The Texas chapter of the Humane Society of the United States is joining in the push to pass federal legislation that would help enforce the ban on “soring” — hurting show horses to exaggerate a ...

Horses and riders compete in a horse show at the 2023 State Fair of West Virginia on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023. Photo by Rebecca J. Barnabi. The Prevent All Soring Tactics (PAST) Act would protect horses ...

RICHMOND, Va. (CN) — A horse owner who was investigated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for bringing a sored horse to a show argued in front of a panel of Fourth Circuit judges Tuesday that the ...

Thanks to him, I’ve become pretty well versed in (and repulsed by) soring and the controversy that surrounds it—and worked with him in what some might view as a bit of a strange bedfellow relationship ...

Last month, crucial regulations to protect horses from abuse — a decade in the making — were slated to go into effect. That is, until the U.S. Department of Agriculture delayed implementing them and a ...

From Staff and Wire Reports May 23, 2012 May 23, 2012 CHATTANOOGA — Three men have pleaded guilty in federal court in Chattanooga to abusing horses in violation of the Horse Protection Act. Jackie L.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced March 20 it is further postponing the effective date of the Horse Protection Act final rule to Feb. 1, 2026.

U.S. Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Mark Warner (D-Virginia) reintroduced the Prevent All Soring Tactics (PAST) Act to protect horses from abusive show practices. Soring is a process by which horse ...

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service will temporarily postpone its final rule to amend the Horse Protection Act regulations for 60 days from Feb. 1 to April ...