As updated Horse Protection Act regulations are set to take effect Feb. 1, 2025, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is hosting a webinar Friday, Dec. 13, 2025, to inform the equine industry.
The United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service unveiled a refined public search tool that provides access to Animal Welfare Act compliance records.
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.
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 American Horse Council announced Wednesday that it has submitted comments on the proposed amendments to the Horse Protection Act 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.
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.
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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