BUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE HORSES?
A new article on One Green Planet entitled
Where do all the NYC Carriage Horses Go? by Elizabeth Forel - 5/31/13
Please read this and the reports below.
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Occasionally we are asked the question: "What will happen to all the horses if there is a ban?" The question suggests that they will all go to slaughter if there is a ban.
While
it is fair question to an extent, it is often asked by
people who do not understand how the NYC carriage horse trade
operates -- people who try to challenge us as if we had not thought of
this important issue.
1. First you need to know that we would not have campaigned for a ban of the NYC carriage trade if we thought all the horses would go to slaughter.
2. Look at this proposed legislation, which we drafted, outlining horse disposition when the trade shuts down -- specifically S 17-329 Disposition of licensed horse. (CAPS is new text; strike through is deleted text.) This does not happen now. We also tried to get this bill passed in the City Council as a stand alone (Intro 670 in 2011) but it was killed by Speaker Christine Quinn.
3. Because of the loophole in the law targeting horses sold outside NYC, more than 71 horses do not have their license renewed each year. So any concern about horses going to slaughter if there is a ban should be redirected to the present status quo. What happens to these horses now?
4.
Many rescues and individuals have contacted us saying that when the ban
happens, they would like to take in some NYC carriage horses. NY
Class and the ASPCA also have a list. Because no one knows
when a ban will happen, out of respect for their privacy -- and because
we do not "telegraph our punches" we will not publish this list.
DOCUMENTATION
NOTE: this information is copyrighted by the Coalition for NYC Animals, Inc. If you would like to use it, we request that you e-mail us at coalition@banhdc.org for permission.
THE 21 PAGE REPORT - NYC Carriage Horses showing horse disposition based on DoH horse lists.