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What does the Omak Suicide Race owe to a horse massacre & the KKK?

August 9, 2018 by Merritt Clifton

Uncovering the nasty origins of an ugly event             OMAK, Washington––Perhaps the most bizarre aspect of the “World Famous Suicide Race” held annually in Omak,  Washington,  is that the 12 Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation embrace as their own an event which appears to have originated with white men celebrating what they saw as […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal racing, Canada, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Horse & livestock shows, Horse racing, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Native American beliefs, Racing, Rodeo, Spectacles, Sports, The Americas, USA, Welfare, Wild horses Tagged With: Alex Dick, Allison Williams, Claire Pentz, Karen West, Larry Lansburgh, Lillian A. Ackerman, Merritt Clifton, Nick Timiraos, Roger Harnack, Warren Cox, Will Anderson

Driving at demonstrators costs “Big Lick” champ’s insurers $50,000

May 27, 2018 by Merritt Clifton

Billygoboy wins again             TUNICA,  Mississippi––Having organized boycotts that have shut down “Big Lick” walking horse shows in at least 13 southern cities,  semi-retired attorney Clant Seay,  71,  better known as Billygoboy,  is now celebrating a victory of a different sort. This time Seay has collected $50,000 on behalf of four clients, plus himself,  in […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Horse & livestock shows, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Show, USA Tagged With: Caitlin Glidden, Cathy Bickerstaff, Clant Seay, Frederick K. Campbell, Mario Chiozza, Merritt Clifton, Richard Mitch, Robert M. Boyd, Robert Olsen, Sandra Culbertson, Steve Hindi

Big win over the “big lick” walking horse industry in 2018 federal budget

March 30, 2018 by Merritt Clifton

“Big lickers” kicked,  but Congress kicked back             WASHINGTON D.C.––Winning increasingly often against initially steep odds,  BillyGoBoy and friends opposed to soring horses to make them step higher appear likely to enjoy the last horse laugh over the walking horse show industry. Walking horse shows have been infamously dominated for decades by trainers who––defying the […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Behavior, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Horse & livestock shows, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Show, USA, Welfare Tagged With: BillyGoBoy, Clant Seay, Donald Trump, Kitty Block, Merritt Clifton

Could soring horses leave top Republicans limping in red-state Tennessee?

November 10, 2017 by Merritt Clifton

Political columnist & senior attorney both think so CHATTANOOGA,  Tennessee––Could being associated with soring horses to induce the “Big Lick” goose step favored at walking horse shows cost the Republican candidates the 2018 Tennessee gubernatorial and U.S. Senate elections? Roy Exum thinks it could.  And attorney Clant Seay,  a 72-year-old walking horse show breeder turned […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Behavior, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Horse & livestock shows, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Show, Sports, USA Tagged With: Bill Callaway, Clant Seay, Diane Black, Jackie McConnell, Lamar Alexander, Malinda Larkin, Marsha Blackburn, Merritt Clifton, Mitch McConnell, Monte Irby, Roy Exum

USDA-APHIS reposts less than 1% of deleted law enforcement info

February 20, 2017 by Merritt Clifton

More activists & animal charities sue          WASHINGTON D.C.––The U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service on February 17,  2017 reposted some of the inspection reports on animal research facilities that it deleted from the USDA-APHIS web site two weeks earlier,  on February 3,  2014,  but not enough to quell protest or […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Horse & livestock shows, Horses, Lab animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Regulation, Research & testing, Science, Show, USA, Welfare, Zoos Tagged With: David Klepper, Delcianna Winders, Melissa Chan, Merritt Clifton, Michael Budkie, Russ Kick, Wayne Pacelle

Did Trump kill rules to protect walking horses?

January 23, 2017 by Merritt Clifton

Horse advocates fear the worst WASHINGTON D.C.––Reports differ as to whether the Donald Trump administration has killed or just delayed new Horse Protection Act of 1970 enforcement regulations meant to protect walking horses from soring. The new regulations, introduced by the USDA Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service on January 13, 2017, just a week before […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Behavior, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Hooved stock, Horse & livestock shows, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Show, USA, Welfare Tagged With: Donald Trump, Mike Markarian, Mitch McConnell, Reince Priebus, Sonny Perdue

Kentucky Congressman who fought for walking horses resigns

August 31, 2016 by Merritt Clifton

Ed Whitfield stood against making horses goose-step          SHELBYVILLE,  Tennessee––Congressman Ed Whitfield,  a Kentucky Republican known for his attempts to reform the walking horse industry,  on August 31,  2016 gave participants in the 78th annual Tennessee National Walking Horse Celebration something extra to celebrate by announcing his resignation from Congress,  effective at 6 p.m. on […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Behavior, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Top, Horse & livestock shows, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Show, USA, Welfare Tagged With: Constance Harriman-Whitfield, Ed Whitfield, Jackie McConnell, Larry Joe Wheelon, Marsha Blackburn, Merritt Clifton, Mitch McConnell

Stampede & Frontier Days ride furiously in opposite directions

July 30, 2016 by Merritt Clifton

No animal deaths in 2016 in Calgary;  8 injuries in 8 days in Cheyenne  One day we rode the mountain crest and I went east & he went west. I took to law & wore a star while he spread terror near and far. ––Lorne Green, “Ringo” (1964) With two days left to run, at least 10 […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal racing, Animal rights & welfare, Beliefs, Canada, Cattle & dairy, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Hooved stock, Horse & livestock shows, Horse racing, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Other animal racing, Religion & philosophy, Rodeo, Spectacles, The Americas, USA Tagged With: Calgary Stampede, Cheyenne Frontier Days, Merritt Clifton, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness, Steve Hindi

NFL warns players–22 years after Humane Farming Association

May 5, 2016 by Merritt Clifton

Eating Mexican or Chinese meat said to bring risk of ingesting banned drug          NEW YORK CITY––A National Football League warning to players against eating meat from Mexico and China that may contain the synthetic steroid clenbuterol in early May 2016 at last caught up to Humane Farming Association warnings to the American public––22 years […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal racing, Canada, Cattle & dairy, Central Europe, Culture & Animals, Disease, Entertainment, Europe, European Union, Exhibition, Feature Home Middle Left, Food, Global, Hooved stock, Horse & livestock shows, Horse racing, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Mexico, Netherlands, Pigs, Racing, Show, Slaughter, Slaughter, Slaughter, The Americas, USA, Welfare, Working horses Tagged With: Duane Brown, Gail Eisnitz, Karel van Knoppen, Merritt Clifton

Exposing sadism of rodeo attracts more sadists to watch it

July 30, 2015 by Merritt Clifton

Three rodeos hit by ad campaigns all made more money          CHEYENNE, RENO, SALINAS––Exposing the sadism of rodeo appears to just attract more sadists to watch it, 2015 attendance claims indicate. Cheyenne Frontier Days, the Reno Rodeo, and California Rodeo Salinas all reported surging paid admissions in summer 2015: an increase of almost 11,000, to […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Horse & livestock shows, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, USA Tagged With: California Rodeo Salinas, Cheyenne Frontier Days, Cres Vellucci, Reno Rodeo, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness, Steve Hindi

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