Below youll find a list of current endorsements for the PAST Act. You wont find Lamar Alexander or Marsha Blackburn on this list because they oppose it and the national media is about to tell you why. Current List of Endorsements for the Prevent All Soring Tactics (PAST) Act Current bipartisan cosponsors of the PAST Act: 51 Senators on S. 1406 269 Representatives on H.R. 1518 (320 total) Celebrity Endorsements 1. Alyssa Milano, actress, Charmed, Project Runway All-Stars 2. Priscilla Presley, film and TV actress, Dallas, The Naked Gun 3. Emmylou Harris, singer-songwriter and 12-time Grammy winner 4. Ke$ha, platinum recording singer-songwriter 5. Viggo Mortensen, actor, The Lord of the Rings 6. Wendie Malick, actress, Hot in Cleveland 7. Loretta Swit, stage and TV actress, MASH 8. Jillian Michaels, trainer on The Biggest Loser 9. Mark Miller, musician, Sawyer Brown 10. Lynn Anderson, singer-songwriter 11. Jenna Morasca, actress, model, grand prize winner of Survivor: The Amazon 12. Alexandra Paul, actress, Baywatch 13. Dawn Olivieri, film and TV actress, True Blood 14. Joe Camp, director of Benji films, author of Soul of a Horse 15. Kelly Carlson, actress, Nip/Tuck 16. Mary Ann Kennedy, singer-songwriter 17. Lacy J. Dalton, singer-songwriter Horse Organizations 1. American Horse Council 2. American Quarter Horse Association 3. American Morgan Horse Association 4. American Paint Horse Association 5. American Saddlebred Horse Association 6. Appaloosa Horse Club 7. Arizona Coalition for Equines 8. Carolina Walkers, Inc. (South Carolina) 9. Delaware Equine Council 10. Equine Voices Rescue & Sanctuary (Arizona) 11. European Tennessee Walking Horse Association 12. Fenway Foundation for Friesian Horses 13. For The Tennessee Walking Horse 14. Friends of Sound Horses 15. Friesian Horse Association of North America 16. Gaitway Walking Horse Association (Missouri) 17. Idaho Horse Council 18. International Friesian Show Horse Association 19. International Walking Horse Association 20. Maryland Horse Council 21. Michigan Horse Council 22. Minnesota Horse Council 23. Mountain Pleasure Horse Association (Kentucky) 24. National Plantation Walking Horse Association 25. National Walking Horse Association 26. Natural Walking Horses (Europe) 27. New York State Horse Breeders Association 28. New York State Horse Council 29. New York State Plantation Walking Horse Club 30. Northern California Walking Horse Association 31. One Horse at a Time, Inc. (Kentucky) 32. Pennsylvania Equine Council 33. Pennsylvania Pleasure Walking Horse Association 34. Pinto Horse Association of America 35. Plantation Walking Horse Association of California 36. Plantation Walking Horses of Maryland 37. Professional Horsemen’s Association of America 38. Pure Pleasure Gaited Horse Association (Oklahoma) 39. Rocky Mountain Horse Association (Kentucky) 40. Sound Trails and Rails Society (Georgia) 41. South Carolina Horse Council 42. South Dakota Quarter Horse Association 43. Southern Comfort Gaited Horse Club (Idaho) 44. Speak Up for Horses, Inc. (Kentucky) 45. Tennessee Walking Horse Association of New Jersey, Inc. 46. Tennessee Walking Horse Association of Oklahoma 47. Tennessee Walking Horse Exhibitors Association of Oregon 48. Tennessee Walking Horse Heritage Society 49. Texas State Horse Council 50. United Pleasure Walking Horse Association (Missouri) 51. United Professional Horsemen’s Association 52. United States Equestrian Federation 53. Walking Horse Association of Michigan 54. World Walking Horse Association 55. Yankee Walkers/Gaited Horses of New England (Maine/New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island/Connecticut, and Vermont) Veterinary and Animal Health 1. American Veterinary Medical Association 2. American Association of Equine Practitioners 3. National Association of Federal Veterinarians 4. U.S. Animal Health Association 5. Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association 6. Veterinarians for Equine Welfare 7. Alabama Veterinary Medical Association 8. Alaska Veterinary Medical Association 9. Arizona Veterinary Medical Association 10. Arkansas Veterinary Medical Association 11. California Veterinary Medical Association 12. Colorado Veterinary Medical Association 13. Connecticut Veterinary Medical Association 14. Delaware Veterinary Medical Association 15. District of Columbia Veterinary Medical Association 16. Florida Association of Equine Practitioners 17. Florida Veterinary Medical Association 18. Georgia Veterinary Medical Association 19. Hawaii Veterinary Medical Association 20. Idaho Veterinary Medical Association 21. Illinois Veterinary Medical Association 22. Indiana Veterinary Medical Association 23. Iowa Veterinary Medical Association 24. Kansas Veterinary Medical Association 25. Kentucky Veterinary Medical Association 26. Louisiana Veterinary Medical Association 27. Maine Veterinary Medical Association 28. Maryland Veterinary Medical Association 29. Massachusetts Veterinary Medical Association 30. Michigan Veterinary Medical Association 31. Mississippi Veterinary Medical Association 32. Missouri Veterinary Medical Association 33. Montana Veterinary Medical Association 34. Nebraska Veterinary Medical Association 35. Nevada Veterinary Medical Association 36. New Hampshire Veterinary Medical Association 37. New Jersey Veterinary Medical Association 38. New Mexico Veterinary Medical Association 39. New York State Veterinary Medical Association 40. North Carolina Veterinary Medical Association 41. North Dakota Veterinary Medical Association 42. Ohio Veterinary Medical Association 43. Oklahoma Veterinary Medical Association 44. Oregon Veterinary Medical Association 45. Pennsylvania Veterinary Medical Association 46. Puerto Rico Veterinary Medical Association 47. Rhode Island Veterinary Medical Association 48. South Carolina Association of Veterinarians 49. South Dakota Veterinary Medical Association 50. Tennessee Veterinary Medical Association 51. Texas Veterinary Medical Association 52. Utah Veterinary Medical Association 53. Vermont Veterinary Medical Association 54. Virginia Veterinary Medical Association 55. Washington State Veterinary Medical Association 56. West Virginia Veterinary Medical Association 57. Wisconsin Veterinary Medical Association 58. Wyoming Veterinary Medical Association 59. Donna Preston Moore, DVM, former head of USDA’s Horse Protection Program 60. Tracy A. Turner, DVM, MS Michelle Abraham, Resident, New Bolton Center, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine 61. John C. Haffner, DVM, ABVP(Eq) 62. Susan Botts, DVM 63. Angela M. Dion, DVM 64. Michelle Abraham, Resident, New Bolton Center, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine 65. Hanna Galantino-Homer, VMD, PHD 66. Alicia Grossman, DVM 67. Sue Lindborg, CVT Research Specialist New Bolton Center, University of PA School Of Veterinary Medicine 68. Midge Leitch, VMD, former head of Radiology, New Bolton Center, University of PA School Of Veterinary Medicine 69. Harry Werner, VMD, past president, American Association of 70. Judith L. Ford, Veterinary Technician 71. Benson B. Martin, DVM, Associate Professor Sports Medicine, New Bolton Center, University of PA School of Veterinary Medicine 72. Nat Messer, DVM, University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine 73. Mary A. Robinson, VMD, PhD 74. Mary Lynn Stanton, DVM 75. Joy Tomlinson, DVM 76. Steve O’Grady, DVM, APF Animal Protection 1. American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) 2. Animal Law Coalition 3. Animal Legal Defense Fund 4. Animal Welfare Institute 5. Best Friends Animal Society 6. Dakin Humane Society (Massachusetts) 7. Equine Welfare Alliance 8. Homes for Horses Coalition 9. Horse Harbor Foundation (Washington State) 10. Humane Society Legislative Fund 11. Michigan Horse Welfare Coalition 12. Mississippi Horses 13. Nevins Farm & Equine Center, Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals 14. Oregon Horse Welfare Council 15. Second Chance Ranch (Washington State) 16. Tennessee Voters for Animal Protection 17. The Humane Society of the United States 18. Virginia Alliance for Animal Shelters 19. Virginia Equine Welfare Society 20. Virginia Federation of Humane Societies 21. Virginia Beach Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Horse Industry Professionals 1. Bill Harlin, Past President, Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders and Exhibitors Association and owner of Harlinsdale Farm 2. Clay Harlin, former Senior Vice-President, Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders and Exhibitors Association 3. Marty Irby, Past President, Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders and Exhibitors Association 4. Chuck Cadle, Past Executive Director, Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders and Exhibitors Association 5. Georgina Bloomberg, professional equestrian sponsored by Ariat International 6. Rick Wies, Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders and Exhibitors Association former VP, Pleasure Horse Division 7. Susan Kayne, host of “Unbridled” television show 8. Pat Parelli, founder of Parelli Natural Horsemanship 9. Tom Seay, Best of America by Horseback, the top trail riding show on TV 10. Jan Ebeling, dressage trainer, member of the 2012 Olympic dressage team for the USA and co-owner of Rafalca 11. Dr. April Austin, USDF Bronze, Silver and Gold medalist 12. Monty Roberts, award-winning trainer, best-selling author of The Man Who Listens to Horses 13. Carl Bledsoe, former member of Walking Horse Trainers’ Association 14. Pamela Reband, MD, Board of Directors member and former Vice President of TWHBEA 15. Dr. Rebecca Gimenez, Technical Large Animal Emergency Rescue 16. Eric Gray, walking horse farrier 17. Leslie Desmond, natural horsemanship clinician and author 18. Gael Borquin, dressage and eventing coach 19. Karl Mikolka, Former Chief Rider, Spanish Riding School, Vienna, Austria and USDF Hall of Fame 20. E. Allen Buck, Sympathetic Horsemanship 21. Steffen Peters, American Olympian and FEI rider 22. Shannon Peters, dressage instructor and FEI rider 23. Sheryl Rudolph, FITS/Fun in the Saddle, Inc. 24. Heather Barklow, Equine Connections, LLC 25. Diane Sept, Connected Riding Senior Instructor 26. Anita Adams, dressage trainer and FEI rider 27. Mary Werning, dressage trainer and FEI Rider, USDF Medalist 28. Maria Lisa Eastman, Raintree Equine Assisted Services, equine therapy program 29. Dr. Christine Teicheira, equine and human chiropractor 30. Gigi Nutter, USDF Gold Medalist, dressage trainer, owner Touch-N-Go Farm 31. Lisa Kelly Simmons, Lipizzan breeder, Past Director of the United States Lipizzan Federation 32. Jayne Fingerhut, MA, CMT, USDF Regional Champion Rider, equine business patent holder and manufacturer 33. Michelle Andrews Sabol, director of an equestrian therapy program 34. Holly Mason, Equine Biomechanics Specialist, author of It’s Never Too Late 35. Terri Farley (author, the Phantom Stallion series) Newspaper Editorial Boards 1. The Tennessean 2. Chattanooga Times Free Press 3. East TN News 4. American Daily Sun Law Enforcement 1. Association of Prosecuting Attorneys 2. Sheriff Patrick Boggs, Mason County, KY 3. Sheriff Bill Marcum, Calloway County, KY 4. Sheriff Rick Clemons, Grayson County, KY Public Opinion in Key States with Largest Tennessee Walking Horse Industry A poll conducted in December 2012 by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research found that 75% of Tennessee voters and 69% of Kentucky voters support federal legislation to strengthen the Horse Protection Act by ending the current, failed system of industry self-policing, banning the use of chains and stacks (devices implicated in the soring process) on horses at shows, and increasing penalties for violating the law.
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