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A number of young horse breeders indicated that the road is not paved for fans of this type of hobby, given the fees they provide to the King Abdulaziz Center for Purebred Arabian Horses, which are called (Dirab), in terms of fees for issuing passports, registration, replacement for lost ones, and blood analysis. , birth registration, blood analysis, export, but the center is very late in its dealings and does not provide many services.
Horse breeders in Jeddah are also asking the Municipality to provide agricultural lands for breeding horses, just like in other regions of the Kingdom. Despite their requests, the Municipality is still converting agricultural lands into residential ones, and thus demands that residents move the stalls to other places, due to the smells that these stalls produce.
They also demanded support from grain silos, as the owners of other cattle receive fodder support from cattle, cows and camels, while horse owners do not receive any support in the fodder, and there are many young people who sold their horses, forced because of their inability to provide food and treatment for them.
The other thing is that agriculture provides medicines for the cattle, but the horses do not find that support. Horse owners sometimes resort to human pharmacies to treat their horses.
Through the participation of some horse breeders in international races or their purchase of horses from abroad, they noticed that there is no infrastructure in Saudi airports to receive or ship these horses. This is a weak point that must be improved and the infrastructure provided for receiving and shipping horses.
Finally, the lack of specialized medical centers for treating horses is a major reason why many young men give up their dream of raising horses, leaving only the strongest who has the material that helps him pay a lot of money to ship his sick horses to specialized medical centers.
Amr Salam (Jeddah)