Washington, DC—Today, the US Department of Agriculture published a final rule to end the brutal practice of horse soring at Tennessee walking horse shows. The improved regulations, scheduled to take ...

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 ...

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 U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has amended the Horse Protection Act with a recent rule. The addition allows USDA-APHIS to screen, train, and authorize ...

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 ...

An undercover video captured the cruel practice of horse soring in Tennessee. Footage released by the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) shows a walking horse trainer applying kerosene to the ...

In Shelbyville, Tenn., the Tennessee walking horse is an icon and a way of life. For 10 nights in August, thousands of fans cheer from their box seats as well-manicured horses prance around a dirt ...