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PETITION
Please sign this very important petition
to the NYC Council about mandating that carriage horses do not go to
the slaughter auctions but instead go to good homes and sanctuaries
when their services are no longer needed.
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Central Park is gorgeous this time of year - visit this blog and learn more about how to really enjoy it
Ten Things Not to Do in New York City
(hint - do not take a carriage ride - find out why.)
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Ban carriage horse bill introduced in the NYS legislature by Senator Tony Avella
Read more about it
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Read more about our rescue of NYC carriage horse
Bobby II Freedom
(ID #2873)
New York Times - 7/5/2010
Equine Advocates web site 6/28/2010
The Examiner - 7/01/2010
Huffington Post - 7/01/2010
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Youtube video - Horses Burning in the sun - 7/2010
Carriage horses suffering in heat wave. See this article from New Zealand Horse Talk 7/20/2010 -
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The Consumer Affairs Committee of the City Council held a public hearing on March 12, 2010 to hear testimony on Intro 35, the industry bill, Intro 86, the vintage car bill and Intro 92,
the bill to ban the industry outright. Click on each Intro number
to see information about each bill. Click on each of the
following nubmers to see the text of the bills. 35A; 86; 92
Read some of the testimony from the March 12th hearing.
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Read how the drivers overcharge but no one cares. Click here.
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Read about the Animals Angels undercover investigation of the NYC carriage horse industry. Click here.
The Department of Health & Mental Hygiene held a public hearing on March 3, 1010 to hear comments on their recommended changes to existing regulations concerning carriage horses. This concerned Chapter 4 of the Commissioner's Regulations and Health Code Article 161.
Public Comments from this hearing
NIVEA uses NYC carriages horses to promote their product. BOYCOTT NIVEA. 2/14/10
Friends of Animals - Valentine's Day rally announcement 2/14/08
Picnic benefits horse rescue agency - 26 Aug 2007
New York City Audit Report - 27 Jun 2007
Pedicabs are safer - 14 December 2006
Letter to Virginia Beach City Council - 11 December 2006
Carriage Horse Concerns - HORSE (London) - December 2006
NOT SO ROMANTIC - By Elizabeth Forel - HORSE NATION FALL 2006
Pulling the Reins on the Horse-Drawn Carriage Industry - Friends of Animals - By Edita Birnkrant - 28 Oct 2006
Shocking lives of carriage horses
highlighted - petition to ban industry promoted - HORSETALK - 28
Sep 2006
PETA Wants Horse-Drawn Carriages
Removed From Central Park - wnbc.com - 20 Sep 2006
PET PROJECT - New York Post - JULIA SZABO - 11 Jun 2006
TRADITION, OR CRUELTY? - HUDSON REPORTER - Jessica Rosero - July 30, 2006
Coalition to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages launches fund raising campaign to help NYC's Carriage Horses - May, 2006
RESULTS OF WCBS TV CHANNEL 2 ON-LINE POLL - 12 May 2006
Queens Councilman Wants Horse-Drawn Carriages Banned From City Streets - NY1 News - 11 May 2006
HARDWORKING HORSES' HISTORY - BY SAMUEL BRUCHEY, Newsday Staff Writer - May 11, 2006
CARRIAGES: YEA OR NEEEIIIGH? - BY MELANIE LEFKOWITZ, Newsday Staff Writer - May 11, 2006
NO HORSING AROUND? - BY MELANIE LEFKOWITZ, AM-NY - MAY 11, 2006
SOME WANT HORSES ON STREET REINED IN AFTER SPATE OF SPOOKINGS - Bradley Hope - NY Sun - May 10, 2006
Two Carriage Horse Accidents in One Week: Horse Advocates Urge Boycott - Press Release - 8 May 2006
Calling for Decency and Public Safety, Horse Advocates Seek Carriage Ban - Press Release - May, 2, 2006
League of Humane Voters NYC - Memo of Opposition for Horse Drawn Cab Bill - April, 2006
POLS SPURS CARRIAGE-BAN FIGHT - 14 Feb 2006
NYC HORSE ADVOCATES SEEK TO BAN HORSE-DRAWN VEHICLES - Press Release - 13 Feb 2006
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