Also, just on the note about culling - this is already done in Austria at the inspection at 6 months, when the best are kept to grow on and the ones that don't make the grade are sent for foal meat. There are various charities, such as one in Germany, who aim to offer to act as middlemen for these foals and find them real homes, rather than through the auctions for meat. It is a side of the breeding programme that I find disturbing.
Kate, UK
--- In haflingerfriends@yahoogroups.com, "kiolak" <kiolak@...> wrote:
>
> Just trying to clarify for those of us used to dealing in hands for measurements. Minimum used to be 13.2 hands, and now they are stating minimum should be over 13.3?
> That is a BIG difference to me, and not right. Just my opinion. Especially as you pointed out, in some countries if a purebred horse does not meet breed standards, it is culled - based only on height!
>
> Your Haffiefriend,
> ~Kiola~
> Brier, WA
>
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