NYC carriage horses life and death

Coalition To Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages
Ban horse drawn carriages, they are killed on the streets of NYC. there is no reason for them to be on the streets in the city. Then when they are worn out they are sold at Newholland, and go to slaughter.

Lets go with vintage cars, that is right thing to do.

1906 - After San Francisco's earthquake, SF/SPCA officers rescued countless horses trapped in burning stables. Because horses were often injured or killed pulling streetcars up and down San Francisco's steep hills, The SF/SPCA became a prime backer of the introduction of cable cars, the first of which was introduced in 1873.


NYC can change also, no more horse drawn carriages.

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[notmybutt]

yes, I do carry whips and I do use them on my horse. I will also use it on those fucking animal activists. My horse don't mind when I whip him. He don't mind not eating for hours and working dehydrated. He is a great horse. Sometimes, he starts slowing down and/or limping so then I whip his ass. I have to make my monies

[kathleenburns]

well at least you have told us the truth about carriage drivers. we know just what they do now.

[ElementalAtHeart]

Yes, WILD horses do have better feet than DOMESTIC horses. That does not mean that putting a DOMESTIC horse out in the wild will automatically give him better feet. THOUSANDS of years of selective breeding has given him the need for shoes, special feed, and human care.

[darci99]

No, I am a carriage driver in Canada. I do not wish to watch your biased propaganda.  The main use for draft horses is meat, I think that they are much happier on the streets of New York or Victoria than in a tin can.

[CarriageHorseFOREVER]

The insinuation that carriage horses are "disgarded" and sent to slaughter is just that ---an INSINUATION. And if the horses photographed at auction with the auction tags on their rumps were NOT NYC carriage horses, then you are deliberately lying about NYC carriage horses. The NYC carriage association has its own retirement farm- Blue Star Equiculture. Many carriage horse owners retire them to their own farms. Many are sold to special service liveries were they work only a few days a month.

[nikosamoyedo]

Woman´s rights, human rights and animal rights are different expressions of one fundamental principle - Justice and equality.

It´s about rejecting opression, discrimination and tyranny.

[wyssaway88]

@Roidz08 But they still experience them. They are more easily frightened by the sights/sounds/smells of the city, and therefore put under more stress by them. They need to be looked after by us, not simply dismissed because they are not the same species as us.

[wyssaway88]

@11981942 You are able to choose your job, and decide what conditions you believe you can tolerate. And you are free to leave if the conditions are ever intolerable. These horses do not have the luxury. I agree that horses need/love to work, but there need to be very strict regulations in place for horses in places like NYC, because they cannot speak for themselves. So honestly, using your own working conditions/hours as an example has no basis. I'm sorry.

[11981942]

everyone (including horses ) have a job ! will you come protest to my boss that i am being treated unwell ? i work outside , in intense heat , live in the city , and work more than the 8 hours the NYC carriage horses work ! every horse i own WORKS!!!!!! from mini to draft ! these horses are look alot better shape then the poor horses you see slaughter buyers buying at horse auctions , every wonder why horses get slaughtered ????BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO JOB TO DO AND WITHOUT A JOB , THEY ARE MEAT !

[Roidz08]

I think you people spend far too much humanising animals. I love horses, don't get me wrong but they are horses NOT people. EQUINE not HUMAN. They don't experience things in the way we do.

[vivienleigh1097]

Your all extremists these horses are all well fed and yesthey all have drivers licences and their have only been 3 accidents in 25 years and the mark you see at 3:14 isnt from driving that is a health problem and its allready been taken care of

[vivienleigh1097]

alot of these pictures arent even from nyc

[theodorodepangrazia]

Can the carriage horse trade be monitored, regulated and humane? A working horse is not, in my opinion as a lifelong horse owner and handler - inherently a bad thing. Horses have simple needs. Wonder if these can be met in a NYC environment? Stabling, turnout, R & R with other horses...proper food and some freedom and downtime. New York is such an enterprising and creative place - surely there is a way. Rides only in Central Park, perhaps, with very restricted hours?

[vivaloriflamme]

@thedrafthorse

I volunteer with a horse rescue and it's true.

Retirement homes, indeed. Rescue the Thoroughbreds-- they  often get crippled by racing and only a few are rescued to become "pasture ornaments". Or they race until they end up in the Virgin Islands track then get dumped to starve, tied to trees.