-Trio likely to avoid jail time for conspiracyCHATTANOOGA - Some Tennessee walking horse faithful...South, Todd
"USDA inspectors are doing everything possible to detect evidence of soring before horses are allowed to compete," Carlson says. "Unfortunately, due to budget constraints, USDA inspectors are only able to attend a small number of the shows being held. It is going to take a team effort to ...
Now awaiting Senate approval, the PAST Act will ensure higher penalties for those who inflict pain on horses to accentuate their gait during competitions. Photo courtesy of the Humane Society of the United States. Passage of the U.S. Senator Joseph D. Tydings Memorial Prevent All Soring ...
Three Collierville men and another from Olive Branch have beencharged in a 52-count indictment...Wolff, Cindy
it’s because of the work he’s done to prevent soring, which personally impressed the Queen. Irby explains what soring is any why it is inhumane and how the Queen was so adamant about positive reinforcement for horses. It was their common love of horses that actually most bonded the Queen...
The article presents information on the efforts by the not-for-profit associations the American Association of Equine Practitioners and the American Veterinary Medical Association regarding the ban on the devices for soring horses. The ban is against the devices that are used for gaiting the horses....
Institutionalized Horse Abuse: The Soring of Tennessee Walking HorsesUntil the industry finally takes part in its own successful reformation, it will be under the scrutiny of the public and the enforcement thumb of government, and at the necessary expense of the taxpayer. If compliance with federal...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is making an effort to ensure that the abuse recently witnessed by the public—that of renowned horse trainer Jackie McConnell soring and beating Tennessee walking horses at his training facility—does not happen again. The federal agency has issued a ...
which strengthen regulations against soring and provide strict rules for the U.S. Department of Agriculture to identify and punish those who abuses horses to get better results in competitions.EBSCO_AspJournal of the American Veterinary Medical Association...
Mass Spectrometric Detection of Local Anesthetics Masking Prohibited Practice of Inducing Limb Soring in Walking Horses to Enhance AppealThe developed and validated LC-MS/MS method afforded the simultaneous identification of nine local anesthetic agents and also complied with criteria set up by regulatory...