Letters & Editorials
STATEN ISLAND ADVANCE
12/31/2007
If We Ban Carriage Horses, They Will Need Good Homes
In a letter published on Dec. 27, Ralph Martell claims that Councilmember Tony Avella's bill to stop the horse-drawn carriage industry will result in their being "brought back to the auction block." These are scare tactics designed to get people not to support the bill. Councilmember Avella is working on an addendum to the bill that will address this issue. But more importantly is what Mr. Martell is suggesting. If carriage horses are brought to slaughter, it is because they were brought there by their owners. These horses do not go to New Holland by themselves. Carriage-horse owners need to accept that responsibility. The owners have the choice now to bring the horse to auction and make a quick buck to buy a new one, which many do, or to find a good home.
Elizabeth Forel – Manhattan.
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