Reports came in last weekend of another incident involving one of the New York carriage horses. The horse got frightened while in the heavy Upper Manhattan traffic and took off dragging its carriage along with it as it ran.
The incident happened during the early evening traffic while traffic flow is at its heaviest and the news has led to yet more calls for the ban on the use of carriage horses. The incident only came to an end when the horse eventually collapsed outside of the studios where the John Stewart Daily Show is recorded.
Details released by the Coalition to Ban Horse Drawn Carriages shows that there have been six such incidents in recent years, most notably that of Charlie, a Percheron horse estimated to be 15-years-old, who collapsed in the streets of New York last year. It was later found that the horse was in poor health and would have likely been in immense pain. The death of Charlie highlights the need to ensure the proper welfare of the horses and has added further weight to the campaign to ban the use of carriage horses, a campaign which has received the backing of some in congress.
Commenting in a press release, Elizabeth Forel, president of the Coalition to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages, said:
The incident happened during the early evening traffic while traffic flow is at its heaviest and the news has led to yet more calls for the ban on the use of carriage horses. The incident only came to an end when the horse eventually collapsed outside of the studios where the John Stewart Daily Show is recorded.
Details released by the Coalition to Ban Horse Drawn Carriages shows that there have been six such incidents in recent years, most notably that of Charlie, a Percheron horse estimated to be 15-years-old, who collapsed in the streets of New York last year. It was later found that the horse was in poor health and would have likely been in immense pain. The death of Charlie highlights the need to ensure the proper welfare of the horses and has added further weight to the campaign to ban the use of carriage horses, a campaign which has received the backing of some in congress.
Commenting in a press release, Elizabeth Forel, president of the Coalition to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages, said:
“Horses do not belong on the congested streets of NYC being
barraged with such a variety of stimuli. As prey animals who weigh between
1,500 and 2,000 pounds and who will bolt and spook at the slightest
provocation, these sensitive, nervous animals become unwitting weapons and
could kill or injure themselves or passers-by. “
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