As the public comment period for the proposed amendments to the Horse Protection Act came to an end last week, nearly 200 influential people banded together to urge action from the United States Department of Agriculture.
When the United States Department of Agriculture announced the proposed changes to the Horse Protection Act in July 2016, the general equine industry rejoiced. “Finally,” they thought, “a real effort to end soring.” After all, attempted legislation against soring died in the past by being stalled in the sausage mill of Washington, D.C.
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.
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.
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.
A trio of senators have introduced legislation that they say will “end the contemptible, illegal practice of horse soring once and for all” while preserving the Tennessee Walking Horse tradition.
Greg Martin, CJF, of Boerne, Texas, takes the unique approach of marketing his hoof-care practice with a Christmas parade float in Boerne and Comfort, Texas. The award-winning float boasts a variety of surprising features.
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