6 May 2007 - Vol. # 27
Volunteering
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T-Shirt Sale -
Horse Health -
NYC
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Horse
spooks in VA -
AETA in NYC
VOLUNTEERING
Tabling on Saturday, May 12th- Speaker Christine Quinn's
district
The weather is great and the horses need your help. The Coalition to
Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages will be tabling on Saturday, May 12th in
Speaker Christine Quinn's district. We need volunteers to help us
get signatures on petitions to the Mayor and City Council -- and to
hold posters. This is not a demonstration but an educational event.
It is an excellent opportunity to help the horses and get to see how
supportive both tourists and New Yorkers are. You can volunteer for
one hour or four. We need to know when you will be there so we are
sure to have coverage. Please contact Teresa at verush@aol.com
if you can volunteer.
WHEN: Saturday, May 12th, 2007 WHERE: midtown -
information will be given to volunteers. TIME: 1-5 PM
BAN HORSE-DRAWN
CARRIAGES T-SHIRTS
Promote our message to help the horses
The warm weather is here and it is time to wear your t-shirts - ours
preferably. Wear it to the gym to educate people about the carriage
horses; wear it to table with us - or just wear it because it looks
good and is comfortable. We have a sizable inventory of t-shirts
(shown here) in small, medium and large - that we want to sell to
raise money for our campaign. They run a little big. The slogan on
this style is "Show Compassion" "Say No to a Carriage Ride." We also
have a few left of the women's cap sleeve t-shirt in size medium,
which is to size. The slogan on this shirt is "There's No Romance in
Cruelty".
We are offering these shirts at $15 including postage - a $5-10
savings from our Internet store. If you are interested, please
e-mail me at coalitionbanhdc@gmail.com with the size needed. I will
e-mail you back to let you know if it is available. Only checks are
accepted. Although all sizes are available, please wait until you
hear from me confirming it. At that time, checks should be made out
to Coalition for New York City Animals, Inc., P.O. Box 20247, New
York, NY 10025.
However, if you want to purchase anything through
our store,
credit cards are accepted through PayPal. We have caps, t-shirts,
sweat shirts; tote bags and a tee for your dog.
LEARN MORE ABOUT HORSES
The Horse.com's series on anatomy and physiology
Want to learn more about how a horse's body works? Find out in
The
Horse's 12-part Special Report: Anatomy and Physiology. Sponsors
include the American Association of Equine Veterinary Technicians (AAEVT).
Files are in PDF format and can be downloaded.
The excellent educational presentation includes articles on anatomy
and physiology; joints, forelimbs and hind limbs; feet, head and
back, muscles, tendons and ligaments, digestive system, circulatory
and respiratory systems; and reproductive systems. This gorgeous
guy, with hair that looks like a beret, is Teddy whose story we will
report next week.
ACCIDENTS IN NEW YORK CITY
the horses always need your attention
It has been several months since a carriage horse accident in NYC
was reported by the press. That does not mean one has not happened,
however. As reported in a recent newsletter, a taxi hit a carriage
at Grand Army Plaza and CPS a few weeks ago but it was not reported
by the media. Now that we are tabling in Hell's Kitchen - in the
neighborhood that includes 9th Avenue, the main route back to the
stables - we have had several people describe accidents they have
witnessed. Many were never reported by the media probably because
they were not informed.
Our Coalition is steadfast about our mission, which is to ban the
immoral carriage horse trade in NYC. We are always working on this
issue - not just when the media is in a frenzy about an accident. We
are on the street gathering signatures on petitions and talking with
people. Please do not give up on the horses - work with us.
We need
your help - we cannot do it by ourselves. Talk about this with other
people. Wear our t-shirts and
buttons. it is a small price to pay to
get the message out. People will see your button or your t-shirt and
ask about it. Tell them to see our web sites to learn more about
this issue -- www.nycanimals.org and
www.banhdc.org. These horses
need all the help they can get not just when an accident is reported
in the media. Spotty, pictured above, is being dragged into a
trailer to be euthanized after the horrendous NYC crash in January,
2006.
CARRIAGE CRASH IN ROANOKE,
VA
Horse spooks - two people injured
HORSE-DRAWN CARRIAGE CRASH: WSLS NewsChannel 10 - May 1, 2007 -- Two
people were hurt when their horse-drawn carriage crashed. Blacksburg
police say it happened at 5:50 last night on University City
Boulevard. Investigators say a 73-year-old man and his daughter were
thrown from the carriage, because the horse became scared after the
carriage side-swiped a curb. According to police, the man was
wearing a helmet, but had to be air-lifted to the hospital in
Roanoke. His daughter declined medical treatment. While responding,
officers say they found and tried to stop the runaway carriage,
which was being pulled by two horses. It was eventually stopped
after the horses ran another half mile or so on University City
Boulevard.
AETA PRESENTATION
May 22nd at NYC Bar Association - Save the Date
On May 22, the NYC Bar Association Committee on Legal Issues
Pertaining to Animals will sponsor "The Animal Enterprise Terrorism
Act: Civil Rights as a Casualty in Anti-Terrorism Rhetoric".
WHEN:
Tuesday, May 22, 2007, 6 - 9 pm WHERE: NYC Bar Association, 42 West
44th Street , NYC
A serious setback for civil rights, the newly enacted federal Animal
Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA) risks targeting free speech
advocates as terrorists even in the absence of any harm or damage,
or for any loss of corporate profits. This program will address
AETA's far-reaching implications.
Moderator: ODETTE J. WILKENS Member, Committee on Legal Issues
Pertaining to Animals; Executive Director, Equal Justice Alliance
Speakers: WILL POTTER Award-winning Journalist; Creator of www.GreenIsTheNewRed.com blog focusing on the effects of the war on
terrorism on civil liberties; PETER MULLER Principal, League of
Humane Voters; MINNA ELIAS New York Chief of Staff and Counsel to
Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY); H. LOUIS SIRKIN Sirkin
Pinales & Schwartz LLP; ANDREW F. ERBA Williams Cuker Berezofsky;
ROBERT A. OBLER Criminal Trial Attorney; HEIDI BOGHOSIAN Executive
Director, National Lawyers Guild; DAVID CASSUTO Associate Professor
of Law, Pace Law School
"Cowardice asks the question, Is it safe? Expediency asks
the question, Is it politic? Vanity asks the question, Is it
popular? But conscience asks the question, Is it right? And there
comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor
politic, nor popular, but he must take it because his conscience
tells him that it is right." - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
| Thank you for caring about the horses, Elizabeth
Forel - Coalition for NYC Animals, Inc. for the
Coalition to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages |
