New York City Public Hearing–Ban Horse Drawn Carriages
Written by Vegetarian Star on Monday, January 25th, 2010 in Animal Issues.
New York city councilman Tony Avella had plans to discuss removing horse drawn carriages from city streets at a public hearing today, according to the New York Post.
“In the last 18 months, there have been at least seven accidents involving horses in the city, with three horses killed and five people injured,” said Avella.
“And that’s only the ones we know about,” he said.
Several celebrities have shown their support to end the long tradition, including Alec Baldwin and Chrissie Hynde.
Baldwin once compared the industry to “drug dealers” and “public intoxication” and Glee star Lea Michele lent her face to a PETA advertisement, Buck Cruelty.
Cited by The Gothamist, New York state director for the Humane Society Patrick Swan said, “Carriage horses often work in oppressive and inhumane weather conditions, including in the sweltering heat and extreme cold. The horses were forced to work – despite the bitter cold, despite the icy, dangerous and slippery conditions, and despite current laws that say they should not have been out on the streets working and competing in the traffic with emergency vehicles.”
Avella hopes to take 220 horses off the streets of the NYC.
Will some of them retire through the Carriage Horse Adoption Program?
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