Authorities say they found 17 horses and numerous small animals living in filth. Virginia stable operator Larry Sams is charged with 58 counts of animal cruelty....
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Tennessee farrier Ronnie Epperson is facing animal abuse charges after authorities say he poisoned his ex-girlfriend's horses to death. Epperson turned himself in last week to Arkansas authorities. He is charged with 3 felon...
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Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam kicked out the controversial "ag-gag" bill. It would have required those documenting animal abuse to hand over the unedited photos or video within 48 hours to authorities or risk criminal prose...
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Virginia authorities arrested Wellington horse trainer and R Hunter judge, Rob Bielefeld, after he allegedly "forcibly fondled" a stranger....
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A Fayette County Grand Jury has indicted infamous horse abuser Jackie McConnell and two co-defendants on 38 counts of animal cruelty. Court documents charge the men tortured and sored horses as documented in a 2011 Humane So...
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Tennessee officials describe horses that had neurological abnormalities. The information released says that the illness has resulted in four equine deaths with four additional horses demonstrating similar symptoms....
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Horse breeder Bridget Kline-Perry of Norsire Farms owes just a quarter of the $60,000 judgment entered against her for statements she made against Russell Ebersole, a Virginia dog trainer she accused of being abusive, a fede...
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Gaited horse trainer Barney Davis and co-defendants are charged with conspiring to violate the federal Horse Protection Act by allegedly soring horses and falsifying entry forms and other related documents....
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A Marshall County grand jury indicted the Defendant Brian Mark Driggers for six counts of forgery and six counts of theft of property. On appeal, he contended the evidence is insufficient to support his convictions....
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Being new to horses, I didn’t feel comfortable with the horse world's sales methods; I was told, “It’s always done this way.” When my daughter’s pony was sold, not only did the horse trainers not tell me, they also...
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Virginia farrier Michael Anthony Wilkerson begins his jail sentence. It comes almost two years after his animal cruelty conviction. A vet testified during the trial that one of the horses was so starved, it's bone-marrow fat...
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Hunter/jumper trainer Stephen Hirsch is charged with indecent exposure after his arrest in Virginia....
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Tennessee Walking Horse Trainer Jackie McDonnell, Jeff Dockery, John Mays and Joseph Abernathy face charges of conspiracy, inspection violations for soring horses, and more. ...
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The Blount County Sheriff's office served a search warrant at Larry Wheelon Stables last week with help from several animal organizations. Authorities say they discovered horses visibly in pain and several barely able to sta...
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Convicted felon Jackie McConnell has been indicted on state charges of animal cruelty in Tennessee. He was seen in 2011 in an undercover video torturing horses he had in training for the big lick. View the state indictment....
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Tennessee farrier Ronnie Epperson is facing animal abuse charges in Arkansas after authorities say he poisoned his ex-girlfriend's horses to death....
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