Letters & Editorials
See: New
York City – carriage horse issue
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cities – carriage horse issue
Saving the Horses - January 30, 2013 - NY Press
Poems by supporters December 2012
NY Times - April 24, 2010 - Carriage Horses' Plight
The Riverdale Press - April 22, 2010 - Horse-Drawn Carriages Should be Banned
NY Post - (two letters) November 4, 2009
NY Daily News - (five letters) January 17, 2009
NY Daily News - Spare the Horses - January 15, 2009
Downtown Express - Horse Sense - October 31-November 6, 2008
Chelsea Now - on Quinn - (three letters) May 23-29, 2008
Alan's Foie Gras Faux Pas - The Villager - May 14-20, 2008
Quinn's Callous Indifference & Morality More Than A Human Issue
Chelsea Now - May 9-15, 2008
Speaker Shortchanges Animals - Chelsea Now - May 2-8, 2008
The Big Slush Hush - Village Voice - April 16, 2008
Response to biased Irish Voice article - May 2, 2008 (5 letters)
Speaker Shortchanges Animals - The Villager - April 16, 2008
Horse and Carriage Cruelty - Friends of Animals Letter to the NY Times - April 11, 2008
ASPCA and the Horses (pro industry NY Sun editorial) - April 10, 2008
ASPCA Letter to NY Sun - April 10, 2008
Friends of Animals Letter to NY Sun (not published) April 6, 2008
Horse Sense - Editorial - NY Sun - March 31, 2008
Drivers Need to respect horses - February 27, 2008
Vet: Carriage Horses Suffering - February 26, 2008
Horse Misery Sign of Bigger Issues - February 25, 2008
New York City Horses Can't Just Be Horses - February 21, 2008
Queens Councilman Speaks Out Against Horse-Drawn Carriages-
January 31, 2008
Animal Rights Groups Oppose Carriages - January 17, 2008
Horses Pulling Carriages Should be Banned in NY - January 8, 2008
Just Say Whoa - January 4, 2008
Carriage Horses Need Relief - January 3, 2008
If We Ban Carriages, They Will Need Good Homes - December 31, 2007
Mayor Bloomberg and the horses - December 31, 2007
Horse Sense - December 30, 2007
If Horses Are Well Cared for, Why Does Owner Use Bribes?December 27, 2008
Advocates Help Carriage Horses - December 27, 2007
Village Voice letter - December 26, 2007
Put This New York Tradition Out to Pasture - December 22, 2007
Send Horse Carriages to Pasture - December 21, 2007
The Blinders Come Off - December 21, 2007
Carriage Horse Ban is Deadly (pro industry) December 21, 2007
Send Horse Carriages to Pasture - (five letters) December 21, 2007
Ban Carriage Horse Operations in NY - December 20, 2007
It's a Hard Life They Lead - (two letters) December 19, 2007
Fate of Horse-Drawn Carriages in Balance (pro industry) - November 29, 2007
A Heroine for the Horses - November 22, 2007
Horse Treatment is Inhumane - November 12, 2007
CM Tony Avella to Introduce Ban Bill - November 12, 2007
Standing up for the City's Carriage Horses - November 8, 2007
Abuse of Carriage Horses in New York Lamented - November 3, 2007
Heartless About Horses (four letters) October 20, 2007
Hansom-Pedicab Turf War - October 7, 2007
Smoothie Leaves Bitter Taste - September 26, 2007Drummer Denies he Intentionally Spooked Horse That Died -
September 16, 2007
NY Daily News re death of Smoothie (seven letters) September 19, 2007
Horses Need Better Care - September 13, 2007
Praise for policing animal cruelty - August 1, 2007The Chief-Leader - July 27, 2007
Pity the horses - July 26, 2007 (two letters)
HORSE ABUSE NOT ROMANTIC - July 23, 2007 (two letters)
HORSES NOT FIT FOR EXTREME WEATHER - July 20, 2007
HORSE AND BUGGY MUST STOP NOW - 19 July 2007
TREAT OUR HORSE HUMANELY - June 4, 2007
Take care of carriage horses - June 1, 2007
HORSES MUST BE TREATED HEROICALLY - 26 April 2007
What about the carriages? - 2 March 2007
Cold brutal to horses - 8 February 2007
All old horses deserve to retire - 18 Dec 2006
Pedicabs are safer - 14 Dec 2006
Horses in the City - 14 Oct 2006
Abusing horses - 6 Oct 2006
Protect the steers - 6 Oct 2006
A New York Story, Shamefully. - 17 Sep 2006
Retirement II - 22 Aug 2006
Tradition of Cruelty - 16 Aug 2006
Carriage Owners Don't Get It; Stop Being So Inhumane to Your Horses! - August 13, 2006
Cruel Sport - May 23, 2006
Should carriage horses be restricted to Central Park? - 16 May 2006
The romantic 19th century charm of a carriage horse ride? - 16 May 2006
Mean streets of NYC are no place for a horse - 16 May 2006
Cruel carriages - 12 May 2006
Letter to Mayor Michael Bloomberg and NYC Council - Holly Cheever, D.V.M. - January 16, 2006
A Horse’s Fate – January 11, 2006
Horses in the City – January 10, 2006
PULLING IN THE REINS: HORSE-DRAWN DRAMA - January 7, 2006 (two letters)
Carriage Horse Hits Car – January 7, 2006
A Living Thing – January 6, 2006
No Place for a Horse – January 6, 2006
Would You Want a Carriage Horse's Life? - June 20, 2004
Having a Job, But Not Much Love - December 8, 2002
Horses Overheat, Too - July 28, 1999
Not Horses – February 23, 1999
Mayor Is Worst Enemy Of Carriage Horses - June 21, 1998
Help the Horses - February 17, 1994
Will This Mayor Care About Carriage Horses? - February 12, 1994
Horse Sense - January 10, 1994
Not Just the 'Crazies' Opposed Carriage Bill - January 9, 1994
Pity the Poor Horses - December 4, 1993
Meaner Pastures - November 30, 1993
Spare the Horses - November 16, 1993
Spare the Horses -- and New Yorkers - May 14, 1992
HORSE BILL BALANCES HUMANE AND BUSINESS INTERESTS; PATHETIC ANIMALS - April 29, 1992
Carriage-Horse Bill Balances Humane and Business Interests - April 29, 1992
Topics of The Times; Carriage Horses: In Danger Again - April 14, 1992
Conditions for Carriage Horses Improve Some in Holiday Season - December 30,1989
TOPICS OF THE TIMES; Horses and Over-Riders - November 19, 1989
Topics of The Times; The Carriage Horse Question - September 25, 1989
The Worm and the Apple; Super Scoopers - August 15, 1989
Let's Take the Carriage Horses Off the Streets of Manhattan - March 27, 1989
THE WORM AND THE APPLE: HORSE SENSE; Where Carriage Horses Belong - October 17, 1988
Hansom-Pedicab War - October 7, 2007Smoothie Leaves a Bitter Taste - September 26-Oct. 2, 2007
Carriage Horses Deserve Better Treatment From New York City; Worse in Evening - September 21, 1988
Carriage Horses Deserve Better Treatment From New York City; Old and Worn Out - September 21, 1988
Carriage Horses Deserve Better Treatment From New York City - September 21, 1988
Horses Need Better Care - September 13, 3007THE WORM AND THE APPLE: NEW DIRECTIONS; Horse Maneuvers - July 19,1987
Time to Do Something About Carriage Horses - December 18, 1985
CITY CARRIAGE HORSES THAT NEED NOT HAVE DIED - July 26, 1982
CITY CARRIAGE HORSES THAT NEED NOT HAVE DIED - July 26, 1982
FEEBLE 'WAGNER ACT' FOR THE HORSES OF NEW YORK CITY - August 17, 1981
CHARLESTON:
The Post and Courier - response to the investigation of the horse-carriage industry - July, 2009
Horse-Drawn Carriage Issue Draws Response - August 8, 2006
POLICE HORSE DIES IN HIT-AND-RUN CRASH - 27 Feb 2006
Pulling Carriages, a Tough Life for Horses - June 22, 2005
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
In memory of
Monty
Rescued former Boston carriage horse
R.I.P. July 20, 2013
To honor
Bobby II Freedom
former NYC carriage horse 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
former NYC carriage horse previously known
as Dada ID# 2711
R.I.P.August, 2007