Philadelphia Peaceful Horse Demonstration 12.5.09

The PA Chapter of Friends of Animals staged a peaceful demonstration to encourage the public to ban horse-drawn carriages in Philadelphia.

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[rowanmorrison]

Instead of thanking those of us who have rescued horses, why not put your money where your mouth is and stop contributing to the problem by exploiting them to make your living? It would be MUCH better for horses for you to work to end their exploitation than to rescue a handful (or however many you have rescued, if in fact you have rescued any).

[rowanmorrison]

No one working on behalf of horses automatically hates humans - stop with the inflammatory attacks, it won't fly here. It appears there is no depth to which you won't sink to justify your livelihood of forcing horses to perform for you.

[donttalktome0206]

All of you Need to be educated on care for horses!! these horses are not being mistreated in anyway shape or form!!!!!!!!!! Im a carriage driver and Yall activists need to get a job and stop sucking each others d..k!! f...k off dam

[kelanaslatimer]

What is more sad is hat there are so many horses that don't even get the care these people are providing. I think pulling a horse drawn carriage in a city is a poor existence for a horse but at least they are not being starved to death like those wild horses in Nebraska that a man "rescued". Those horses had freedom, then they were rounded up by the government, sold at auction, and starved to death by some rancher who didn't care.

[kelanaslatimer]

I have a horse that does not grow enough of a winter coat to stay warm. He loses weight if he is not fed grain in addition to free choice hays. He has to have special care for his feet or he will become too sore. Is it wrong of me to put blankets on him in winter, feed him grain, and have shoes put on him? Is it wrong of me to use a halter & lead to hold him for the farrier? I do not support horse drawn carriages but I do not agree that all relationships between humans and horses are abusive.

[HorsefeathersNYC]

Well done, my friends in Pennsylvania! Thank you for helping the horses.

[bgittelman99]

"Flighty and irritated" -- sort of like the horse that bolted at 3rd and Walnut Streets at the end of August, causing an accident and injuring the horse. A horse's acceptance of being enslaved by the carriage companies is not the same thing as enjoying it.

[bgittelman99]

@lacount9: #1: you speak very well just like the horses enjoy carting people around the city. #2 the fact that you are using horses for your own selfish purposes is an obvious fact, not an opinion.

[sdgeiger]

Try this experiment:

1. Stop breeding/domesticating new horses.

2. Count the number of wild horses that run to Philadelphia to become carriage horses.

If the number of horses arriving in Philadelphia is 1 or higher, then perhaps you will have a willing participant in the pulling of humans around the city.

If none arrive in Philadelphia to become Carriage Horses, then you have your answer about the true desires of these horses.

[sdgeiger]

We who support the horses to live out their lives freely are not on "high" horses - you are.

Your comment is a perfect example of the problem: Horses belong to themselves, not to humans. They deserve to live out their lives in a sanctuary. Their wild cousins deserve to live their lives as they so choose and not be rounded up to be killed, used, or to be domesticated.

[sdgeiger]

The horses should be free to live their lives the way they choose. It's a very simple concept to understand.

[eatingconsciously]

@lacount9 And another thing! If you think there's something wrong with someone who intervenes on behalf of an animal that isn't theirs, isn't that EXACTLY what you're doing here? Intervening on behalf of KEEPING horses that aren't yours exploited? Talk about hypocritical.