The enforcement of laws and public transparency seemingly are at odds at every turn. It’s certainly another chapter in the endless battle to eliminate the heinous act of soring.
No matter which side of the aisle that you prefer your elected officials to sit, we all can agree the U.S. presidential election and new administration have thrown prognostication and expectations out the window.
Citing privacy and other laws, animal welfare inspection reports, enforcement records and other information about the treatment of animals have been removed from the United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service website.
Less than 2 weeks after the United States Department of Agriculture announced that it finalized a rule to end soring, an improbable turn of events has put it on hold.
As the public comment period for the proposed amendments to the Horse Protection Act (HPA) came to an end Oct. 26, nearly 200 influential people banded together to urge action from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Editor’s note: In July 2016, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) proposed changes to the Horse Protection Act (HPA). The intended purpose of these proposals was to combat soring. Previous attempts to address soring through legislation have stalled in Congress. The USDA would bypass the legislative process by instituting these changes. To read these changes, visit americanfarriers.com/usda.
The public comment period for the proposed amendments to the Horse Protection Act has come and gone. All parties within the horse industry have had a chance to let their voices be heard.
In this episode, Mark Ellis, a Wisconsin farrier who learned the ropes with Renchin, recalls Red’s relationships with area veterinarians, his legacy and the second career as American Farriers Journal’s technical editor.
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