PAST Act Reintroduced into U.S. House
Pat Raia
July 30, 2015
The bill would amend the Horse Protection Act to ban performance packages and stiffen soring penalties.
Discussions about the welfare of our equine friends
The bill would amend the Horse Protection Act to ban performance packages and stiffen soring penalties.
The tribunal suspended two riders and an owner for 24 months each after their horses tested positive for propoxyphene.
The ‘Prescription for Racing Reform’ seeks non-race day EIPH treatments, supports a 48-hour NSAID rule, and more.
The $15,000 grant will be used to construct new run-in sheds on Old Friends’ expanded Georgetown, Kentucky, facility.
The AAEP has awarded the Unwanted Horse Coalition a grant of $5,000 to be put towards its Operation Gelding fund.
Both riders had been provisionally suspended after their horses tested positive for prohibited substances.
The move follows an investigation into horse welfare issues and noncompliance with FEI endurance rules and regulations.
Thoroughbred trainer Tom Amoss was suspended for 45 days and fined $5,000 for a 2011 positive test for methocarbamol.
Despite the enormous positive impact of these horses and donkeys, their health isn’t always a top priority for owners.
The legislation would place the herds under the jurisdiction of the states and Native American tribes that request it.
The commission suspended clenbuterol use in Quarter Horses and Thoroughbreds racing that state though July 2016.
A 3-year-old filly was found butchered in a Hiaheah pasture on July 22.
The BLM Montana will hold a public hearing July 31 to address the use of motor vehicles in managing wild horses.
Police are investigating the alleged theft of a pair of horses that have since been recovered.
The owners of 200 horses seized last month face a felony charge for evidence tampering and more than 10 cruelty charges.
Authorities are seeking whoever hobbled a mare and left her tied to a fence during a recent spell of hot weather.
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