Sunday, February 01, 2015

Appeals Court Rules AQHA Can Reject Clones

Thehorse.com - Full Article

By Pat Raia
Jan 15, 2015

The American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) can deny the registration of cloned horses, according to a Jan. 14 court ruling. The ruling overturned a lower court decision mandating that the AQHA include clones in its registry.

Some owners have used the cloning process—which was first performed on horses in 2003—to preserve their animals' bloodlines, particularly those of high-performance equines. In response to cloning as a way to preserve bloodlines, some breed associations ruled on whether or not cloned horses can be included in their breed registries.

In 2004 the AQHA board of directors approved Rule 227(a), which prohibits cloned horses or their offspring from being included in the organization's breed registry. The AQHA opposed the registry of cloned animals on several grounds including that cloning does not improve the breed and that only the most elite horses may be cloned over and over again for use in breeding programs...

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