PETA Demands Equestrian Authorities Probe After Competitor Beats Horse for Refusing Fence People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) have called on Tom O’Mara, president of the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF), and Ingmar De Vos of the International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI) to investigate the vicious whipping of a horse at a show at California’s Desert International Horse Park. Video footage (below) from January 30 shows German Grand Prix jumper Kevin Lemke forcefully striking a horse named Good Luck with a whip six times—so harshly that the … Continue reading PETA Demands Equestrian Authorities Probe After Competitor Beats Horse for Refusing Fence