Showing posts with label USDA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label USDA. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 24, 2018

USDA Invites Tennessee Walking Horse Owners, Trainers to Horseshoeing Clinic Aimed to Improve Horse Protection Act Compliance

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This public announcement is provided by the US Department of Agriculture. On February 3, 2018, USDA Animal Care and the S.H.O.W. ho...
Friday, January 13, 2017

Hail Mary: USDA proceeds with last-ditch effort to end soring by imposing bans on Walking horse pads, action devices

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It's fourth down at the end of the fourth quarter. The clock is counting down. Do you punt or pass? The game's at stake. It'...
Monday, October 03, 2016

American Horse Council Statement on Nonspecific Language in USDA Horse Protection Act Amendment

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For the past few months, the US Department of Agriculture has been hosting "listening sessions" around the country and gatherin...
Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Horseshoes in Congress: Whitfield-Cohen Letter Clarifies "Weighted Shoe" Under Proposed PAST Act; House Hearing on Soring Legislation Wednesday

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What and when:  November 13, 2013 10 a.m. — United States Congress, House Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Manuf...
Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Federal Court Rules Against Lawsuit: USDA's Tennessee Walking Horse Anti-Soring Regulations Are Not Unlawful

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A U.S. District Court in Texas upheld federal regulations to prevent the practice of “soring,” in which trainers abuse horses to force t...
Tuesday, April 30, 2013

News and HSUS videos: Walking horses seized from show trainer's barn in Tennessee, veterinarian Adair explains soring

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Walking horse trainer Larry Wheelon heads to court today in Blount County, Tennessee. The well-known trainer and judge will face charges ...
Thursday, September 13, 2012

Horse Protection Act Amendment Proposed: Bans Action Devices on Tennessee Walking Horses

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Tennessee Walking Horse show regulation changes proposed in Congressional amendment to the Horse Protection Act The following document w...
Thursday, August 30, 2012

Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital's Dr. Scott Hopper: Voices from the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration

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Video courtesy of NewsChannel 5; Background: The Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration is going on this week in Shelbyville, Tennes...
Thursday, June 14, 2012

Tennessee Walking Horse Pastern Action Devices and Hoof Pads Ban Endorsed by AVMA, AAEP; Vets' Joint Memo States Devices Are Part of Soring Practices

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Walking horse hoof packages include some or all of these components: (from ground up) 1. a shoe on the ground; 2. a stack of pads anchored...
Friday, May 18, 2012

ABC News / HSUS Tennessee Walking Horse Expose Brings Soring Case to National Attention

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video platform video management video solutions video player ABC News broadcast a hidden-camera video this week, exposing the at-ho...
Friday, October 29, 2010

USDA Audit Recommends Abolishing DQP System, Shows Would Hire Veterinarians to Inspect Horses for Soring Violations Under Horse Protection Act

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The United Stated Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently performed an audit of the Animal and Pla...
Sunday, August 23, 2009

Born-Again Walking Horse Celebration Begins This Week Under New Inspection, Attitude

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by Fran Jurga | 23 August 2009 | Fran Jurga's Hoof Blog Trainer Chad Williams trains The Lineman for the upcoming Walking Horse Ce...
Sunday, January 06, 2008

Conference on Walking Horses and Horse Protection Act Planned for Ohio in April

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"The End of Soring" is the goal of the first Sound Horse Conference to be held in Columbus, Ohio, later this year. The event is se...
Friday, August 24, 2007

Alleged Tennessee Walking Horse Cruelty Case Charges Farrier As Well As Trainer

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New rules in place at the 69th Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration - which began this week in Shelbyville, Tennessee– offer some si...
Thursday, September 21, 2006

2006 Kentucky Walking Horse Celebration Cancelled in Advance; USDA Inspection Cited as Reason

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According to a report posted on www.tennessean.com , the 42nd Annual Kentucky Celebration Tennessee Walking Horse Show, which was to have be...