NYC carriage horses: an Animals' Angels investigation

Video from an Animals' Angels investigation shows unsettling scenes from a day in the life of New York City carriage horses. They are housed in Hell's Kitchen, travel to Central Park in heavy and loud traffic, work long shifts in excessive heat and cold , and have inadequate food and water.

The video shows interiors from West Side Livery, a multistory Manhattan stable on W. 38th Street that houses a number of New York City's carriage horses. This stable has cramped standing stalls in which the horses are tethered to feeding troughs, as seen toward the end of the video. West Side Livery lacks sprinklers but instead has fire buckets filled with sand. Hay is stored in the stable and in the event of fire, flames would likely race through the building.

Because West Side Livery is 2 miles from Central Park, its horses have some of the longest and most dangerous commutes every day.

SOME OF THE PICTURES SHOWN IN THE REPORT WERE PROVIDED TO ANIMALS' ANGELS BY AN ANONYMOUS SOURCE.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• West Side Livery
• Animals' Angels
• New York City carriage horses
• horse-drawn carriage
• horse and buggy
• Central Park carriages
• tie stalls