Justice or Injustice?
Just one example of the injustice involving the USDA and the Tennessee Walking Horse industry
Tag: Horse Protection Act
Dehumanization of the Tennessee Walking show horse
DEHUMANIZATION – An act or process of undermining or taking away human qualities or human personalities; reducing a human to a single negative characteristic. It’s a mental trick, a disturbingly successful mental trick, that is designed to turn normal and good people into social dominants or superiors. Dehumanizing someone or group can start a cycle […]
A LITTLE TENNESSEE WALKING HORSE HISTORY
Bald Stockings was foaled in 1837 and is the first horse on record to have performed the classic running walk that is now known as a signature gait of the Tennessee Walking Horse. Tennessee Walking Horse biographer, Ben Green, notes that other horses came along to demonstrate the running walk before the great war (Civil […]
HOW THE NEW FINAL REGULATION WILL AFFECT THE TENNESSEE WALKING HORSE AND RACKING HORSE
In addition to the affects mentioned in our prior post, the following will affect specifically the Tennessee Walking horse and Racking horse: All action devices, except for bell boots that meet the requirements (soft plastic or soft leather), are prohibited on any Tennessee Walking Horse or racking horse at any horse show, exhibition, sale, or […]
HOW THE NEW FEDERAL REGULATION AFFECTS BREEDS OTHER THAN THE TENNESSEE WALKING HORSE AND RACKING HORSE
The HPA applies to ALL BREEDS. The HPA covers all horses shown, exhibited, sold, or auctioned at horse shows, exhibitions, sales, and auctions. Under the HPA, the management of any horse show, exhibition, sale, or auction is responsible for disqualifying and prohibiting sore horses from being shown, exhibited, sold, or auctioned, no matter the breed […]
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