Justice or Injustice?
Just one example of the injustice involving the USDA and the Tennessee Walking Horse industry
Tag: Tennessee Walking Horse
Rep. Kurt Schraeder Misleads Congress
Schrader & Yoho ignore science in favor of HSUS and animal rights
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 […]
USDA CONCESSIONS
USDA concedes on some issues and makes changes
The Head Shake/Head Nod
An equine head nod is not always a sign of lameness
About the TED STEVENS OLYMPIC & AMATEUR SPORTS ACT & USEF
There has been mention of the Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act or Sports Act by other related breeds, primarily as a reason to exclude those related breeds. The Ted Stevens Olympic & Amateur Sports Act can be found in its entirety at 36 USC 220501 et seq. No where in the “Sports Act” […]
FEDERAL REGULATIONS
In other posts, we’ve discussed the Horse Protection Act and a couple of the accompanying Federal Regulations. Please keep in mind the the Horse Protection Act is a law passed by congress and can only be changed or amended by congress while Federal Regulations do not involve congress and are essentially mandatory requirements set forth […]
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