date:Jun 06, 2012
esignees to ensure the wellbeing of these animals. Our goal, together, is to make horse soring a thing of the past.
The regulations currently provide that such penalties will be set either by the horse industry organizations or by APHIS. This final rule does not change the penalties set forth in the Horse Protection Act, or HPA. Rather, it requires all APHIS-certified horse industry organizations, which have already been administering penalties as part of their role in enforcing the HPA, to ma