Columnist Roy Exum honoured for stand on soring
Columnist Roy Exum has been honoured past times the Humane Society of the U.S. for championing the drive of walking horses.
Exum has been a prominent vocalism inwards the deal to cease the illegal practise of soring.
The social club has named Exum equally its Humane Horseman of the Year.
Each year, the honor is given to an private who demonstrates an outstanding commitment to protect America’s horses.
The social club chose Exum because of his unwavering commitment to exposing the savage reality of the Tennessee walking Equus caballus demo industry.
In his see column inwards The Chattanoogan, Exum shone a lite on the corruption as well as abuse behind the celebrated “big lick” gait, as well as those who work chemic as well as mechanical irritants to plough over it.
Exum reported on the society’s clandestine investigation into the manufacture as well as closely monitored the industry’s biggest competition, the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration inwards Shelbyville, Tennessee.
The society’s manager of equine welfare, Keith Dane, said the charity applauded Exum for his perseverance inwards the months leading upward to the Celebration.
“Roy helped the HSUS lay bare the torture these horses endure, as well as he advocated that they travel treated amongst kindness as well as respect.
“His paper columns played a cardinal role inwards exposing as well as publicizing the mistreatment of these beautiful creatures as well as greatly helped the HSUS inwards its mission to position an cease to the cruelty.”
In nearly xx columns as well as counting on the topic, Exum held cypher dorsum when criticizing the Tennessee walking Equus caballus industry.
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In answer to the federal sentencing of Jackie McConnell for Horse Protection Act violations, Exum wrote: “The ruling, although just, dashed the hopes of ‘many, many hundreds’ who had written Judge Mattice to enquire for stronger justice. But because of woefully inadequate federal laws against the depravity that has plagued the walking Equus caballus manufacture for good over one-half a century, the Horse Protection Act has been equally lame equally the horses it meant to protect as well as a plea organization was deemed at the rattling onslaught equally the best ‘legal solution’.”
In a column praising the United States of America Department of Agriculture’s novel regulations to crevice downwards on soring, Exum opined: “Call me callused or a cynic but when the operate past times xx trainers inwards the fabled Rider’s Cup standings accept a total of 161 violations inwards the past times 2 years as well as 8 of the terminal 10 ‘Trainers of the Year’ accept violated the Horse Protection Act, the exclusively affair that volition always brand a deviation is placing anyone who would purposely hurt a Equus caballus inwards the nighttime as well as dank basement of a jail.”
In answer to world outcry close the savage handling of Tennessee walking horses for the demo ring, Congress has introduced H.R. 6388, the Horse Protection Act Amendments of 2012. The neb volition significantly strengthen the Horse Protection Act, which outlaws soring.
It would also end the failed scheme of manufacture self-policing, ban the work of sure as shooting devices associated amongst soring, strengthen penalties, as well as agree accountable all those involved inwards this savage practice.
In a recent column, Exum expressed his back upward for the bill, writing: “The amendments are badly needed since at that spot has been continued as well as rampant abuse of soring inwards the Tennessee walking Equus caballus manufacture this year.”
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