HCBC suggests the following resources for horse hauling:

• Humane Handling Guidelines produced by Alberta Farm Animal Care.  For commercial and professional haulers, excellent resource for the handling of unfit horses
• CFIA Live Animal Transport Guidelines (2007)
  
• Certified Livestock Transportation. This site is an excellent resource of information for commercial and private horse haulers.

Transportation Questions

Scenario: An HCBC member is leasing a horse, they are trailering the leased horse and they are involved in an accident. Does the third party liability insurance cover them as a non owned horse or is the lessee considered the owner in this case?

Answer: In the situation of non commercial transportation of non owned horses the lessee would have to be found responsible for the accident. there is coverage with the basic HCBC membership for non commercial transportation of non owned horses but the horse owner would have to take legal action against the person trailering the horse and the maximum per horse that would be rewarded is $10,000.00 per horse. If anyone was to purchase the Members Named Peril (MNP) coverage it should be the owner. This would give a maximum payout of $4,000.00. If the horses is worth more an Equi Care policy would be ideal.