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Transcript: THOMPSON, FRIST CALL ON USDA, WALKING HORSE INDUSTRY TO AGREE ON HORSE PROTECTION PLAN
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- May 15, 1998
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THOMPSON, FRIST CALL ON USDA, WALKING HORSE INDUSTRY TO AGREE ON HORSE
PROTECTION PLAN
Washington, DC -- U.S. Senators Fred Thompson and Bill Frist (R- TN)
have
called on the Department of Agriculture and the Tennessee Walking
Horse
Industry to resolve the current impasse over a proposed plan to strengthen
enforcement of the Horse Protection Act.
"The Strategic Plan is a promising concept, one supported by the industry
and the USDA alike," said Thompson. "Everyone shares the goal of
total
compliance with the Horse Protection Act and the elimination of the ...