As one of our teachers put it, a horse can kill you without meaning to and before you know it. Proper instruction and care in this area is required for the security of all concerned. In some cases, treatment with needles may simply be too dangerous. The treatment of wild animals is regulated by federal permit. Certain diseases are transmissible from animals to man under natural conditions.
Precautions are absolutely necessary.
Humans and animals should not be treated in the same treatment room, and consideration should be taken with the storage of needles. Rabies, toxoplasmosis, ringworm and intestinal parasites are some of the most common zoonoses. Ticks and fleas are also common invaders, and can be a nuisance at the least. Graduates of the Tai Sophia program work in a variety of places, and have been involved in a variety of efforts to donate services and improve the lot of our nonhuman companions on the planet. There have been expeditions to Days End, a horse rescue farm in northern Maryland.