Overcharging Tourists

They lie about the fares just as they lied about the treatment of these poor horses. Have a heart and enjoy NYC without funding cruelty. It is 34 dollars for 1/2 hour and not $50 dollars or $40 dollars. Also there is no tax on carriage rides and the charge is not based on the number of people

Please attend the City Council Consumer Affairs Committees public hearing on Councilman Avella's two bill concerning carriage horses, and consider providing two minutes worth of testimony in support of this humane legislation. The meeting is scheduled to take place on Friday, January 30, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. on the 2nd floor of City Hall

o animal - domestic or wild can have its' natural instincts and genetics wiped out no matter how hard humans try to do so for their own greed and appetite. Cows and horses and all other animals do not thrive when their basic needs and instincts are denied.

This is why there have been 21 NYC horse carriage accidents that we know of in the last 10 years. The horses were spooked and took flight into traffic. LAIM THERE IS NO EXTREMIST AGENDA, ONLY VERIFIABLE FACTS. Another convenient tactic used by the carriage industry and their supporters is to say that only a fringe group of activists and 1 NY councilman want the industry banned in NYC. LISTEN UP! THE ASPCA, which volunteers to oversee the industry with their admitted inadequate resources, supports a ban. The ASPCA states that THE INDUSTRY IS INHUMANE, and NYC CANNOT BE CHANGED TO MAKE IT HUMANE AND SAFE! In addition to Peta, the Humane Society and ASPCA, numerous other equine welfare groups support a ban.


The industry is always coming up with clever spin that is always devoid of fact. No thinking equine expert would call working in Times Square, walking up and down 9th Avenue from their stalls in warehouses through the severely congested traffic a humane experience for horses (prey flight animals). The horses are slammed between buses and cars with honking horns, exhaust fumes, and total chaos. This is not normal and fair to any animal even if one tries to rationalize that they are used to it. No feeling creature gets used to abuse. To add insult to injury they have NO turnout (area to walk freely, stretch, socialize as herd animals AKA horse play. They suffer joint problems from walking on concrete in the heat and cold (high humidity and chill factors are not factored in for horses despite the real effect it has on them) where the temperature is much hotter and colder than the air temperature. They have inadequate stalls sizes which prevent many of the horses from fully stretching out to sleep well and the horse who are housed above the first floor of the warehouses have no direct escape to the ground should their be a fire. The list goes on and on so LIAM GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT BEFORE YOU ROMANTIZE THIS INDUSTRY. As far as the industry losing approximately 400 jobs, oh please, this is life. We all must take responsibility for staying skilled and ready to evolve as industries evolve. They are not owed welfare just as other workers must take responsibility to stay talented, skilled and ready for new employment needs/trends. Health care, manufacturing, and IT employees just to mention a few- have all had to retool.

Listening to the industry and their supporters (celebrity or not) is like listening to the tobacco industry explain why smoking is safe while ignoring the American Medical Associations expert opinions.

AS WE EMBARK ON POSITIVE CHANGE AS A COUNTRY, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A NEW COMPASSIONATE AND SAFE "TRADITION"!

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[pkev715]

omg who care don't be cheap 50$ to go on a carriage ride stop your bitchen let them do there fucking job i dont come to your work if you change the price and bitch at you for 3 hours

[horsesinnyc]

@pkev715 the issue is that animal abuse and these drivers are LIARS. they stated that they don't overcharge and threaten me with a lawsuit. LOL, here is the proof that they DO overcharge and are LIARS. i really don't care and wouldn't even bother to videotape it if it was the horse abuse involved in this industry.

[CesiousFox]

Where are the cops, when this is going on?

[horsesinnyc]

I ask the same questions.  The NYC audit reports stated the lack of oversight of this industry and over the welfare of these poor horses.

[xeniakennedy]

lying horse abusers!

[Ammo1174]

5000 dollars, isn't that a little expensive?

[youlosez]

"no way is she a vegetarian" LOL I thought that was hilarious.

[friedie1jeff]

Thank you for doing this. I hope that they have been put out of business.

[Duhru4real2]

I charged 100 bucks one time. But we ran galloped throught he park not walk.

[canadaisthenorth]

$50 is what they always charge

[RadioReporter01]

I'm trying to picture an empty page such as you are calling anybody a "twat" but I can't.

I'm laughing too hard

[horsesinnyc]

I made this video and didn't copy it. Someone must have posted it on Voyspace. That is good. We all need to spread the word.