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How Information Can Lead
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to Ending Soring Abuses
A Progress Report
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How Information Can Lead
By PresenterMedia.com
to Ending Soring Abuses
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History on Building the Information Trail
Current Availability of Information
Usage of HPA information
Examples of Actions Spurred by HPA information
Future Ideas
2003
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Goal: Data on Horse Protection Act violations available
to the public, to encourage change
7 year project
Gathering controversial info, there can be risks
Support of Senator Tydings and his law firm helped
remove road blocks in making this happen
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www.hpadata.us
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USDA Horse Protection web site
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SHOW HIO web site
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USDA HPA database
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FOIA requests
9,098 HPA Soring Violation entries in this database
1986 to current
New addition: USDA legal cases
Over 400 cases to date with determination by
Administrative Law Judge, info if appealed to Judicial
Officer decision or higher court, or withdrawn.
Great improvement of information now available
Suspensions, violators, letters of warning, show
inspection records, HIO audit reports, foreign substance
findings and latest news
Information is kept for 3 years
(Animal Care document retention guidelines)
All current suspensions are on-line
Includes 80 current HPA suspensions
Excellent progress on information transparency
Plus current news on violations
New password-protected database for each HIO to enter
their DQP, show inspection, and violation data
Results are available real-time to the public
Tremendous advancement in access to information
Freedom of Information Requests
Redacted information is provided
Can take 5 – 7 months
Requests and responses will be on-line to the public
Analysis of
the
Information
Researchers at Eastern Kentucky University analyzed
data from the USDA website
They compared violation rates for horse shows inspected
by USDA veterinary medical officers (VMO) versus those
inspected by designated qualified persons (DQP).
October, 2010
Researchers analyzed data from 2008, 2009, 2010
(as of 10/31/2010)
Over 1,400 shows, over 240,000 horse inspections
VMOs find 12-30 times more
violations than DQPs
2008
2009
2010
Average
With
USDA
VMOs
19.7
36.4
24.6
26.9
With only
DQPs
.60
1.3
2.0
1.3
What if VMOs inspected every
show? How many violations would
have been found?
Year
Actual number
of violations
If USDA had
inspected every
show
2008
1,008
22,489
2009
1,650
26,284
2010
1274
13,614
Total
3,932
62,387
•Out of 9,098 total HPA violations
• 4,505 ( 50%) are listings for repeat
offenders
• 1,157 individuals make up these
repeat offenders
•This data is quite consistent over the past
5 years.
Usage of the
HPA Information
1. YouTube soring videos: 185,000+ views
2. Facebook: 1,000 members on anti-soring groups
3. USDA Horse Protection web site 23,733 page views
4. www.HPAData.us: 13,824 items viewed
11,126 visitors
Articles relating to soring in news library
Links to 55 articles on soring from past 3 years
Most complete library of soring information
Totaling 72 articles & news items
CNN & Sports Illustrated
Examples of Actions
from Available
Information
• Over 500,000 attendees
• Exhibitions featured Walking Horses and gaited horses
• Exhibitions featured Walking Horses and gaited horses
• Chose representatives
with no history of
HPA violations
In early 2010, this organization again requested and
analyzed data on HPA violations and records on
industry leaders.
The Rules Committee entertained applications from three
additional HIOs wishing to be approved to inspect
Kentucky shows for Tennessee Walking Horses
eligible for these funds.
The Rules Committee considered HPA violators in
leadership positions & statistical increases in tickets
when USDA was present at shows.
The Committee chose IWHA, NWHA and FOSH to inspect
shows eligible for incentive funds, and denied 2 HIOs.
Sound Horse Conference has been one initiative
Sharing information with key leaders in the industry
We’re honored this Conference is being covered by the
press representing regional, national & industry media
Soring or not, the movement these horses are doing
can´t be healthy for their back and body. This is just
sick!
This is supposed to attractive?!?!?!
This is a disgusting practice. This is nothing more than
out right ABUSE. I have seen way too many good horses
done this way. For you Walking horse people that find
this acceptable, perhaps you should have this done to
you. Wouldn't hurt my feelings any.
As a TW owner I hate this.
This is outright abuse. This kind of treatment is out of
the dark ages born of complete ignorance.
i know how to pressure a horse so its obvious to me
that you do not
if you bunch of idiots would like to know how its done
you should contact me i done it for a living showed
horses that is and i had to quit so i have nothing to lose
if you want to really want to know the truth you should
talk with me
There are various groups working on new concepts to
rejuvenate the breed and this industry.
We will be establishing a series of conference calls to
begin discussing.
If you are interested in joining these informational
conference calls, get in touch with me.
Information
Progress Report
Lori Northrup
[email protected]
716-474-7580