Shedding the pounds
MEET THE EXPERT
DONNA CASE BSc (Hons) is an experienced, fully insured independent equine nutritionist who runs her consultancy, The Horse Feed Guru, out of Newmarket, working both nationally and internationally. She works with a variety of horses and ponies from competition horses to retired veterans. Visit thehorsefeedguru.com.
THE PHRASE “KILLING with kindness” has never rung truer than it does now, as we face the current equine obesity crisis. World Horse Welfare (WHW) states that obesity is one of the biggest welfare challenges facing horses in the UK today. From my own perspective, seeing overweight horses has become the “norm”, so much so that owners with horses at an ideal weight and body condition score are often worried their horse may be underweight. This shows how acclimatised we have become to
