Laws need to be changed in Tennessee to protect horses.
In Tennessee, it is legal for an owner of ANY animal or their regular employee to castrate animals under a veterinarian exemption law from an act in the 1960s TN Code § 63-12-133. This is an antiquated law and needs to be changed to prevent the suffering and death of equines (horses) and non-livestock animals.
In August 2023 Horse Plus Humane Society was at an auction rescuing horses out of the slaughter pipeline. A private person purchased one of the horses at the auction and took it to the back of the auction yard and the new owner tried to perform a gelding operation, but unfortunately, the horse had a testicular hernia, and performing the gelding surgery allowed the intestine to drop through the surgical incision.

Please Sign this petition !!!

(TRIGGER WARNING!!!  Graphic images!)
https://www.change.org/p/protect-horses-in-tennessee-change-laws-to-prevent-abuse?redirect=false

Watch a  video about Tawnee and Jason going to Washington DC and talking about these issues without images etc.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXME46zIGKY

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