Thank you, Pepsi for pulling your sponsorship. I logged in online this morning and the first thing I saw was this link: http://shine.yahoo.com/pets/pepsi-pulls-sponsorship-of-horse-show-after-controversial-footage-airs.html
YEA for Pepsi - I've never been a Pepsi
drinker, but I will now. There are many other sponsors that should think about
doing the same – Cracker Barrel did in 2002, what about Ford…
If by chance you haven't read Part 1 of my TWH, you
can read the April blog. It's troubling
to hear how Tennessee Walking Horses are being abused and how people are
getting away with it even though the cruel and
deliberate infliction of soring horses has been illegal since the passing of
the federal Horse Protection Act (HPA) of 1976. Yet, the practice is still
widespread. Soring is the use of caustic chemicals and/or mechanical devices on
a horse’s front hooves to cause pain if the horse puts his feet down. This painful
act creates the exaggerated, high step gait that is performed in an event for
judging. Did you happen to see ABC
Nightline on May 17, 2012, if not, watch this video:
Here’s another site from people who love horses: http://www.hphoofcare.com/lick.html
These criminals are horse trainers, owners, and I
dare include judges. Why do I include
judges? In my opinion, they have to know that a horse is being abused when he limps
and stumbles during the events they’re judging – how could you not see a horse
in pain? Bottom line, when champions can win millions of dollars, abuse will
happen – in any event.
After you check out the links above, please forward
it to everyone that you know so that more people are aware of what is going on
in many places like Shelbyville, Tennessee, the so called “Walking Horse Capital of the World”, not only
there, but even other states, like Kentucky.
To be fair, not all TWH owners and trainers are
abusive. There are a few groups that have joined together to promote healthy
sound horses and want to stop this horrific abuse: NWHA (National Championship
Horse); FOSH (Friends of the Sound Horse); and of course, HSUS (Humane Society
of the United States). You can support the sound horse movement too and even
contact the Shelbyville, Tennessee Mayor, and speak out against this abuse.
Mayor Wallace Cartwright,
Wallace.Cartwright@shelbyvilletn.org
Wallace.Cartwright@shelbyvilletn.org
Let’s speak out for animals that don’t have voices.
If we don’t, who will?
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