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Gerald Ford: “This act is intended to ban the clearly inhumane practice of intentionally injuring the limbs and hoofs of horses.”

On the recordJuly 13, 1976
This act is intended to ban the clearly inhumane practice of intentionally injuring the limbs and hoofs of horses.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Statement on Signing the Horse Protection Act Amendments of 1976

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