Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Horse Protection Act of 1970

Horse Protection Act of 1970

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The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/August 21, 2014 by BencherliteTalk 07:45, 30 July 2014 (UTC)



The Horse Protection Act of 1970 is a United States federal law, under which the practice of soring is a crime punishable by both civil and criminal penalties, including fines and jail time. It is illegal to show a horse or enter it at a horse show, to auction, sell, offer for sale, or transport a horse for any of these purposes if it has been sored. Soring is the practice of applying irritants or blistering agents to the front feet or forelegs of a horse, making it pick its feet up higher in an exaggerated manner that creates the "action" desired in the show ring. Soring is an act of animal cruelty that gives practitioners an unfair advantage over other competitors. The Horse Protection Act is enforced by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, a branch of the United States Department of Agriculture. Several methods are used to detect violations of the Act, including observation, palpation and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry to identify chemicals on horses' legs. Certain training techniques and topical anesthetics can be used to avoid detection by the first two methods. In 2013, an amendment to the Act was proposed in the United States House of Representatives.
 * Most recent similar article(s): nothing that remember, horses yes, but not protecting legislation
 * Main editors: Dana boomer, User:Montanabw
 * Promoted: 2013
 * Reasons for nomination: why not?
 * Support as nominator. Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:13, 24 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Support as one of the editors on the article's creation and FA push. Add to the above that I think there are only three articles about equine-related legislation on WP, and this is the only FA.  Last horse-related article that I know of was "my" Oxbow (horse) on May 17, before that, Dana's Boulonnais horse on Feb 9.   Montanabw (talk)  01:08, 25 July 2014 (UTC)