01/13/2025
I encourage you to share and sign this petition to help try and stop the USDA overreach.
https://www.ruralamericainaction.com/petition/stop-the-horse-protection-act
Grassroots movements are by far the most powerful tool we have in advocating our lifestyles and livelihoods, and we need YOU to be part of the most important grassroots movement in the history of the horse industry. 𝙒𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙥𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙃𝙤𝙧𝙨𝙚 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝘼𝙘𝙩 (𝙃𝙋𝘼).
You might be wondering what difference it makes. 𝘐𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬, 𝘞𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘢𝘸𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘞𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘋𝘊 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘏𝘗𝘈. Each signature makes a difference, and a petition signed by tens of thousands will gain us a great deal of support where it matters most.
In May of 2024, USDA posted this new rule for comment. Over 8,000 comments were received, but upon review of the comments, we found that 7,000 were from one form letter. Although we requested that comments be made, the response from our side was extremely disappointing.
However, our current petition already has nearly twice the number of comments as the USDA received during the comment period for the revised HPA. There is no reason that we shouldn’t have double or triple the number of comments by the time we go to D.C.
Now, the revised HPA that was released for comment in May has unilaterally and illegally been changed by Dr. Aaron Rhyner. The version set to be implemented is NOT the version for which comments were accepted.
This kind of underhanded and nefarious action cannot be tolerated, much less allowed to destroy our horse show and sale communities.
‼️𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗱. 𝗧𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴.‼️
https://www.ruralamericainaction.com/petition/stop-the-horse-protection-act