Clant Seay video of baby “Big Lick” horses

Horse soring "stacks" on the front hooves of a Tennessee Walking Horse at Big Lick competition. HSUS.

To say horse soring is hideously cruel seems like the grossest of understatements. You may have already visited YouTube to see "Big Lick" horses in competitive action. We have, many times, but it never stops being nauseating. Baby Horses The video you are about to see, recorded by Clant Seay on the first day of… Continue reading Clant Seay video of baby “Big Lick” horses

Mayor green lights Maury County “Big Lick” horse cruelty show

The 75th Walking Horse Celebration in Shelbyville, Tennessee on August 29, 2013.

MAURY COUNTY, TENNESSEE — According to the New York Times, Tennessee is fourth in the United States where Covid-19 new cases are increasing. Tennessee is just behind the States of California, Virginia, and North Carolina which lead the country. On May 21, 2020, local horse show managers announced that a three day “Big Lick” walking… Continue reading Mayor green lights Maury County “Big Lick” horse cruelty show

Protest the cruel abuse of Tennessee Walking Horses in Columbia, TN

Walking Horse Big Lick. Google image.

CLANT SEAY | CITIZENS CAMPAIGN AGAINST "BIG LICK" ANIMAL CRUELTY (May 27, 2020) — The “Big Lick" has gotten the green light to hold the Columbia “Big Lick” Spring Jubilee Horse Show. It starts next week, and runs for three days — June 4, 5 and 6 — Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Citizens will peacefully… Continue reading Protest the cruel abuse of Tennessee Walking Horses in Columbia, TN

Walking Horse show opens, the protests follow in Columbia

James Bennett, writing for the Columbia Daily Herald states: "The Spring Jubilee Tennessee Walking Horse Show opened a three-day run Thursday at Maury County Park, featuring some of the top horses and trainers in the Southeast. "And for the fifth straight year, the event will include Friday and Saturday protests from some of the most-determined… Continue reading Walking Horse show opens, the protests follow in Columbia

Grand Jury to decide on charges in Walking Horse protest incident

That old saying, "the wheels of justice grind slowly . . ." is certainly true. However, we are encouraged that the brave woman nearly run over while protesting a Big Lick event in Columbia, Tennessee, may get her day in Court. We thank District Attorney Brent Cooper for pursuing this case. FROM THE DAILY COLUMBIA… Continue reading Grand Jury to decide on charges in Walking Horse protest incident

Friends of Sound Horses President nearly run down during Big Lick protest

One of our constituents alerted us to the goings on at a hore soring protest that took place at a Big Lick event in Tennessee this past Friday and Saturday at the Columbia Spring Jubilee. Horse soring is the act of intentionally inflicting great pain on a gaited horse's front legs and feet to make… Continue reading Friends of Sound Horses President nearly run down during Big Lick protest

No horsing around: Bogotá wants horse-drawn carts off the streets

By Sibylla Brodzinsky, Correspondent / September 30, 2013 Cross-posted from The Christian Science Monitor Go to Source Article BOGOTÁ, Colombia Dawn had barely arrived and already Jaime Castro had put in a long day. Mr. Castro and his horse, Lucifer, had set out from his home in a poor neighborhood of Colombia’s capital around 2… Continue reading No horsing around: Bogotá wants horse-drawn carts off the streets