The general membership of the Heart Of America Walking Horse Association (HAWHA) held a meeting on June 7, 2010, and a decision was made to form a committee to appoint a newly-created Deputy Licensing and Enforcement Coordinator to enhance the Heart Of America Horse Industry Organization (HIO) operation to enforce the Horse Protection Act (HPA).
           
Following the general membership meeting, the Heart Of America Walking Horse Association Board of Directors met and made a recommendation to video the inspection area at horse shows.
           
We, the Heart Of America Walking Horse Association, want to make it known that we want good, clean, quality horses at our shows and there will be no tolerance of bad image or non-compliant horses.