THE NYC CARRIAGE HORSE ISSUE DRAGS ON…
Bill deBlasio, NYC’s new Mayor promised to ban horse-drawn carriages in New York City, but so far there’s been no moving forward on this and chances are it may be quietly swept under the rug.  If so, this will be a painful lesson in the reality of corrupt US politics to many animal activists who usually like to look “apolitically” at the issues.

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Horses Without Carriages International www.horseswithoutcarriages.org

THE NYC CARRIAGE HORSE ISSUE

How the media has sold out

An example of how the media has distorted this story can be seen with PIX 11 TV. I was recently asked to be interviewed at their studio along with a driver. I said I could not do it but suggested someone else. This was going along fine until they told us that the show had been canceled because they could not find someone from the other side. Shortly after, I saw that they did a one on one interview with a carriage driver who was allowed to say the most outrageous things without being challenged by the reporter because he did not have a clue. I complained to the station, writing to the Exec. Producer and the Vice President. I was ignored. This is Yellow Journalism. There is no other name for it.

WORKING TO BAN HORSE-DRAWN CARRIAGES

an interview by the Times Union

Working to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages. This is an excerpt: A driver was charged with animal cruelty recently. Has this ever happened before? Will it help pave the way for the ban? This is the first time someone was caught. It was an NYPD officer who made the arrest and it is probably because they took over enforcing the cruelty laws on January 1st. The officer was probably more sensitive to the suffering. It is odd that only the NY Times reported on this cruelty arrest.videos of violations activists have amassed. Even though these have been turned over to the Department of Health and Consumer Affairs, nothing is generally done about any of this. Perhaps it was because Agency Commissioners are appointed by the Mayor (Bloomberg in this case) and did not want to rock the boat since Bloomberg supported the industry. The ASPCA also never responded to these videos.

 

BAN OF THE HORSE-DRAWN CARRIAGE TRADE IN NEW YORK

by ASPCA president (good article)

GALLOPING TO BAN HORSE-DRAWN CARRIAGES

from AM-NY

My comments: I hesitated to post the AM-NY piece because it gives credence to the land grab scenario by Steve Nislick/NY Class, which I do not believe to be true. But it has gotten its own legs.

 

CALVARY GROUP LOBBIES FOR CARRIAGE TRADE

this is an anti-animal lobby group

link to the bills they oppose — The SAFE Act to stop sending American horses to be slaughtered; the anti puppy mill bill plus efforts to upgrade anti-cruelty laws.

 

DEMO AGAINST HORSE-DRAWN CARRIAGE TRADE

Saturday February 1st

Please join the Coalition to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages and activists for our educational demo against the inhumane and unsafe horse-drawn carriage trade.

 

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Thank you for caring about the horses, Elizabeth Forel – Coalition to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages – a standing committee of The Coalition for New York City Animals, Inc.Please DONATE to our campaign to ban the inhumane and unsafe carriage horse industry.