BLOUNT COUNTY, TENNESSEE (Horse Soring) — You can't make this stuff up. Who could believe it? The Daily Times reports: Several horse owners suing a nonprofit Blount County animal welfare group over the seizure of their horses from Larry Wheelon Stables in 2013 have decided to drop their lawsuit. Maryville attorney Rob White filed the… Continue reading Horse sorers drop lawsuit against Blount County animal welfare group
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Roy Exum: Our sored Walkers weep
Cross-posted from The Chattanoogan » By ROY EXUM I believe the United States Constitution is our most precious document. I also believe in order for us to live in the way that so many who have died for our country dreamed we would someday, we must cherish the Constitution, uphold it, and glory in it.… Continue reading Roy Exum: Our sored Walkers weep
Walking Horse owners sue Blount County SPCA for $2.1M
AS REPORTED BY WBIR by EVAN JOHNSON (WBIR) -- Seven horse owners are suing the Blount County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (BCSPCA) for $2.1 million. They claim their horses missed an entire show season in which the animals would have been able to win prize money. The lawsuit stems from an… Continue reading Walking Horse owners sue Blount County SPCA for $2.1M
Return of horses seized in Larry Wheelon stable raid delayed by dispute
WRITTEN BY IVA BUTLER Iva Butler, reporting for The Daily Times reports: A judge ordered 19 Tennessee Walking Horses seized April 25 at Larry Wheelon Stables to be returned to their owners at Wheelon’s business, 2743 Tuckaleechee Pike, Maryville. But since Wheelon no longer operates out of that barn, the question is where they can… Continue reading Return of horses seized in Larry Wheelon stable raid delayed by dispute
Charges dropped against Tenn. horse sorer Wheelon; case may go to Grand Jury
Remember Larry Wheelon? He is the Tennessee Walking horse trainer whose barn in Blount County, Tennessee, was raided and a large number of his horses taken away because of evidence of "soring". Wheelon was later charged with felony animal cruelty. A hearing was set initially for May 17th. Roy Exum reports: Wheelon, a 68-year-old trainer… Continue reading Charges dropped against Tenn. horse sorer Wheelon; case may go to Grand Jury
Hearing reset for Blount County trainer in horse soring case
Cross-posted from KNOX News Reported by LANCE COLEMAN MARYVILLE — The case against a Blount County horse trainer charged with aggravated cruelty to livestock due in court this morning was reset to June 26. Larry Wheelon, free on $5,000 bond after his April 25th arrest, was given a reset date in front of Blount County… Continue reading Hearing reset for Blount County trainer in horse soring case
Nineteen sored horses seized; trainer charged with felony animal cruelty
WHEELON SHAMES HORSE WORLD by Roy Exum, The Chattanoogan As the aftershocks of Larry Wheelon’s sensational arrest in Maryville rippled through the Tennessee Walking Horse industry on Friday, federal and state officials were dismayed that the scofflaw horse trainer had allegedly put additional caustic substances on 19 horses in his care, this after enduring a… Continue reading Nineteen sored horses seized; trainer charged with felony animal cruelty
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