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Animals : an open access journal from MDPI2023; 13(3); 490; doi: 10.3390/ani13030490

Sustainability and the Thoroughbred Breeding and Racing Industries: An Enhanced One Welfare Perspective.

Abstract: As society debates the use of animals in sport, entertainment, and leisure, there is an increasing focus on the welfare, social, and ecological impacts of such activities on the animals, human participants, people close to them, and the physical environment. This article introduces the "Enhanced One Welfare Framework" to reveal significant costs and benefits associated with Thoroughbred breeding and racing globally. In addition, relative to calls to ban horseracing and similar activities as part of sustainability approaches that focus chiefly on animals, the "Enhanced One Welfare Framework" is better positioned politically to guide discussions that renegotiate the conditions under which horses are used for sport and the impact racing has on humans and the planet. In 2020, the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities issued its minimum horse welfare standards based on the Five Domains model, positioning lifelong horse welfare as "fundamentally important to the viability and sustainability of the industry". In this article, we critique the One Welfare framework's historic lack of focus on sport and enhance it by including sport, leisure, and entertainment and framing it within the Five Domains model. We offer a novel extension of the Five Domains model beyond animal welfare to consider human welfare and the physical environmental impacts of the sport, leisure, and entertainment industries and propose innovations that may help thoroughbred breeding and racing assure a sustainable future.
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Publication Date: 2023-01-31 PubMed ID: 36766378PubMed Central: PMC9913237DOI: 10.3390/ani13030490Google Scholar: Lookup
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The research article discusses the idea of sustainability in thoroughbred horse breeding and racing industries. A new approach called the “Enhanced One Welfare Framework” is suggested to measure both the costs and benefits attached to these practices, including aspects related to animal welfare, human wellbeing and environmental impact.

Introduction to the Enhanced One Welfare Framework

  • The study introduces the “Enhanced One Welfare Framework” as a mechanism to gauge the various impacts of thoroughbred breeding and racing.
  • The framework aims to highlight both the cost and the benefits of these activities in a comprehensive manner.
  • The considered factors include the welfare of the animals involved, the social aspects for people participating or living close to these activities, and the resulting ecological impacts.

The Comparison with Existing Approaches

  • Compared to potential bans on horse racing for sustainability reasons that predominantly focus on animals, the proposed framework offers a broader perspective.
  • The research claims that this wider perspective makes the Enhanced One Welfare Framework more politically viable to lead discussions about the conditions under which horses are used for sport and the sport’s impacts on humans and the environment.

The Integration of the Five Domains Model

  • In 2020, the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities introduced minimum horse welfare standards based on the Five Domains model.
  • The Five Domains model is an approach to evaluate animal welfare, emphasizing its vital importance for the industry’s sustainability and viability.
  • The researchers critique the One Welfare framework for not sufficiently focusing on sport and suggest an enhancement of the framework by incorporating the Five Domains model.

A Proposed Extension of the Five Domains Model

  • The article puts forward a novel extension of the Five Domains model that goes beyond animal welfare.
  • The authors propose to extend the model to also consider human welfare and the physical environmental impacts resulting from the sport, leisure, and entertainment industries.
  • This innovative suggestion is believed to help ensure a sustainable future for thoroughbred breeding and racing.

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Stallones L, McManus P, McGreevy P. (2023). Sustainability and the Thoroughbred Breeding and Racing Industries: An Enhanced One Welfare Perspective. Animals (Basel), 13(3), 490. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13030490

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Animals : an open access journal from MDPI
ISSN: 2076-2615
NlmUniqueID: 101635614
Country: Switzerland
Language: English
Volume: 13
Issue: 3
PII: 490

Researcher Affiliations

Stallones, Lorann
  • Department of Psychology, College of Natural Sciences, One Health Institute, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1612, USA.
McManus, Phil
  • School of Geosciences, Faculty of Science, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.
McGreevy, Paul
  • One Welfare Research Institute, Faculty of Science, Agriculture, Business and Law, University of New England, Armidale, NSW 2350, Australia.

Conflict of Interest Statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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