Tag: “Big Lick”
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Part I: “Big Lick” Animal Cruelty On Full Display At Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration
“A BUSINESS BUILT ON THE SUFFERING AND PAIN OF HORSES” by Clant M. Seay, blogging at BillyGoBoy, ©2020 (Sep. 30, 2020) — TWHNC – SHELBYVILLE, TN (c) – Never have the above words of native Tennessean MTSU (Middle Tennessee State University) Horse Science Professor Equine Vet Dr. John Haffner rang more true than when eight year…
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Horse-Welfare Group Releases Exclusive Video of Congressional Presser
CONGRESSMEN ILLUSTRATE SUPPORT FOR BILL BY EXHIBITING “STACKS” AND CHAINS” by Sharon Rondeau (Aug. 4, 2019) — On July 24, a vote took place in the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly in favor of the “PAST” Act to strengthen the 1970 Horse Protection Act‘s provisions against the practice of “soring” in the Tennessee Walking Horse…
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New Horse Protection Bill Surpasses 300 Co-Sponsors in U.S. House
RARE BIPARTISAN SUPPORT FOR LEGISLATION TO STOP “SORING” by Sharon Rondeau (May 25, 2019) — A video released Thursday by Clant M. Seay, founder of Citizens Campaign Against Big Lick Animal Cruelty (CCABLAC) reported that a bill to ban “pads and chains” on show horses has more than 300 co-sponsors in the U.S. House of…
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Horse-Welfare Activist Sues USDA
FOR REFUSAL TO RELEASE DOCUMENTS UNDER FOIA by Sharon Rondeau (Feb. 5, 2018) — A federal lawsuit has been filed against the U.S. Department of Agriculture for its refusal to release documents under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to an animal-welfare activist seeking specifics on the alleged violations of the Horse Protection Act (HPA)…
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Report: “Big Lick” Horse Show to Disappear from Panama City Beach, FL
HORSE-CRUELTY ACTIVISTS APPLAUD OUTCOME by Sharon Rondeau (Jan. 4, 2018) — On December 29, founder of Concerned Citizens Against Big Lick Animal Cruelty (CCABLAC) Clant Seay reported that an official in Panama City Beach, FL “confirmed this week that there are no plans for a ‘Big Lick’ Tennessee Walking Horse Show to be held at…
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Horse-Welfare Group Posts Video from Columbia Spring Jubilee Horse Show
AFTER FEDERAL JUDGE UPHOLDS FIRST-AMENDMENT RIGHTS by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 2, 2017) — Although forbidden by Maury County, TN Sheriff Bucky Rowland last year, an animal-welfare group was able to film and post footage Thursday from the opening night of the Columbia Spring Jubilee Horse Show in Maury County Park. At last year’s event, Rowland,…
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Federal Judge Upholds First Amendment Rights of Horse-Welfare Group
“A SACRED RIGHT” by Sharon Rondeau (May 31, 2017) — On Monday, citizen journalist and horse-welfare activist Clant M. Seay posted a “Agreed Joint Stipulation and Order’ from a federal judge in Nashville, TN mandating that the First Amendment rights of Seay’s horse-welfare organization be upheld at the annual Columbia Spring Jubilee Horse Show, which…
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Horse-Show Advocates Acknowledge “Big Lick,” Say “It’s Legal”
BUT FEDERAL LAW PROHIBITS SHOWING A “SORED” HORSE by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 24, 2017) — From Thursday through Saturday, the annual Gulf Coast Charity Horse Show will take place at Frank Brown Park located at 16200 Panama City Beach Parkway, Panama City Beach, FL. A Mr. Todd Fisher is the director of the event, now in…
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Horse-Advocacy Group Reports “Amazing Interaction” with Observers and Attendees in DC
“THERE’S SOME MARVELOUS STUFF COMING” by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 2, 2017) — The organizer of a trip by the Citizens Campaign Against Big Lick Animal Cruelty (CCABLAC) from Tennessee to Washington, DC last week to advocate for an end to horse cruelty told The Post & Email that as the group stood in front of…
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CCABLAC Receives Pledge from Congressman to Approach Trump on Horse Cruelty Measure
“IT DOESN’T GET ANY BETTER THAN THAT” by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 30, 2017) — As announced on PR Newswire on Tuesday, the Citizens Campaign Against Big Lick Animal Cruelty (CCABLAC) took its case to the nation’s capital on Wednesday, where members stood in front of the White House in a designated area with signs and…
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Horse-Protection Advocates to Meet with Congressman Wednesday
REPORT: REP. TED YOHO TO REINTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO STOP “SORING” by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 26, 2017) — Early on Sunday evening, Clant Seay, founder of Citizens Campaign Against Big Lick Animal Cruelty (CCABLAC), released a short video in which he affirmed an event scheduled for Wednesday in Washington, DC and an appearance with a congressman.…
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Hold the Presses!!!
PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP PUTS “THE KIBOSH” ON PUBLISHING THE FEDERAL REGULATION (RULE) TO ELIMINATE “BIG LICK” ANIMAL CRUELTY ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2017 by BillyGoBoy, ©2017 (Jan. 21, 2017) — [Editor’s Note: The following post was published on Friday, January 20.] WASHINGTON, DC – Shortly after viewing the Inaugural Parade, and before going dancing…
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Will the USDA Issue a New Rule on Soring?
ACTIVIST PREDICTS ANNOUNCEMENT “IMMINENT” by Sharon Rondeau (Jan. 12, 2017) — Horse welfare activist BillyGoBoy is reporting on his blog that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is poised to announce a change in rules stemming from the 1970 Horse Protection Act which will “remove the ‘Pads and Chains’ from Tennessee Walking Horses, and…
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“National Celebration” CEO Responds to The Post & Email on Horse Soring
CLAIMS EVENT “VOLUNTARILY EXCEEDS” FEDERAL LAW’S INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 24, 2016) — On Saturday morning, The Post & Email received a response from “National Celebration” CEO Mike Inman to our inquiry of Thursday as to whether or not all horses participating in the event are inspected for signs of abuse, including “soring,”…
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Does Tennessee Really Oppose the Soring of Horses?
STATE OFFICIAL SAYS “YES,” BUT PHOTOS MAY TELL A DIFFERENT STORY by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 22, 2016) — On Thursday, The Post & Email contacted the National Celebration, an annual Tennessee Walking Horse show which takes place at the end of the summer, to ask whether or not inspectors are routinely on hand to determine…
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The Post & Email Contacts the Trump Transition Team about “Big Lick” Horse Cruelty
DOES “BUSINESS” OUTWEIGH SUFFERING? by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 20, 2016) — On Tuesday morning at 9:09 AM EST, the following message was sent through the Trump transition team website, greatagain.gov: Good morning. I have contacted you before on the topic of government corruption to which my newspaper, The Post & Email, has been dedicated to…
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Do “Stacks” and Chains Equal a “Sound” Horse?
DECADES-OLD PRACTICE MAY PLACE “INDUSTRY” IN JEOPARDY by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 7, 2016) — On Sunday, The Post & Email published an article reporting on the use of “stacks” and chains on some Tennessee Walking Horses during competition, a practice begun in the 1940s which, although outlawed, continues today, particularly in the South. The Horse…
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Citizen Action Group Works to Abolish Cruelty to Tennessee Walking Horses
DOES THE PUBLIC KNOW? by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 4, 2016) — [Editor’s Note: Some readers will find the material in this article and its hyperlinks disturbing.] For the last 16 months, a group calling itself “CCABLAC,” which stands for Citizens Campaign Against “Big Lick” Animal Cruelty, has worked to publicize the abuse of some Tennessee…