“This disaster was preventable and shows why the Big Lick needs to end,” says Citizens Against Big Lick. SEAGROVE, North Carolina––Only minutes after ANIMALS 24-7 posted Year of the Fire Horse arrives early, hits “Big Lickers” in North Carolina, our initial coverage of the Callicutt Stables barn fire that on February 15, 2026 killed 36 […]
National Celebration of “Big Lick” mostly celebrates getting away with it
The annual event appears to be more about defiance than about the horses SHELBYVILLE, Tennessee––Empty seats to the left of them, empty seats to the right of them, horse manure piling up behind them, into the 87th annual Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration rode 1,300 contestants in the world’s most notorious exhibition of what the […]
“All identified” in Big Lickers attack on members of Horse Plus Humane Society
Three members of Preisner family injured for videotaping Big Lick horses & riders COLUMBIA, Tennessee––“Update: Thank you. All attackers identified!” the Horse Plus Humane Society of Hohenwald, Tennessee posted to Facebook late on June 1, 2025. The identification may facilitate either criminal prosecution or a civil lawsuit seeking extensive damages. Identification of the suspects, whom […]