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APHIS Releases Latest Actions Related to Horse Protection Act
As part of its effort to make its actions transparent and accessible to the public, APHIS is highlighting enforcement actions taken in response to violations of the Horse Protection Act.
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Priscilla Presley Urges Congress to Pass Horse Soring Bill
Priscilla Presley has put her support behind federal legislation to protect horses from lives of constant pain by joining The Humane Society of the United States in urging Congress to pass the Prevent All Soring Tactics Act of 2013.
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Urgent Alert: Key Land Conservation Incentive Set to Expire
A key land conservation incentive scheduled to expire this month will greatly impact where we ride, drive, race, compete, raise foals and grow hay tomorrow.
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French Protest Increase in Taxes on Equestrian Centers
Protesters and horses took to the streets of Paris to complain about a plan to treble taxes on equestrian centers, saying that the tax increases would result in thousands of horses being doomed to slaughter.
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Legislators Hoping to Pass Anti-Doping Bill to Prevent Drugs in Horse Racing
Race horses are sometimes injected with more than a dozen drugs ahead of races, advocates of the new rules say. This "doping" may mask injuries, put the animals at risk and undermine the sport of horse racing.
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BLM to Begin Massive Wild Horse Roundup to Appease Ranchers
A national coalition of more than 50 organizations, blasted the Bureau of Land Management for continuing business as usual with the massive removal of wild horses in Wyoming.
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Tennessee Congressional Rep Opposes Horse Soring Bill
At a hearing of the Energy and Commerce Committee on November 13, 2013, Whitfield's bill to ban soring activities was met with opposition from his fellow Republican, Tennessee Rep. Marsha Blackburn.
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Obama Nominates Neil Kornze of Nevada to Become Director of BLM
The BLM manages free-roaming horses and burros on public lands in western states and are obligated to protect them under the Wild and Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act.
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Friends of Sound Horses Testifies Before Congressal Committee
The PAST bill provides for stronger penalties, elimination of stacks and chains and abolishment of the current inspection system which is riddled with conflicts of interests and corruption.
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American Horse Council Testifies Before House on Soring Bill
The PAST act would amend the HPA to prohibit a Tennessee Walking Horse, a Racking Horse, or a Spotted Saddle Horse from being shown, exhibited, or auctioned with an âaction device,â or âa weighted shoe, pad, wedge, hoof band or other device or mater