Stand Up For Tennessee Walking Horses!

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The life of a sored horse is filled with fear and pain. "Soring" involves the intentional infliction of pain on a horse's legs to force the horse to perform an exaggerated, high-stepping gait known as the "Big Lick." A 2015 Humane Society of the United States investigation of one of the premier barns that trains horses to do the Big Lick — ThorSport Farm in Tennessee — revealed that this illegal activity continues unabated.

This is the second time in four years that The HSUS has documented trainers and grooms intentionally inflicting pain on Tennessee walking horses. Unscrupulous trainers use a variety of gruesome techniques, including caustic chemicals that burn the horses' flesh, chains and heavy, stacked horseshoes to accomplish this artificial gait rewarded in show rings.

No horse should be made to suffer for a blue ribbon — it is time that cruel soring is stopped.

Tell Congress to amend the Horse Protection Act to end the failed system of industry self-policing, ban the use of devices associated with the soring of Tennessee walking horses and related breeds, strengthen penalties and make other reforms necessary to finally end this torture. **Make your voice heard and support this proposal!**