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Walking Horse National Celebration: don’t bet on the numbers

September 14, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

“Banned for life” trainer passed out a trophy             SHELBYVILLE,  Tennessee––Just what was celebrated at the 2021 Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration? It wasn’t certainly wasn’t either ethics or economic success. Attendance,  participation,  and prize money claims included in Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration publicity appear to distort reality at least as much as the […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Behavior, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Horse & livestock shows, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & standards, USA, Welfare Tagged With: Bill Callaway, Clant Seay, Jackie McConnell, Merritt Clifton, Mike Inman, Warren Wells

Will anti-show horse soring bill pull up lame through last-hurdle compromise?

December 8, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

What would Marty Irby,  Wayne Pacelle & Lamar Alexander think if weighted shoes were on their feet? UPDATE received on December 18,  2020,  from Bernard Unti,  senior policy advisor,  Humane Society of the U.S.:   “I’m pleased to share the news that the reckless attempt by an embittered faction within animal protection to swap in a […]

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: Billy Goboy, Clant Seay, Joseph Tydings, Keith Dane, Lamar Alexander, Marty Irby, Merritt Clifton, Roy Exum, Wayne Pacelle

Indiana ruling may help L.A. woman now in critical from adopted pit bull

November 19, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Indiana Court of Appeals reinforces shelter duty to inform adopters of dogs’ past attacks             LOS ANGELES,  INDIANAPOLIS––Reports from Los Angeles indicate that a recent Indiana appellate decision could have a multi-million dollar impact on a yet-to-be filed case in which a 70-year-old woman is reportedly in critical condition from an attack by a pit […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Behavior, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Shelters, USA, Working horses Tagged With: Brenda Barnette, Kenneth Phillips, Merritt Clifton, O'Gee, Phyllis M. Daugherty

Why not spay wild horses? Technique has barely been tested

November 18, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Bureau of Land Management backs away from proposed trial of equine colpotomy             PORTLAND,  Oregon––Asked a lifelong horse advocate and high donor to  wild horse,  cat,  and dog sterilization projects,  by email to ANIMALS 24-7,  “Do you have any ideas as to a competent equine vet with relevant experience who might be able to opine […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Behavior, Feature Home Top, Feral animals, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, USA, Wild horses, Wildlife Tagged With: Boyd Spratling, Everton Bailey Jr., Gail H. Collins, Ginger Kathrens, Merritt Clifton, Peter Knox, Rebecca Gimenez Husted

Thinking out-of-the-horse-box to save wild horses from slaughter

June 16, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

by Anthony Marr When Charles Darwin first revealed his theory of evolution,  his friend Thomas Huxley exclaimed,  “It is so simple and obvious!  Why didn’t I think of it?!” It is because Huxley, like most people, thought inside the box,  meaning within the confines of an established concept,  while Darwin not only thought outside the box,  but […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Behavior, Feature Home Bottom, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Slaughter, USA, Welfare, Wild horses, Wildlife Tagged With: Gonacon, PZP-22, SpayVac, ZonaStat-H

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

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

810 allegedly starving horses impounded from Wild Horse Annie’s charity

October 14, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

International Society for the Protection of Mustangs & Burros and Friends of Animals were leading foes of PZP for wild horses          LANTRY,  South Dakota––The International Society for the Protection of Mustangs and Burros,  a leading opponent of contracepting wild horses,  has surrendered custody of about 810 allegedly neglected horses,  some apparently at imminent risk of […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Behavior, Beliefs, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Religion & philosophy, Sanctuaries, Slaughter, USA, Welfare, Wild horses, Wildlife

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

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