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The USDA's Horse Protection Program is meant to protect these wonderful animals, ensuring that Tennessee Walking Horses are not subjected to the abusive practice of "soring" -- the intentional infliction of pain to a horse's legs or hooves in order to force an artificial, exaggerated gait.
Wayne Pacelle: Federal Audit Finds Rampant Abuses of Show Horses; Agency Reform Promised Wayne Pacelle 2010
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The USDA's Horse Protection Program is meant to protect these wonderful animals, ensuring that Tennessee Walking Horses are not subjected to the abusive practice of "soring" -- the intentional infliction of pain to a horse's legs or hooves in order to force an artificial, exaggerated gait.
Wayne Pacelle: Federal Audit Finds Rampant Abuses of Show Horses; Agency Reform Promised Wayne Pacelle 2010
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To enforce the Horse Protection Act, enacted to halt the widespread and abusive practice of "soring" -- where intense pain is deliberately inflicted on show horses 'legs and hooves to make them step higher in the Tennessee Walking Horse industry -- the federal government invests a measly $500,000.
Wayne Pacelle: Pork Industry Bailout Request Full of Fat 2009
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Legislators told of measures to prevent horse 'soring'
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Inspectors were looking for signs of an outlawed type of abuse known as "soring," which involves injuring horses 'front feet by chemical or mechanical means to achieve an exaggerated gait.
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"soring" of Tennessee walking horses -- the intentional infliction of pain to a horse's feet, using caustic chemicals and metal chains, which produces an exaggerated, high stepping gait.
Michael Markarian: Investing in the Animals' Future, and Our Own 2009
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The practice of soring has been ingrained as an acceptable practice in the industry for decades.
Wayne Pacelle: Federal Audit Finds Rampant Abuses of Show Horses; Agency Reform Promised Wayne Pacelle 2010
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The practice of soring has been ingrained as an acceptable practice in the industry for decades.
Wayne Pacelle: Federal Audit Finds Rampant Abuses of Show Horses; Agency Reform Promised Wayne Pacelle 2010
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The Office of Inspector General -- which in May issued a damning report about the appalling lack of enforcement of inhumane large-scale commercial dog breeding operations -- found that the present government program for inspecting horses for soring "is not adequate to ensure that these animals are not being abused."
Wayne Pacelle: Federal Audit Finds Rampant Abuses of Show Horses; Agency Reform Promised Wayne Pacelle 2010
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Currently, in a system rife with conflicts of interest, horse show industry groups are certified by the USDA to hire, train and license inspectors who are responsible for examining horses at shows for illegal soring.
Wayne Pacelle: Federal Audit Finds Rampant Abuses of Show Horses; Agency Reform Promised Wayne Pacelle 2010
erinmckean commented on the word soring
Soring is an abusive and prohibited practice illegal under the U.S. Horse Protection Act of 1970 that is associated in part with the production of "big lick" movement in Tennessee Walking Horses. It involves using chemical agents such as mustard oil, diesel fuel, kerosene, salicylic acid, and other caustic substances on the pasterns, bulbs of the heel, or coronary bands of the horses, causing burning or blistering of the horses' legs in order to accentuate their gaits. These chemicals are harmful, usually quite toxic and sometimes carcinogenic, such that trainers must use a brush and wear gloves when applying them. The treated area is then often wrapped in plastic while the chemicals are absorbed. The chemical agents cause extreme pain, and usually lead to scarring. A distinctive scarring pattern is a tell-tale sign of soring, and therefore attempts may be made to cover the scarring with a dye, or the horse's legs may be treated with salicylic acid before the animal is stalled (as many cannot stand up after the treatment) while the skin of the scars sloughs off. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soring
August 8, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word soring
Thanks, Erin. This was mentioned over on CarlosG's list of Carlos Words.
August 8, 2013