On many occasions i had a very narrow escape from grivious injuries while attending to horses. The groom or the owner always say his horse is well behaved and never kicks and bites. I never take these words, every time i approach a horse, i do it as if i am handling for the first time. I am not in the battle ground to receive any medals posthumously. I am forced to write this after seeing a news item on www.equine-reproduction.com which says"
Respected Veterinarian Dies in Tragic AccidentIt is sad to report that Theriogenologist Dr. John Steiner has died following an accident he experienced May 20th 2008 while working on a Morgan stallion. The horse apparently struck Dr. Steiner in the head causing massive trauma, and although hospitalized, a spokesman at Rhinebeck Equine Hospital in Rhinebeck, New York told the Poughkeepsie Journal that Dr. Steiner was taken off life support on Monday morning at Albany Medical Center and died around 4pm. Dr. Steiner - a diplomate of the American College of Theriogenologists, and former president of that organization - had moved back his native New York State earlier this year, having previously been located in Lexington, Kentucky, where he began the Equine Fertility Unit at the Hagyard-Davidson-McGee (now the Hagyard Equine Medical Center). This is an unsettling reminder that even the most knowledgeable and talented can experience tragic moments of danger when working with horses as a whole, and stallions in particular. Our deepest sympathies go out to Dr. Steiner's wife, family and friends."
If we dont want to be in such a news item, we have to tread cautiously.
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