Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2007
Abstract
In this demographic examination of America’s equine population, the numbers clearly show upward trends in all things equestrian over the past fifty years. Will that trajectory continue, adding year after year to the current ten million population, or will loss of open spaces turn the tide as it limits horse housing and riding room? Will ownership patterns undergo fundamental changes when population density, land costs, and escalating environmental controls eliminate the “backyard”- keeping concept and make suburban boarding stables untenable? Will horse production expenses rise in the face of land pressures to the point that equestrian involvement, now a highly egalitarian pursuit in this country, truly becomes a rich person’s game?
Recommended Citation
Kilby, E.R. (2007). The demographics of the U.S. equine population. In D.J. Salem & A.N. Rowan (Eds.), The state of the animals 2007 (pp. 175-205). Washington, DC: Humane Society Press.
