Bill Frist & Horse Soring Torture

Bill Frist and Horse Abuse

Dr. Bill Frist supports horse cruelty, horse soring and horse torture via chemical and mechanical hoof destruction.

Tennessee Walking Horses are tortured.

Horses' legs and feet are wounded to produce a painful high-stepping walk.

This "sport" is shameful. Its participants and spectators have no honor.

Bill Frist wants to change the law to decriminalize this practice.

The law against "soring" is quoted below. Legal or not, crippling a horse is inhumane.

Soring, by definition from the Horse Protection Act (HPA) passed by Congress in 1976, is: “(A) an irritating or blistering agent has been applied, internally or externally, by a person to any limb of a horse, “(B) any burn, cut, or laceration has been inflicted by a person on any limb of a horse, “(C) any tack, nail, screw, or chemical agent has been injected by a person into or used by a person on any limb of a horse, or “(D) any other substance or device has been used by a person on any limb of a horse or a person has engaged in a practice involving a horse, and, as a result of such application, infliction, injection, use, or practice, such horse suffers, or can reasonably be expected to suffer, physical pain or distress, inflammation, or lameness when walking, trotting, or otherwise moving, except that such term does not include such an application, infliction, injection, use, or practice in connection with the therapeutic treatment of a horse by or under the supervision of a person licensed to practice veterinary medicine in the State in which such treatment was given.” What is Soring? American Horse Defense Fund

Many horses that are shown for cash prizes, trophies and ribbons are "trained" in certain ways. Some are sadly subjected to one form of abuse or other in the name of such "training" and for the glory and monetary gain in their value.

The Gaited Horse breeds are victims of Chemical and/or Mechanical "Soring".

The Horse Protection Act was enacted in 1970 to protect ALL horses but it came into being because of the atrocities committed upon the Tennessee Walking Horse (atrocities committed to this day and which have "spread" to other Gaited Breeds!)

Some of the Chemicals of choice by the Sorers include Mustard Oil, fuel oil and other petroleum products, Collodian and Salicylic acid.

These chemicals cause terrible burning pain (from which some horses actually die!) and inevitable scarring to pasterns, pockets, coronet bands etc.

When the USDA/APHIS recognized this, they created the NO SCAR rule which in turn drove the Sorers (who will NOT give up their abominable practices even though they are breaking Federal Laws) to the use of Salicylic Acid which is applied liberally to the scarred areas and literally "burns off" the scarred skin while the horses lie in excruciating pain without the benefit of anesthetic. This "new" skin (IF the horse survives) is scar free but thickened and sparsely haired.

Many horses, after this "treatment" have open lesions and/or "scurfing" on their pasterns but are "passed" as "clean" by the Sored-Horse Inspection Organizations when the USDA/APHIS is not present at their shows.

note* The USDA/APHIS can afford to attend only 10% of the Horse Shows.

(The enforcement of the HPA has never been fully funded, even to the 1970 limits)

Mechanical Soring can be just as hideous and just as painful for the horses.

Stacks (up to 5" high and sometimes filled with wet sand for weight) and chains are affixed to the front hooves (mostly after the horse has been Chemically sored) causing the horse to snatch his painful front hooves up off the ground and throw his weight onto the back of the spine, hips and rear legs causing the "knee up the nose, butt dragging" image of the Big Lick Show Horse.

Pressure Shoeing causes appalling pain and even some of the Sored-Horse Trainers stop short of this despicable practice, though too many do not!

Road Foundering is a common practice before showing causing exactly the amount of pain you would expect with "acute founder".

Heavy Plantation Shoes ("manhole covers" up to 60 oz. in weight) accompanied by a Chemical "touch-up" and chains on already painful areas, also produce the sought after but bastardized "gait".

Horses that are "chemically sored" not only suffer instant pain but can also be subject to Nervous System Disorders, sterility, genetic mutations, spontaneous abortions, intestinal tumors etc. and most die from Colic.

Mechanical Soring, aside from the instantly produced pain, causes irreparable damage in young horses to the tendons, knees, cerebral spine, hips, tendons and hocks of the rear legs. Show horses are subjected to this torture from as young as 14 mos. of age!! The Show Careers of these unfortunate horses are short lived and these horses have the highest mortality rates and the lowest insurable ages-up to 12 years!

Bonnie A. Yeager Sound Horse Organization www.walkinghorse.org

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Frist asks for review of horse safety law -- Walking Horse group wants soring clarified.

By BRAD SCHRADE, Staff Writer, Sunday, 09/10/06

Soringis the act of aggravating or harming a Walking Horse's legs and hooves to give it the high step or "Big Lick" that has become a signature of the breed's competitions. Soring targets a horse's front hooves to make them tender so they will shift their weight to the back to accentuate the high step.

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist has entered the Tennessee Walking Horse controversy by asking the federal agency assigned to protect horses to consider an industry-backed change in the law.

The Tennessee Republican, in a letter dated Thursday, said the proposal is meant to "clarify" what constitutes horse soring so regulators can enforce the Horse Protection Act "in a more consistent manner." Frist and Senate colleague Saxby Chambliss, R-GA., co-signed the letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture Undersecretary Bruce Knight.

"It has been asserted that the current definition of soring under the HPA is interpreted and applied differently across the country," said the letter, which accompanied the proposed amendment. "Given the technical nature of this proposal from both a legal and a medical standpoint, we would appreciate USDA's analysis and comments on these possible changes to the HPA."

At least one horse protection advocate expressed concern Saturday the proposal would hurt the effort to protect horses from soring.

Officials with the USDA were unable to be reached Saturday, but previously USDA horse protection coordinator Todd Behre, a veterinarian, has said federal regulators enforce the law consistently. The USDA has found that industry-hired regulators' record of enforcement varies widely based on whether or not federal officials are present at a competition.

The controversy came to a head last weekend when inspectors disqualified five of eight horses from the grand championship competition at the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration in Shelbyville. That led Celebration organizers to shut down the competition, and for the first time in its 68-year history no grand champion was named.

The controversy stems from the federal regulators' enforcement of the scarring rule, which is meant to police for signs of soring. The horse show industry is seeking a less stringent interpretation of the rule. They contend that federal regulators in recent years have overstepped any reasonable interpretation of the rule.

"(Sen. Frist) is aware that there are many households that are directly impacted (i.e., trainers, breeders and owners) by any unresolved situations in Walking Horse Industry — and is steadfast in his commitment to resolve this issue in a timely manner," said an attorney for the group who put forth the proposed change.

That attorney, Tom Blankenship, posted his comments in a letter on the Web site of the Walking Horse Report, an industry publication. Blankenship could not be reached for comment Saturday.

His group's name, the National Horse Protection Society, is a misnomer, according to Keith Dane, executive director of the group Friends of Sound Horses, one of about 10 groups certified by USDA to inspect and enforce under the Horse Protection Act. Dane said the group's proposal as he understands it would do the opposite of protecting horses.

It would make it more difficult for the federal government to police horse soring and if it was enacted it would set back the movement to end the practice, he said.

"That is an attempt to dilute the effectiveness of the Horse Protection Act, which is intended to protect horses," Dane said. "It would decriminalize certain behavior that is currently illegal, thereby protecting owners and trainers and not horses."

Dane said he saw what he believes is a copy of the proposed changes that had been circulating among sound horse advocates, though the government has not officially released the proposal for public review. He said he hopes Frist and Congress do not move forward with any changes without public debate.

Frist's office would not provide the proposal for review when The Tennessean asked for a copy Saturday. Matt Lehigh, his press secretary, said the document would not be released because it is part of "an ongoing discussion."

He said the senator was unavailable for comment Saturday but said he's interested in ensuring there's a consistent enforcement of the law.

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