Horse Trainer Pleads Guilty to Animal Abuse A former hall of fame Tennessee Walking Horse trainer caught on tape beating horses with wooden sticks and shocking them with electric cattle prods has pleaded guilty to 22 counts of animal cruelty, the latest blow to a high-money sport that's been a target for animal rights activists.
July 11, 2013 - ABC News
Walking horse abuser’s saga wraps with guilty plea NASHVILLE — Convicted animal abuser Jackie McConnell will be in his 80s before he owns another Tennessee walking horse, the result of a plea agreement that ends a year of legal trouble launched by stomach-turning undercover video.
July 10, 2013 - Chattanooga Times Free Press
Tennessee Walking Horse abuser's legal saga wraps with guilty plea Convicted animal abuser Jackie McConnell will be in his 80s before he owns another Tennessee Walking Horse, the result of a plea agreement that ends a year of legal trouble launched by stomach-turning undercover video.
July 10, 2013 - WBIR-TV Knoxville