EMERGENCY ACTION ALERT TO PROTECT HORSES: For over half a century, Tennessee walking horses have been victims of the cruel practice of “soring” – where trainers burn chemicals into the horses’ feet or injure their hooves, causing pain and forcing a high-stepping show gait. Soring is a crime. Congress passed the Horse Protection Act in 1970 to end it, but the law is too weak. Some trainers have spent their careers “soring” horses, evading detection and avoiding consequences. The stigma of soring is killing this breed. The American Horse Council, American Association of Equine Practi¬tioners, American Veterinary Medical Association, all 50 state veterinary medical associations and many major horse industry groups agree: the PAST Act (H.R. 1518/S. 1406) is needed to strengthen the law and stop these animal abusers. Please contact your legislators and urge them to cosponsor the PAST Act. If they’re already cosponsors, please thank them and ask them to do all they can to get the bill passed. Go to humanesociety.org/pastact to contact them!
Posted on: Thu, 03 Apr 2014 15:11:25 +0000
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