In Master Plan, equine program faces relocation

I would like to point out that a new location for the equine program (while possibly less convenient) opens the doors for a new and better equine facility. Several of the buildings on the current property have been condemned and the horses displace severe signs of stable vices- behaviors resulting from being confined and isolation. Horses are extremely social creatures and been to interaction with other horses along with human interaction. Over the last few years I've heard of so many good horses there that have become almost unmanageable... this is the result of their long term boredom and mental instabilities. This is NOT the result of maltreatment by the barn staff. The people who work there do the best they can do with what they are given. However, many students, including myself, have left working there after seeing the mental states these horses were in. As a horse lover, the equine program was one of the major reasons I came to UNH but I would rather see the horses adopted out and the program dissolved if a new, updated facility where horses can be horses- interacting with one another cannot be built.

Please note that I was misquoted concerning the review being done by President Huddleston and the Board of Trustees. We anticipate that all of the Campus Master Plan recommendations will be presented to the President during the summer 2012 and submitted for Trustee approval in the fall 2012.