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  • From: "IRVIN LICHTENSTEIN" <ilichten1@verizon.net>
  • To: "'Joan'" <j.pottinger@insightbb.com>, "'Mounted search and rescue'" <msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [MSAR] Fw: EMERGENCY!!!!! First it was Horse Slaughter, now it's transporting for ANYthing
  • Date: Sat, 01 Dec 2007 15:26:30 -0500

Probable cause relates to a legal showing in front of a judge or warrant
commissioner that a crime has been committed or evidence of a crime exists
but will not shortly. This involves sworn testimony or affadavits and while
testilying does happen it is rare in soring cases because the inspectors
work in teams at the shows. It also means that picture of the sore horse or
the double deck trailer is evidence.

What makes the AQHA nervous is that they have never been inspected for
training techniques like some of the smaller breed associations have. Any
breed where an exaggerated motion is desired and is achieved by shaping the
hoof, using special shoes, applying chemicals or using drugs is a probable
violation of the federal soring statues.

It was possible to avoid any and all restrictions on commercial horse
hauling by not having the manifest say the destination was a slaughter
house. Only horses directly on the way to slaughter were covered by
transportation regulations, and those were often only enforced at weigh
stations which were easily avoided. We got slaughter stopped so double decks
are legal for everybody again.

Irv Lichtenstein





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