Happy Endings
What happens to all the horses who are no longer able to work in the grueling horse carriage business – the ones who have pulled carriages full of tourists on asphalt streets, breathing in car exhaust; on the most humid days? Certainly a life in a horse sanctuary or one on a farm being loved by a wonderful family only awaits a very few. The average working life of a NYC carriage horse is only four years. When a horse is no longer able to do the job, the easiest and quickest way for an owner to dispose of him is to bring the horse to auction – such as the infamous horse auction in New Holland, Pennsylvania. Many of these horses are sold for slaughter – a sad end to a sad life.
A few, however, are saved and live out their days in peace and contentment. These are some of their stories.
TEDDY - THE GENTLE GIANT - May 2007
Update: MS. LILLY O’REILLY - February 2007
MS. LILLY O'REILLY - March 2006
The Boston Carriage Horse – Vicky Berry – March 2006
MOOSE – A FORMER NYC CARRIAGE HORSE
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