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Premarin is the subject of some contention. Animal rights activists claim that animal husbandry and urine collection methods used in Premarin's production cause undue stress and suffering to the mares involved.[1] Additionally, it is proposed that there is an overabundance of poorly bred foals produced by Pregnant Mare Urine (PMU) farms each year. However, PMU horses only represent 0.01% of equines in North America [2]. There has been an increase in the number of registered horses on PMU ranches with almost all horses now being registered stock. [3] The vast majority of these purebred foals are sold for pleasure riding and driving. [4]
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Premarin is the subject of some contention. Animal rights activists claim that animal husbandry and urine collection methods used in Premarin's production cause undue stress and suffering to the mares involved.[1] Additionally, it is proposed that there is an overabundance of poorly bred foals produced by Pregnant Mare Urine (PMU) farms each year. However, PMU horses only represent 0.01% of equines in North America http://www.naeric.org/about_whatis.asp?strOver=11. There has been an increase in the number of registered horses on PMU ranches with almost all horses now being registered stock. http://www.naeric.org/inc/graph3.pdf[] The vast majority of these purebred foals are sold for pleasure riding and driving. http://www.naeric.org/about_faqs.asp
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Fortunately for the long term well-being of horses, Premarin sales have recently plummeted, probably because of these studies, and the continuing education done by Redwings and many other organizations of the cruelty of Premarin. The short-term result is that many mares that have been impregnated to produce Premarin have been taken off line, and now face uncertain futures.
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The priest turned his head to scan the half of the horizon Premarin not blocked by the bellied-down bulk of whi the starship. Ant columns of stevedores manhandled cargo from the ship's rollerway into horse- and Premarin ox-drawn wagons in the foreground: like most frontier worlds, Burlage included, self-powered Premarin machinery was rare in the back country.
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Animal cruelty laws and government regulations do not apply to the treatment of mares on Premarin farms. Instead, the standard of care is dictated only by an inadequate “code” which is poorly enforced. Thus the horses receive virtually no legal protection.
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