Why does WRERR not allow breeding?
WRERR does not oppose responsible, well-researched breeding programs that aim to improve the breed and species. WRERR does oppose indiscriminate breeding practices. WRERR embraces the belief that there is an overpopulation of horses in the United States. If there were no overpopulation problem, there would not be thousands of sound, healthy horses going to slaughter every year. As a matter of principle, WRERR does not allow its rescued horses to be bred. WRERR feels that denying breeding of any one horse will not negatively impact the quality of the species as a whole. However, stopping a single horse from breeding will significantly impact the horse population over time. Also, since WRERR retains ownership of adopted horses, the organization would also feel compelled to retain ownership of the resultant foal. This would mean more work for volunteers (doing barn checks, placing returned horses, keeping up with vaccinations, etc.), putting an unnecessary strain on WRERR’s resources.
