McConnell and Paul Introduce Horse Soring Bill

[kickitup]

http://www.kentucky.com/2014/04/01/3173812/mcconnell-paul-introduce-bill.html?sp=/99/322/&ihp=1

[DebJ]

1. Human beings are the tics of this planet. Blood-suckers. This is so sad. n/t

[Sunlei]

2. There is already a bill that hasn't passed yet, I think this R bill allows the industry to 'self reg

I think (going to have to read the bill to see what trick wording Rs will try to slip-in) this new R bill allows the 'industry' to go back to the days of self-regulate.

Self-regulation has already been a failure for decades.

[toby jo]

3. I've worked with horses most of my life and it's amazing what folks will do.

It's not only the trainer/owner dynamic, but people who go to these shows and will sit and comment on how 'beautiful' the animals are.

One of the first things I learned was how to set a tail, which involved putting the horse in a harness with a stiff metal bar that would hold its tail up, then wrap it in so that in shows it would naturally set high. These same horses, saddle horses, are routinely worked with ankle chains, etc., to provoke a higher lift in the gait. Even in today's simple grade local shows, you have these fake tails in the horses to make them look 'elegant' along with contrived gaits that just aren't coming from the animal. And the racehorse industry has too many abuses to get into here.

It's a fake world. It's ugly as sin. Nothing pretty or elegant about it, just broken people and their broken animals.

I have drafts, now. Pretty straightforward and simple.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

4. Holy Crap...

I didn't not realize that this degree of cruelty (or any degree, for that matter) was involved in the training of the Tennessee Walking Horse. I'm just gob-smacked.