What can harm horses?

Answer 1

Horses are powerful animals. They can kick incredibly hard and fast, and being hit with their hooves is like being struck with a hammer at high speeds. Their teeth, though made for consuming vegetation, can also produce a rather nasty bite. Never just see a horse as a simple beast of burden. They are intelligent and not to be underestimated.

Answer 2

Horses spook from anything unnatural. Sunshine in an arena, a rustling feed bag, winter blankets, coats, foreign objects, strange sounds, and even another horse spooking! When I ride my horse, she spooks at the harrow, shies at the barrels (for barrel racing, of course!) or even sunshine in front of a jump. This can sometime get annoying if you are trying to jump a course and your horse freaks out at each jump! My little pony I rescued is afraid of lead ropes lying on the ground and loud claps of thunder. Every horse has a different fear.

Answer 3

There isn't really anything bad about horses, other than all the manure they produce. (Smile) What most people think of bad tends to be caused by humans that are involved with the horses.

Some people don't like the smell of horses. But that's really minor compared to some of the other things that may make people think horses are bad. A horse is a large animal, much larger, stronger and faster than any human which can make them very intimidating to those who have never been around them at all or long enough. A horse that has been mishandled or acts "aggressive" (when they could really be acting dominant or sour) is perceived as a bad thing by humans that don't know how to handle or command themselves in such situations.

Answer 4

In the wild, horses die from predators much the same as other animals.

Diseases and of course holes in the ground where they walk can severely hurt them.

The list could go on for ages if being very specific here.

Answer 5

Yes, and it occurs a lot more common than one might think. Harm can come in many forms: deliberate physical/verbal abuse, neglect of basic necessities, actions of good intentions that come only from the human's satisfaction not the horse's, communication misunderstanding between human and horse, physical correction of a bad behaviour (such as hitting a horse in the ribs to make it "smarten up"), poor decision-making based on a horse's state of mind or health which could make the situation for not just the horse but the owner as well worse than what it was; the list goes on. One can only hope that a human that owns a horse knows enough that the harm that does come to their horse or horses can only be from mistakes and not deliberation.

Answer 6

Colic Abuse stavation old age so on and so forth

Answer 7

• Get sick or break his/her arm or leg.