A frame captured from video of a Humane Society of the United States investigation show the measures taken to produce the exaggerated stride of Tennessee Walking Horses. In the video, horses are struck with clubs, shocked and have their hooves treated with chemicals and mechanical devices.Watch the Human Society’s videohttp://tinyurl.com/d9duccw
The Humane Society of the United States is kicking back at Tennessee walking horse industry criticism of its effort to end soring.
The animal rights group has released a new video in which convicted horse sorer Barney Davis talks about the walking horse industry.
“The only way to win at the Celebration is to sore,” Davis, 39, says in the video. “I’ve shown at the Celebration three, maybe four, times. I trained them myself and they were sore. I’m not going to lie.”
But the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration officials, who also say they want soring stopped, claim the video is false.