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 ...

Tennessee Walking Horses (“TWHs”) are a very popular breed in Nevada County and across the country. Renowned for their kind dispositions and smooth, gliding gaits, known as the “flat walk” or “running ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON (WATE) – The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is proposing revisions to the Horse Protection Act that it says will better protect horses from the inhumane practice of ...

With the extreme partisanship we see in Washington, it is refreshing to see an anti-cruelty bill receiving support from both sides of the aisle. The Prevent All Soring Tactics Act will take ...

A historic win for equine welfare was achieved in May when the US Department of Agriculture finalized long-awaited Horse Protection Act (HPA) regulations to protect Tennessee walking horses from the ...

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 ...

Chancellor Lee Adams, center, rides Roanie, a 22-year-old American quarter horse as Dory Pell, right, the program director at Victory Farm watches on Friday, November 8, 2024. Victory Farm is a ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chancellor Lee Adams, center, rides Roanie, a 22-year-old American quarter horse as Dory Pell, right, the program director at ...

Rep. James Comer, chairman of the House Oversight Committee, is alleging the U.S. Department of Agriculture may be overstepping its authority in the inspections it conducts at horse shows. The ...