Trainer filmed abusing horses fined $75,000, given probation

"It was our hope that McConnell would do prison time for these terrible crimes but there are gaps in the federal law that need to be strengthened."
-- Keith Dane, director of equine protection for the Humane Society of the United States

via news.yahoo.com

No prison time, but we can take solace in the belief that what goes around, comes around. Click on the news.yahoo.com link above for the full story.

Read the Tennessee Walking Horse Association press release on new federal anti-soring legislation.