Showing posts with label soring. Show all posts
Showing posts with label soring. Show all posts
Monday, May 14, 2018

Farm Bill amendment revives drive for Horse Protection Act revisions; Walking horse pad stacks, action devices would be outlawed by 2020

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If an amendment to the Farm Bill in the US House of Representatives survives a Rules Committee review this week, the horse industry in...
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...
Monday, January 08, 2018

Researchers: Tennessee Walking Horse Shoeing and Chains Caused No Pain, Stress or Inflammation in University of Tennessee Study

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When efforts to increase Horse Protection Act restrictions on how Tennessee Walking horses are shod failed at the end of 2016, the shows ...
Tuesday, January 24, 2017

USDA's new Horse Protection Act rules withdrawn from federal enactment.

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A Tennessee Walking horse wearing stacked pads and bands. This horse was shod for demonstration purposes at a vet-farrier education event....
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...
Friday, February 28, 2014

Tennessee Congresswoman Blackburn Files Alternative Legislation in Congress to Amend Horse Protection Act, Inspect Walking Horses at Shows

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Tennessee Walking horses enjoy great popularity at shows in the mid-Southern United States, where they have become famous for showcasi...
Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Congressional Hearing on Walking Horse Soring LIVESTREAM (Archived Video for Replay)

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Please watch this taped archive of today's Congressional hearing on the PAST Act to amend the Horse Protection Act. You should read  ...
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 ...
Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Sore No More? AVMA, AAEP Call for Congress to Pass Proposed Amendment to the Horse Protection Act and End "Soring" of Tennessee Walking Horse

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News Via AAEP press release Today the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) and the American Association of Equine Practitioners ...
Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Jackie McConnell Sentence: Probation and Fine for Tennessee Walking Horse Soring Abuse Captured on Undercover Video

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Jackie McConnell was not allowed on the grounds of the 2012 Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration earlier this month. This horse, W...
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...
Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Walking Horses, Soring and HSUS: Convicted Horse Abuser Says Horses "Have To Be Sored"

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Footage courtesy of The Humane Society of the United States Warning: this video contains descriptive details that may upset you. Is he ...
Tuesday, August 07, 2012

Walking Horse Celebration: Humane Society (HSUS) Anti-Soring Proposal Calls for Biggest Show to Ban Pad Stacks, Use Independent Veterinarians, Farriers as Inspectors

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A proposal from The Humane Society of the United States was made public today; it calls for 20 percent of the horses at the Walking Horse ...
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...