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via Press Release WASHINGTON (Oct 1, 2021) — Representatives Steve Cohen (TN-09), Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01), Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) and Vern Buchanan (FL-16) today introduced the Prevent All Soring Tactics (PAST) Act, to prohibit the intentional injury to the hooves and legs of performance walking horses such as Tennessee’s iconic walking horses. The measure was co-sponsored… Continue reading Representatives Cohen, Fitzpatrick, Schakowsky and Buchanan Introduce PAST Act
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The federal government will implement a new rule mandating stiffer penalties for horse soring and other related violations. According to The Tennessean (http://tnne.ws/Kf3qWs), the U.S. Department of Agriculture's new rule will require organizations that inspect horses to assess minimum penalties to violators of the Horse Protection Act, including violations from soring… Continue reading USDA moving toward stiffer penalties for horse soring
Reported by Channel 11, Fox News, Reno via AP CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — A federal judge Monday ordered a Tennessee man who pleaded guilty in a rare federal horse soring case to write a newspaper article about the illegal practices that cause the animals pain to give them animated gaits at horse shows. Horse soring involves… Continue reading Sentence for horse soring includes newspaper story
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