Testimony of Cruelty

[RadioReporter01]

All right I apologize

[jadeevalley]

I hope the right thing happens for the horses...you are doing the right thing by working to be their voice. thank you.

[Jimmyjumpnjive]

It's great that this documentary is on Youtube. I'm glad you're getting the word out.

[horsesinnyc]

thanks, yes I am happy it is now on Youtube as well so people can view it themselves :).

[maninwhitedress]

interesting.

[PitytheHorses]

Congratulations to Donny Moss on his Genesis Award for Blinders! This award recognizes the highest quality work, and the competition was keen!!! Well done, Donny, and bravo!

This award is the latest in a string of honors for this important documentary. This will ensure that even more people see the film!

[puggykisses]

I sure hope something gets done for those poor horses!!!

[tomken8dy]

Yeah, the public knows better than to believe those "lies" - ESPECIALLY if they ban the film so nobody sees it!!

[RadioReporter01]

I'm sure you can give some good reason why it should be banned and don't give as a reason that it keeps the carriage trade from properly abusing the horses to the tune of $15 million a year.

What did you find in the movie to not be truthful?

[tomken8dy]

This was sarcasm. 'Lies"- in quotation marks

and banning the film so they can call it lies

and nobody will see it and know it's really true.

Don't people understand sarcasm, metaphor, simile, irony or any other subtleties of the

English language? Must everything be

blatantly obvious a dumbed-down?

[RadioReporter01]

I could read college level in the third grade. Dumb it down for me

I took the MENSA test for my mom at the age of 10 and got her into the 98th percentile. That means in the top 2% of the USA.

Dumb it down for me.

I teach English to the Japanese. No problem explaining all the subtleties of the English language there huh?

[tomken8dy]

My grade school reading comprehension and writing skills were also college level.

You failed to perceive SARCASM and misinterpreted the not-so-subtle subtly

of my comment.

That's obvious and undeniable.

Maybe you just had a brain fart.

Maybe you're full of sh*t.

I never even THOUGHT about MENSA.

Stuck-up A-holes with no damn sense.

btw I think you're full of sh*t.

[RadioReporter01]

horsesinnyc says we're on the same side so I apologize.

She has more balls than most of the drivers put together. Check how the drivers mock her in "Drivers taunts" on her page.

This is the industry spokesman?

[tomken8dy]

Hey, fuggedaboudit.

Buy nu a beer??

[tomken8dy]

crap

nu= u

[DoctorHunterr]

This guy has no idea about horses. They have "rinks where they can play????" This isnt hockey my friend. ARENA's is the term you are looking for city slicker. Why dont you mind your own business. Us horse experts arent butting into the urban world of politics, why dont you stay out of our rural world of agriculture.

[horsesinnyc]

DoctorHunter oppose the Conyers-Burton Prevention of Equine Cruelty and encourage them to join the midwestern states in the movement of maintaining the right to transport slaughter horses and reestablish horse processing plants in the US

[horsesinnyc]

NYC is Urban and the horses don't belong in such an Urban environment. You prove the point yourself.

[alexsamers]

The "rural world" is exactly where these horses belong - not in the "urban world" where they get hit by cars and have no pasture.

[lmarieaa]

Thank you for this video.

[10bears2]

Horses do not belong in traffic with motorized vehicles! It's just common sense. Not to mention the cruelty they endure at the end of the day - being kept in cramped quarters. I will never ride in a NYC horse carriage. These people are criminals!

[NiggiTube]

Meat is very important and people shouldn't have to give up eating meat. But when you bring horses into the city full of traffic and are being exposed to fumes and chemicals, they will get very sick and frightened. They should make special parks for the horse carriages so that way they aren't too exposed to the fumes and there is more room for the horses to move, and they aren't going to run in the middle of the street and surprise people.

XD

[androclestipster]

I hope he gets his point across. Thanks for the share my friend. Very important work.

[askalice50]

I live in a small city in western Canada and we regularly protest the carriage rides here. I have personally seen an accident involving a carriage, and several (too close) close calls. Time we entered the 21st century, people. Horses DO NOT belong in modern-day traffic.

[wushustuntman]

I live in chicago and i see them sometimes and every time i look at them in disgust. this was okay in the 1800's but because of cars and the fuems they produce it is they are breathing in nothing but exhuast pipe.

[manhattanwombat]

there should be a total ban. its hard to make tourists from all over the world aware of the strain this kind of work puts on the horses. the lack of knowledge among the tourists also makes it hard to reduce this practice, so its better to just ban it.

[horsesinnyc]

Exactly, the tourists are blind to the abuse and the drivers even overcharge them. some tourists think the horses live in barns. It is sad for the horses. Most New Yorkers support the ban and a lot of them have bear witness to the suffering of these poor horses.

[gimmeabonedog]

Good!

[donnadecember]

Excellent testimony! I wish Moss had been given more time to testify.

Why is John Liu's name included in the tags? Is he the one who cuts off the testimony?

[horsesinnyc]

Hi friend, John Liu who is running for comptroller is sponsoring a bill intro 653-A. This bill will weaken enforcement of current laws by removing authority from the ASPCA, New York Police Department, and others to enforce the meager protections that the horses have while providing fare hikes for the industry and shifting the costs of providing water to horses to taxpayers. It opens the door for the industry to self-regulate and escape oversight by independent agencies.

[horsesinnyc]

What makes Int. 653-A especially reprehensible is that a year and a half ago, City Comptroller Bill Thompson released an independent audit documenting the inhumane conditions the horses live and work in, which found the horses are forced to stand in their own waste in stables and work without adequate water, protection from harsh weather conditions, and oversight by authorities. More enforcement needs to be done, not less.

[rufflesworld]

thank you for drawing attention to this cruel practice.