Animal advocates protest ‘big lick’ Tennessee Walking Horse cruelty

WZTV NASHVILLE | by Cindy Murphy | 25th Aug 2022 Animal advocates protest against cruel practice involving chains attached to the horse’s hoof and boots used to give horses an exaggerated gait. Animal Welfare Advocates with the grassroots Citizens Campaign Against “big lick” Animal Cruelty (CCABLAC) have announced that they will peacefully assemble at the…

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

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…

Petition successful for cancellation of horse soring “fun show”

(BILLYGOBOY) — Thanks in large part to YOUR signatures and comments, the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration announced tonight that the "Spring Fun Show" will NOT be held on May 21-23 , 2020.  Large credit is owed to the Shelbyville Times-Gazette newspaper's excellent coverage of the Covid-19 outbreak in Shelbyville, Bedford County, TN which helped…

Sign Petition to cancel “Big Lick” show in Shelbyville, Bedford Co., TN

Update 4/29: The Petition reached 2,500 signatures. On its way to 5,000! » SIGN PETITION HERE « The Board of Directors of the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration announced on April 23, 2020, that it will hold a “Big Lick” Tennessee Walking Horse Show at its 30,000 seat outdoor arena on May 21-23, 2020. The…

Tennessee Walking Horse Nat’l Celebration Directors go full speed ahead with “Spring Fun Show”

SHELBYVILLE, TN (April 23, 2020) Via BILLY GO BOY — The Board of Directors of the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration announced today that the “50th Spring Fun  Show” will be held at the Celebration’s large arena on May 21-23, 2020 despite an explosive outbreak of Covid-19 cases in Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tennessee. According to the Shelbyville Times-Gazette Newspaper on April 21,…

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It’s not "a few bad apples"; rather the entire barrel of apples is rotten. The “Big Lick” is no better than dog fighting and cock fighting. All who practice or support it are guilty because animal cruelty is absolutely necessary to create and maintain the “Big Lick” gait. Horses do not have a voice, so…

Nashville Vote on Soring Ban Tonight

NEWS RELEASE Effort to Stop Animal Cruelty Secured an Overwhelming Majority of Lawmakers in Congress Voting for Prevent All Soring Tactics (PAST) Act NASHVILLE, TN, USA, August 6, 2019 /EINPresswire.com/ — The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed the Prevent All Soring Tactics (PAST) Act, H.R. 693, by a vote of 333 to 96. U.S.…

Roy Exum: Soring Will Still Thrive

We quote the following from Roy Exum's column of yesterday. Exum, who has covered the horse soring issue for some years from his home base of Tennessee for The Chattanoogan, states what appears to be patently obvious to many, sometimes even us. It's about the future of the anti horse soring bill in the U.S.…

The “Big Lick” is akin to dog fighting and cock fighting

By CLANT M. SEAY Special to The Daily Herald: Thanks to the citizens of Columbia and Maury County who boycotted the Columbia “Big Lick” Horse Show last week. The “Big Lick” is animal cruelty. Native Tennessean, MTSU Horse Science professor and equine veterinarian Dr. John Haffner said, “The “Big Lick” is a pain induced gait…

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…