JOINT STATEMENT FROM
The British Endurance Riding Association
The Endurance Horse & Pony Society
The Scottish Endurance Riding Club
ON THE OUTBREAK OF FOOT & MOUTH DISEASE
As a result of the continued and
worsening Foot and Mouth Disease crisis, the British Endurance Riding
Association (BERA), the Endurance Horse & Pony Society of GB (EHPS) and the
Scottish Endurance Riding Club (SERC) have had no hesitation in cancelling ALL
their events planned to take place in March 2001. All three organisations will
also keep the situation under regular review and will be making further
statements as appropriate.
The BEF have advised all owners and organisers
to take the greatest possible care and recommended that equestrian activity is
reduced as much as possible, both within infected areas and outside them. This
advice was particularly strongly given where cross-country riding, the use of
bridleways and the road network is concerned. Therefore BERA, the EHPS and SERC
recommend that their members do not exercise their horses outside the
boundaries of their own property. Furthermore, horses should not be transported
in lorries or trailers to any other location, unless in an emergency.
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