, and the license renewal fees go
> into the Stallion Incentive Program (SIP) to promote breeding stallions, so
> it is a revenue important for marketing.
>
> Emily
>
> On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 11:23 AM, <halfboxtwo@...> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Okay I have a question, If a person breeds a registered Haflinger mare to a
> >
> > registered haflinger stallion and both are of the proper age, is the foal
> > able to be registered even if the stallion is not on the list of licensed
> > stallions? I am not understanding why a stallion has to have a license. can
> >
> > someone talk about this. And how long does this license last?
> > Thank you. Peggy Rodgers
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
> >
> >
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