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Jillian Michaels‘ harsh criticism and no excuses attitude has helped many motivate themselves to lose weight and reclaim their health on the hit NBC series Biggest Loser.

Now she’s playing just as tough, coming down hard on New York city officials who refuse to take horses out of the drawn-carriage industry.

In an ad for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Michaels poses with one of her favorite animals and urges fans, NYC residents and animal lovers alike to remember that when it comes to horse-drawn carriages, the animals are always the “Biggest Losers.”

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“Rolling torture wagons for nature’s most dignified creature.”

—Alec Baldwin, in an upcoming episode of 30 Rock, where his character Jack Donaghy sits in a horse-drawn carriage while trying to accurately describe the experience for horses. Baldwin said he agreed to do the scene as a way of expressing his disapproval of the industry.

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Pamela Anderson spends her Thanksgiving holidays with turkey like everyone else. She just doesn’t put it on her plate. The longtime vegetarian and former Baywatch actress revealed she enjoys going to a farm sanctuary and spending time with the birds who’ll never become someone’s dinner.

‘I go to the Gentle Barn and hang out with turkeys,” Anderson told NY Post’s Page Six. “I tickle them under the wings and I sit them on my lap, and I feed them pumpkin pie.”

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Chelsea Handler has written a letter to New York mayor Bloomberg asking that he back a plan by the group NYCLASS to take horse-drawn carriages off the city’s streets and replace them with eco-friendly electric hybrid cars.

Not only will these cars save horses from working in unfavorable weather conditions like snow, ice and rain, according to Chelsea, the vehicles last so long after a charge, they work better than her vibrator.

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Olivia Munn appeared on The Today Show for St. Patrick’s day with host Hota Kotb.

The topic turned to the subject of whether or not some brides were happy with their proprosals. According to one poll, 1 in 4 women hated their proposals.

Kotb begins discussing her proposal, which involved a horse-drawn carriage in New York’s Central Park.

Yes, she dared to mention she enjoyed a horse-drawn carriage to the same Olivia Munn who’s spoken out about several animal welfare issues, including circus animals and horse-drawn carriages. Here’s how the conversation went:

“Did you guys just watch an 80s chick flick and then go off, and then did you realize that it’s really horrible to ride in those carriages?” Munn asked.

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Mayor Bloomberg declared a weather emergency in New York City, asking that cars stay off the roads so they could be cleared. With inches of snow and frigid temperatures, it wasn’t a time for anyone to be out unless they had to. Yet, some horse-drawn carriages were still seen trying to make their way through the streets, getting stuck in the snow in the process.

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“It’s devastating. You see them in the rain, you see them in the snow. You see them in traffic like a car. I wouldn’t go out in that weather. I wouldn’t walk around in it. But they have to. They’re animals. They’re not cars.”

—Lea Michele, during an interview with PETA on the conditions carriage horses work in in New York city. A group called NYCLASS agrees that horses who pull carriages aren’t cars. That’s why they’d like to replace them with real vehicles.

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Prince William and Kate Middleton are breaking a long tradition in royal weddings that some are speculating has something to do with influence of animal rights groups.

According to Hello Magazine, Kate will travel by car to the ceremony instead of the traditional horse-drawn carriage. Royal brides have arrived via Glass Coach since the early 1900s.

The Telegraph has noted this could also be for security reasons, but it suggests animal welfare could have played a part in the decision.

What are your thoughts?

Is the Royal Family making up for the fur hat the Queen wore during this past Christmas services?

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