There are many obvious reasons why horse-drawn carriages should be shut down. The unsafe character of the business is just one. The post Are Horse-Drawn Carriages Rides Safe for the Public? ...
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The bill to ban horse-drawn carriages is scheduled to be introduced into the City Council next week at a scheduled meeting. We are very grateful to Mayor DeBlasio for keeping his promise. The p...
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There has been yet another carriage horse accident in New York City. On June 9th, a Belgian draft named Pumpkin was waiting at the hack line at Central Park South when something spooked him and h...
The NYC Mayoral election is almost here and voters seemed poised to choose Bill deBlasio over Joe Lhota in a landslide vote. Although it seems pretty certain – with deBlasio polling almost 3...
The controversial horse-drawn carriage trade in New York City continues to be the subject of debate and has become an issue in the mayoral contest, which will be decided in November. Since 2006...
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It’s the winter holiday season in New York City. The smell of chestnuts roasting, joyful ice skaters, magical store window displays on Fifth Avenue, the glamorous Rockettes at Radio City...
Although there are currently no slaughter facilities in the United States to process horses for human food, it is not illegal to truck American horses to Canada and Mexico to be slaughtere...
A carriage horse doesn’t need a “vacation.” But they do need daily turnout to pasture, which they are denied in New York City. “A needed neigh-cation” by NY Post’s Candice M. Gi...
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Horses have always been the innocent victims – whether taken to war without a choice and worked to death; or used in rodeos, horse racing or New York City’s inhumane horse-drawn carriage...
Charlie Horse died on Sunday, October 23rd on the mean streets of New York. He was a NYC carriage horse on his way to work in the park. He lay there on the street, unidentified at the time...
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