A core group of equine advocates has formed an Equine Well-Being Task Force to educate researchers and others about what it takes to have horses in maximum physical, emotional, and mental health. In creating the new guidelines, the Horses and Humans Research Foundation reviewed numerous national and international Equine Welfare Guidelines, and noted that there is a huge difference between keeping a horse in South Korea or Denmark or Arizona. They then decided to write the guidelines from the perspective of the horse and leave for discussion how to meet their needs in a variety of environments.