Horse Protection Act

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The Horse Protection Act is a U.S. federal law that prohibits the abusive practice of "soring" horses and authorizes inspection and enforcement to protect horses from inhumane treatment in shows, sales, and exhibitions.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Horse Protection Act canonical 3
Horse Protection Act of 1970 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal law ⓘ
animal welfare law ⓘ
abbreviation HPA ⓘ
aimsTo eliminate soring in the Tennessee Walking Horse and other gaited horse industries ⓘ
appliesTo horses offered for sale or auction ⓘ
horses used in exhibitions ⓘ
horses used in shows ⓘ
authorizes enforcement actions against violators ⓘ
inspection of horses at shows, exhibitions, sales, and auctions ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
defines soring as the application of any substance or device that causes a horse pain when moving ⓘ
enforcedBy USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service ⓘ
United States Department of Agriculture ⓘ
focusesOn prevention of inhumane treatment of performance horses ⓘ
hasKeyConcept soring ⓘ
implementedThrough Horse Industry Organizations designated by USDA ⓘ
intendedTo deter inhumane training practices in the horse industry ⓘ
jurisdiction United States federal government ⓘ
legalArea animal welfare law in the United States ⓘ
equine law ⓘ
prohibits entering sored horses into exhibitions, sales, or auctions ⓘ
showing sored horses ⓘ
soring of horses ⓘ
transporting sored horses for the purpose of showing or sale ⓘ
protects Racking Horses ⓘ
Tennessee Walking Horses ⓘ
horses ⓘ
other gaited horse breeds ⓘ
providesFor civil penalties for violations ⓘ
criminal penalties for certain violations ⓘ
disqualification of violators from participating in horse shows ⓘ
purpose to prohibit the abusive practice of soring horses ⓘ
to protect horses from inhumane treatment at shows, sales, and exhibitions ⓘ
regulates horse auctions ⓘ
horse exhibitions ⓘ
horse sales ⓘ
horse shows ⓘ
relatedTo USDA enforcement regulations on horse shows ⓘ
United States animal cruelty laws ⓘ
requires show management to allow inspections of horses ⓘ
show management to disqualify sored horses ⓘ
scope interstate and foreign commerce involving horses for shows, exhibitions, and sales ⓘ
targetsPractice training methods intended to produce an exaggerated gait through pain ⓘ
use of chemical agents to cause pain in horses' limbs ⓘ
use of mechanical devices to cause pain in horses' limbs ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Animal Care → legalBasis → Horse Protection Act ⓘ
HPA → standsFor → Horse Protection Act ⓘ
Tennessee Walking Horse → protectedByAct → Horse Protection Act of 1970 ⓘ
subject linked to: Tennessee Walking Horses
linked to: Horse Protection Act
Horse Industry Organizations designated by USDA → legalBasis → Horse Protection Act of 1970 ⓘ
linked to: Horse Protection Act