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Humane Society of the United States

Can Blood Tests And X-Rays Solve The Walking Horse Soring Problem?

Blake Farmer

August 29, 2014

The Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration hopes to quiet its critics with a new testing regimen. So far, the debate over soring hasn’t quieted.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Celebration, Humane Society of the United States, Tennessee Walking Horse

Animal Activists Try Playing Nice With Walking Horse Association

Blake Farmer

July 26, 2013

A Tennessee Walking Horse show in Murfreesboro this weekend has gained an unlikely sponsor – an animal activist group that’s been conducting undercover investigations on walking horse cruelty.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Humane Society of the United States, Keith Dane, National Celebration, Tennessee Walking Horse, Tracy Boyd

Do Farmers Have A Point About Animal Activists And Their Cameras?

Blake Farmer

May 9, 2013

Governor Bill Haslam has been getting an earful from animal rights groups demanding that he veto what they’ve dubbed the “ag gag bill.” The agriculture industry has been largely drowned out, even while working behind the scenes to win the governor’s approval.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: ag gag, Bill Haslam, Humane Society of the United States, Wayne Pacelle

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