Letters & Editorials
NY DAILY NEWS
12/19/07
It's a hard life they lead
Manhattan:
The New York City carriage horse industry is a disgrace. These
good-natured horses serve about four years on the streets, living in
unnatural confinement, and are then slaughtered and replaced. The
retirement farms are an urban myth.
Linda Marcus
Glen Oaks: Now that a carriage horse owner has been arrested for attempted bribery, are we supposed to be confident in his claims that all is on the up and up in the stables? This arrest only reinforces that something is amiss. Who's overseeing those who oversee the animals?
Judy Purcell
Coalition To Ban
Horse-Drawn Carriages
A Committee of the Coalition For New York City Animals, Inc.
Contact:
The Coalition for
NYC Animals, Inc.
P.O. Box 20247
Park West Station
New York, NY 10025
e-mail
Coalition@banhdc.org
To honor
Bobby II Freedom
previously known as Billy
ID# 2873
rescued by the Coalition to
Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages and
Equine Advocates on June 25, 2010
from the New Holland auctions.
In memory of
Lilly Rose O'Reilly
previously known
as Dada ID# 2711
R.I.P.August, 2007