SHAME ON YOU, Budweiser for taking the lying by omission approach to sponsorship of the Tennessee Walking Horse abuse fest. Now is the time to put pressure on your affiliate, L& H Distributing of Tullahoma, TN to NOT sponsor this horrible show. Even with oversight, the abuse goes on right under the noses of the inspectors. How can you have your name and product affiliated with this monstrosity in any way, shape or form? SHAME ON YOU!
Why is this important?
A Budweiser affiliate, L&H Distributing of Tullahoma, TN, is to be an official sponsor of the 75th Annual Tennessee Walking Horse Celebration in Shelbyville, TN later this month.
This show is the epicenter of the worst horse abuse in the world. At last year’s show, 190 horses were chosen at random by U.S. Department of Agriculture inspectors and 145 of them tested positive for caustic substances that had been used to “sore” the forelegs of the animals to produce the exaggerated front end movement known as the "Big Lick". Soring is illegal in the United States, prohibited by the federal Horse Protection Act.
Budweiser’s involvement with the National Celebration comes as a huge shock, but it seems that L&H Distributing Co., located in Tullahoma, has cut a deal with the cash-strapped show to provide alcoholic beverages for the first time ever at what has been previously billed as “a family event.”
