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Nikki Salo


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I just read this article on an audit that was done in regards to soring Tennessee Walking Horses for shows. I think they are headed in the right direction with possible new regulations as to who to hire for the horse's inspection. But is it too little too late? Not enough being done for these poor horses? It seems to me that this is a huge on going issue that needs to be ended, I'm not involved with the breed so maybe somebody who is can fill me in a bit more as to why the Tennessee Walking Horse Association lets this practice carry on? hmm I know other gaited breeds are subject to this abuse as well, but the Tennessee Walking Horse seems to get the brunt of it.

Here is the article that I just read: http://www.thehorse.com/ViewArticle.aspx?ID=17179

Here is a fact sheet from the HSUS on soring: http://www.hsus.org/horses_equines/tn_walking_horses/what_is_soring_fact_sheet_.html

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Oh my gosh, this is barbaric!!! Why isn't there a major outcry across the disciplines about this?!!

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Oh wow... Ive never seen anything like it! That is just barbaric! How could you call yourself a horse lover then do that to your beloved pet just to get a ribbon?

Why are they only just now dealing with it?? Too little too late!

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Look into the law at the USDA.

Now ----------- Equine abuse has a legal definition

Just accidentally came across case law while researching equine abuse, which gives a national definition to abuse of the horse.

2004 Washington State Supreme Court held in 118 Wn. App. 730, State v. Zawistowski, that Webster's Third New International Dictionary 1621 (1969) definition of "pain" as "a state of physical or mental lack of well-being or physical or mental uneasiness that ranges from mild discomfort or dull distress to acute often unbearable agony."


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Nikki Salo


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I had to do a little searching, but I found the article from back in 2006 when I really became aware of what was happening to these poor horses. Why it continues to happen is beyond me. The article pertains to the delay of the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration which at the time was in it's 68th year. The show was postponed due to so many violations being handed out and there actually was no championship classes held because after handing out fines, there were no trainers and horses left to make the classes feasible. hmm

http://www.thehorse.com/ViewArticle.aspx?ID=7701 

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