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Accused Tennessee Walking Horse Abuser Pleads Guilty
One of the leading trainers in the Tennessee Walking Horse industry admitted today that he abused horses under his care to enhance their performance, but may face no jail time despite pleading guilty to a felony.
Jackie McConnell, 60, pleaded guilty to one federal count related to the conspiracy to violate the Horse Protection Act, a week after an ABC News "Nightline" investigation aired undercover video made by the Humane Society of the United States that showed McConnell and his employees beating horses with wooden sticks, shocking them with electric cattle prods, and applying caustic chemicals to their ankles.
Exposure of this disgusting behaviour, which is apparently quite common in the industry, will hopefully help put an end to such terrible cruelty - done all in the name of winning at horses shows.
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