are horses considered livestock
Where they may be kept legally and responsibly, domestic-bred farm animals can also be maintained as companions.”. However, many other governmental agencies, associations and interest groups insist that horses are livestock. The Missouri Horse Council maintains that horses are livestock and “supports the. What are livestock? Livestock may include cattle, sheep, goats, horses, mules, pigs, swine, ostriches, rhea, and emu. Small livestock means types of goats and horses commonly referred to as pygmy, dwarf, or. miniature, typically weighing less than 150 pounds.1. Livestock and the Federal Government. What USDA in California uses for the definition of agricultural is animals for food or fiber. For horses used on a ranch, to work cattle, that falls into the definition of agriculture.. Other horses are considered recreational.. (a) Livestock means any cattle, sheep, swine, goat, or any horse, mule, or other equine, whether living or dead. (b) Meatpacker means an establishment where livestock are either slaughtered, the carcasses thereof are prepared, or meat is processed and where state or federal inspection is maintained. Including horses in the definition of livestock has recently been a topic for debate. For example:  Horses are omitted from the definition of livestock in the Local Coastal Program (LCP) for San Mateo County, which has left the door open for special regulations of horses in the unincorporated part of the County. Horse slaughter, she says, follows an older model. Chickens for eggs, lambs for wool, cows for milk, horses for work, and when their useful, productive life has passed, then you turn them into meat, she says. For Wallis, horses are livestock first and companions second — more assets than pets. And that's common in rural areas. In Jamesport, Mo., horse-drawn buggies park next to cars. Elmer Beechy, a wiry man sporting a faded black hat and a beard, runs a shop that sells horse equipment. Traditionally, in the United States and many other places horses have been. considered livestock animals. Many people will comment that it was not the pioneer or. the cowboy that conquered the western United States, but rather the horse that was. responsible for the advancement of western civilization across the prairies and the Rocky. A Message to Minnesota Horse Owners. (Mark Ward, President of the Minnesota Horse Council) Over the next few months, our state legislators will be considering changing tax laws pertaining to horse breeding and boarding operations. The vitality of our horse industry will be threatened if the wrong changes are made. This could be the case all over the state of Minnesota and the ripple effect through our horse industry will be huge and detrimental. And if horses are not considered livestock in our tax code, the ramifications for future law changes could go well beyond tax problems. The ASPCA also specifies “species suitable to be companion animals include dogs, cats, horses, rabbits, ferrets, birds, guinea pigs and select other small mammals, small reptiles and fish. However, many other governmental agencies, associations and interest groups insist that horses are livestock.
Yes, horses are considered as livestock.