A number of horse industry organizations are working together to draft formal comments regarding the amendments to the Horse Protection Act that have been proposed by the United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
The farrier industry received a harsh reminder of this axiom while wading through the substantial changes that were recently proposed by the United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service as a means to end soring.
I attended Catholic grade school when corporal punishment inflicted by nuns was still permitted. Throughout my time in kindergarten to grade 8, there was one particular nun whose apparent fondness for punishment made her stand out from the rest. She had tactics that would make an Abu Gharib prison guard blush.
More than 200 people packed a Murfreesboro, Tenn., hotel meeting room for a public hearing on proposed rules that are intended to combat soring, according to WTVF News in Nashville.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Monday announced proposed changes that are intended to eliminate soring.
The House Ethics Committee has found that U.S. Rep. Ed Whitfield violated House rules when he didn't prevent contact between his staff and his wife, a lobbyist for an animal rights organization. The committee found that Constance Harriman-Whitfield gained "special privileges" because of her access to the staff.
Lawmakers and animal-rights activists who have pushed the federal government to crack down on an illegal practice that’s sometimes used to give Tennessee Walking Horses their exaggerated, high-stepping gait are feeling encouraged that President Barack Obama’s administration appears ready to act.
A federal judge in Gainesville has granted a preliminary injunction to the owners of a champion Tennessee Walking Horse that prevents the horse — known widely as “the Secretariat of Tennessee Walking Horses” — from being disqualified from horse shows without a hearing.
The United States Department of Agriculture is proposing a rule to update the Horse Protection Act that signals “its readiness to end the cruel practice of soring,” according to The Humane Society of the United States.
When legislation to toughen federal protections against horse soring gained momentum last year, opponents said the proposed rule changes would decimate their walking horse show industry. But a Murfreesboro, Tenn.-based walking horse group says it has found a way to thrive regardless of what becomes of those stiffer rules.
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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