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Relinquishing your horse
To thrive, horses require healthy amounts of food and water, adequate shelter and competent care. Horse owners must commit a great deal of time, energy, skill and money to ensuring their horses have
Resources for making a humane end of life decision for your horse
This list is provided as a resource for horse owners and is for informational purposes only. Please contact specific vendors for more information on their services. Every effort has been made to
What is horse soring?
Soring involves the intentional infliction of pain to a horse's legs or hooves in order to force the horse to perform an artificial, exaggerated gait. Caustic chemicals—blistering agents like mustard
Horse care guidelines
Sharing your life with a horse can be a rewarding experience, but it includes the responsibility of caring for your equine companion for life. Your horse depends on your love, care and commitment
Horse slaughter
The transportation and slaughter of horses for meat is not only unnecessary and inhumane, but it is also harmful in many ways.
Equine immunocontraception FAQ
For more than half a century, Humane World for Animals and Humane World Action Fund, formerly called the Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society Legislative Fund, have campaigned for
How to adopt or buy a horse
While having a horse in the family can be rewarding, being a successful horse owner requires a great deal of time, money and a lasting commitment to the care and well-being of the animal. The keys to
Equine disaster preparedness
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Breaking: In a huge win for horses, USDA announces final rule seeking to end horse soring
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced a final rule to stop a strange, persistent and deeply disturbing cruelty that has survived more than a half century’s legislative attempts to suppress it. In a huge win, the new rule bans the use on Tennessee walking and racking horses of devices and
Could this be the end of cruel soring at Tennessee walking horse ‘Celebrations’?
Over the weekend, the 86th annual Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration concluded in Shelbyville, Tennessee, and we are determined that this be the last Celebration with abused walking horses on display. A rule finalized earlier this year by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and slated to
USDA moves to end the cruel “Big Lick” for horses
Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a long-awaited final rule that would help end horse soring, an extremely cruel practice in which trainers secretly and deliberately cause intense pain to show horses to produce the “Big Lick,” an exaggerated, high-stepping gait rewarded by judges
End horse abuse
No horse should be made to suffer for a blue ribbon. Urge U.S. legislators to strengthen penalties for abuse and make other reforms to protect horses.
The time for Congress to act on horse soring, horse slaughter bills is now
Update 6/23/22: The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Protection voted today to advance two important horse protection bills, the SAFE and PAST Act. The Subcommittee voted in favor 22-0 for both bills and we look forward to further advancement to the Full Committee. This week
In federal court filing, Biden Administration’s Department of Agriculture refuses to take action to protect horses
WASHINGTON—The Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society Legislative Fund are criticizing the U.S. Department of Agriculture for proposing to withdraw a regulation that would have protected horses from the cruel and unlawful practice of “soring.” In response to a May 12 order issued by
US Congress has new chance to stop horse soring
WASHINGTON—The Prevent All Soring Tactics (PAST) Act, H.R. 3090, which aims to put an end to the cruel practice of horse soring, has been reintroduced in the U.S. House of Representatives with a strong bipartisan set of 185 original co-sponsors led by Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., Steve Cohen, D
End the export of live horses for slaughter
Horses are being bred in Canada for the sole purpose of being exported alive to Japan, where raw horsemeat is considered a delicacy. These horses are flown by air, crammed into wooden crates without water, food or rest for the long journey only to be slaughtered upon arrival.
There is simply no way to make horse slaughter humane
Update 6/16/23: The Save America’s Forgotten Equines (SAFE) Act has been introduced in the U.S. Senate (S. 2037) by Sens. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. The U.S. still exports tens of thousands of horses to slaughter. It’s well past time we permanently ban domestic horse slaughter