| USEF joins AHC in calling for delay to HPA changes Equus In a letter posted last night on the US Equestrian (United States Equestrian Federation) website, the organization’s president, Tom O’Mara, and its CEO, Bill Moroney, offered the following update and resources pertaining to the new USDA requirements under the Horse Protection Act. (Note: At this writing, these changes to the act are scheduled to go into effect February 1, although the American Horse Council recently requested a 60-day postponement of their implementation in order to clarify the process. The USEF is now asking for the same.) Full Article |
| Federal rule set to take effect Feb. 1, concerning to horse owners High Plains Journal The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has amended the Horse Protection Act with a recent rule. The addition allows USDA-APHIS to screen, train, and authorize qualified persons for appointment by the management of any horse show, horse exhibition, or horse sale or auction to detect and diagnose soring at such events. Full Article |
| Lawmakers attempting to reinstate Pennsylvania city’s rodeo ban WHTM HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — There is an attempt to ban rodeo events in one of Pennsylvania’s biggest cities.Legislation was introduced Friday by Senator Lindsey Williams (D-Allegheny) and State Rep. Dan Deasy (D-27) to ban rodeos ahead of Pittsburgh’s first event within the last 30 years, a news release states. Full Article |
| ‘Going to protect consumers’: Gov. Jim Pillen introduces legislation on ‘lab-grown’ meats KETV Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen laid out his plan to protect agriculture this session. It includes banning cell-cultivated meat products or what he calls “lab-grown” meats in Nebraska. Full Article Washington’s wild animal bill: A big step toward ending traveling animal acts KIRO Big changes could be coming to Washington’s circuses and traveling shows. Senate Bill 5065, which got its first hearing on Tuesday, takes aim at the use of wild animals in traveling entertainment. Full Article |