Author: Marty Irby

Queen Elizabeth II: A Century in Love with Horses

September 16, 2022

Big Apple streets are for people, not horses

September 9, 2022

We Must Ensure the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act is Properly Enforced and Prevent History from Repeating Itself

August 12, 2022

Monty Roberts, trainer to the Queen, talks horses, whipping and Baffert

June 8, 2022

Hall of Fame jockey Chris McCarron’s fight for Thoroughbreds

May 4, 2022

Carole Baskin Continues to Roar for Big Cats — and Congress is Listening

March 21, 2022

Rep. Mace uses leadership, compassion to help animals and people

March 12, 2022

Horse Abuse on Display

September 3, 2021

Animal Wellness-Led Amendment to End Transport of Horses Bound for Slaughter is Moving Fast

June 28, 2021

New Federal Policies Land America’s Wild Horses and Burros in the Slaughterhouse

May 17, 2021

Big Lick Animal Cruelty: Walking Horse Trainers Ride Tomorrow

March 17, 2021

Big Lick Animal Cruelty: Oliver Potts and the USDA Regulatory Debacle

March 9, 2021

Big Lick Animal Cruelty: Win One for Joe

March 3, 2021

Horse Shows Where “Big Lick” Abuse Runs Rampant Begin Soon

February 16, 2021

Congress should act to permanently end horse slaughter in 2021

February 2, 2021

The Animal Wellness Podcast: What’s Ahead in 2021

January 21, 2021

As the 117th Congress Begins, Will You Join in Helping Animals?

January 4, 2021

50th Anniversary Celebration for Horse Protection Act Should Inspire Us to Redouble Efforts to Strengthen It and Halt Horse Soring in America

December 9, 2020

Monty Roberts Joins Up to Help Pass Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act Today

September 29, 2020

A Tale of Two Horses: The Kentucky Derby and Tennessee Walking Horse World Grand Championship Ride Tonight

September 5, 2020

It’s Sore Time Again in Shelbyville

August 26, 2020

Horseracing, Cockfighting, and Kentucky Politics: The Bluegrass State Beats to a Different Tune

August 5, 2020

Big Wins for Animals in U.S. House Spending Measures

July 31, 2020

Congress is Running Out of Time to End Doping in Horseracing

June 19, 2020

Painful “Big Lick” Tennessee Walking Horse Show Season Kicked Off Amidst COVID-19

June 8, 2020

The Animal Wellness Podcast: The Bloodbath of Killing Contests

June 6, 2020

Listen Up! Episode #14: Our Work with Priscilla Presley to End Horse Abuse, Fulfilling the Passion of Elvis

May 2, 2020

FBI Conducts Raids and U.S. Attorney’s Office Hands Down Nearly 30 Indictments in American Horseracing

March 10, 2020

Listen Up! Animal Wellness Episode #7: Fixing the Lethal Abuses in Horse Racing

February 3, 2020

Listen Up! Animal Wellness Episode #5: Fighting America’s Wild-Horse Round-Ups

January 13, 2020

Listen Up! Animal Wellness Action Launches Animal Wellness Podcast

November 25, 2019

Advocates Rally on Capitol Hill, Convoy to Richmond to Speak Out Against Dangerous Wild Horse Roundup and Incarceration Plan

November 18, 2019

Breeders’ Cup Set to Run Today Amidst Cloud of 36 Horse Deaths Over the Past Year

November 2, 2019

Senate Spending Bill Includes Major Animal Wellness Victories, But $35 Million in Funding for Mass Removals of Wild Horses and Burros Approved

November 1, 2019

U.S. House Natural Resources Committee Takes Action to Protect Wildlife

September 18, 2019

USDA Looks the Other Way As Horse Soring Runs Rampant at 2019 World Championship Event

September 5, 2019

Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration left Bloodied and Maimed by Press, Protestors, and the City of Nashville

August 29, 2019

Revisiting the PAST with Plans for the Future

July 9, 2019

Horse Deaths Underscore Wisdom of Horseracing Integrity Act

June 28, 2019

Big Wins for Animals in House Spending Bill, but Treatment of Wild Horses and Burros Still Unsettled

June 26, 2019

144th Preakness Overshadowed by Santa Anita Horse Deaths, Kentucky Derby Controversy

May 17, 2019

Dangerous Race Day for Horses at the Opening of the 145th Kentucky Derby

May 3, 2019