> What evidence do you have that freeze branding is more humane and > safer than hot branding?
See: (http://www.wildlifeinformation.org/Subdirectories_for_Search2/ SampleTechs/P07PainPrev_Cattle_Branding.htm) Personally, if I was going to brand a horse I'd treat it like a castration or tooth removal and give the animal sufficient pain medication/tranquilization. Lynn Kinsky, Santa Ynez, CA http://www.silcom.com/~lkinsky/
