MISSION STATEMENT

The mission of the International Curly Horse Organization is to preserve, protect, promote, register, and research the Curly Horse and its unique characteristics.

GOALS

• Preserve, Protect, and Promote Curly Horses;
• Register and track pedigrees of Curly Horses;
• Research and fund research for better understanding of the Curly Horse;
• Provide continuing education to breeders and members for better scientific understanding of Curly Horse genetics and all that is involved in its breeding and management;
• Encourage selective breeding to develop the highest quality Curly Horses;
• Provide a Curly Horse information network on a worldwide scale;
• Provide an open-minded atmosphere, where all worthwhile individual and group goals can be pursued;
• Provide the highest professional standards of service to its members;
• Provide all members a voice through open discussion;
• Preserve a democratic system of policy making and;
• Encourage member involvement through communications, activities and events.

ETHICS PLEDGE

The International Curly Horse Organization, its officers, members and affiliates pledge ourselves to high standards of integrity, good sportsmanship, good will and ethical conduct in representing the unique North American Curly Horse. We will hold ourselves accountable to these standards and to the purposes as stated in our official Handbook. We will conduct ourselves with honesty, dignity and fairness with the continuing conviction that the ICHO will always be run for the benefit of its members and to promote the North American Curly Horse.

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