Beyond a Contract: Rethinking Care Networks of Working Animals

Kerry Balkind

Dark brown horse standing in a stall wearing a red blanket.

Having worked with horses for thirteen years as a farmhand and riding instructor, I have come to view them more as peers than animals. Horses and humans share a working relationship in the barn where I work, and although I generally believe this relationship is mutually beneficial, horses often seem to do more for us than we do for them. Read more about care networks of working animals.