Lettes & Editorials
THE ISSUE: The closing of Shamrock Stables and the future of NY's horse-drawn carriage industry.
NY Post - November 4, 2009
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Shamrock
Stables is closing, and with it the abuse of 32 magnificent horses may
end ("There Goes the 'Neigh'-borhood'," Nov. 1).
I hope the same comes true for the other four stables and that this is the first step toward eliminating the arcane and inhumane horse-drawn-carriage trade from the Big Apple.
Susan Blankman
Manhattan
Finally, the city has come to its senses and is shutting down a carriage-horse stable that pays below-market rent in a municipally owned building.
This business is cash-only, pays no concession fees, leaves "gifts" of manure for the city to clean up (and me to step in), requires oversight by two city agencies and brashly overcharges tourists.
Jill Weitz
The Bronx
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