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Tell USDA: End horse soring now!

Congress passed the Horse Protection Act decades ago with the goal of ending the cruel practice of horse soring—the deliberate infliction of pain on horses' legs and hooves to force an exaggerated gait. More than half a century later, bad actors continue to skirt the law, in part because the Tennessee walking horse industry (where soring has occurred for decades) has been allowed to police itself and turn a blind eye to even the worst cases of cruelty.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently announced that it will once again suspend implementation of a final regulation designed to root out and extinguish these despicable practices by ending industry self-policing and making other needed reforms. USDA must now take urgent and powerful action—and that starts with an end to self-policing.

Join us in speaking up for walking horses now!

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Horses are a wonderful and irreplaceable part of our American history and culture. Tragically, however, some are routinely being abused— just for blue ribbons and bragging rights. 

Horse soring, which primarily affects Tennessee Walking Horses and related breeds, is cruel and illegal. These gentle creatures are burned with caustic chemicals, cut, forced to walk on nails jammed under their hooves, and subjected to other gruesome techniques to make them fling their front legs high, all so some scofflaw trainers can win prizes. 

Enough is enough. I call on USDA to meaningfully enforce the Horse Protection Act and bring an end to industry self-policing now.

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