I notice every time the news reports on a carriage incident or a video shows up on YouTube that shows how cruel the carriage industry is, these parasites waste no time spreading their despicable lies. Yeah, they treat their horses so well, one of them had a painful ulcer and a cracked tooth because he’s living like a king.

That fat pig Quinn and that sorry excuse of a mayor should’ve been in office during the days when Tammany Hall was at its strongest. They would’ve fit right in. A nice perfect fit.

The pro-carriage industry statements remind me of an old Monty Python routine. A man brings back a parrot that he had just bought from a pet shop. His complaint was that the pet shop sold him a dead parrot. The man then proceeds to have an argument with the store owner, who insists that the parrot is not dead, he’s just sleeping. Of course the parrot is obviously dead, but the store owner just keeps insisting that there’s nothing wrong with the parrot.

In the same way, no matter how many accidents happen involving carriage horses, no matter how many horses die, the carriage industry, along with Mayor Bloomberg and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, just keep insisting that there’s nothing wrong with having horses pull carriages around the streets of New York City.

Keep the horses!
Alot of these horses would not be adopted and would just be slaughtered. No horse volunteers for execution. Truth is that if the horses were out in the wild, they would have it worse. They would be dealing with the elements constantly, forest fires, no medical care, no guaranteed feeding, wild dogs and other predators.
The carriage horses have reasonably good lives for horses. All horses can not be pets. The large draft horses are built for work and for centuries have been working and still living out the full life span for the breed.
Anyone who can’t see a horse drawn carriage when driving a car is a menace. If they fail to yield or even observe the horse and carriage, how can they possibly avoid striking pedestrians, bicyclists, and other vehicles? Signs should be posted advising them of horse drawn vehicles, the need for motorists to yield and severe penalty for failing to do so such as temporary license revocation.
No one wants to see any horse or driver or person hurt period.
If they want to add more vet care for the horses, I am fine with that. I am fine with giving the horses the best care available and the proper diet as well as rest time when the horse needs it.
However, I am against removing all horses due to a couple of problems since the problems are infrequent. The carriage horse that got tangled in the equipment is a rarity but horses sometimes have problems in barns and paddocks under the best care so this does not mean the horse is not getting care.. The horses do get petted, do receive treats, do have stalls to protect them from the elements. When it comes to being ground up for dog food, all the horses would vote “Neigh” (Nay is the translation) And sadly, most of the older ones and the less attractive ones would be put down right away.

F,,K U anti-horse okoles! let the horses work.

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Let me ask all of you people who think what these cabbies do is right what would happen if i brought my horse to New York and tried to walk him down the middle of the street in traffic? I know what would happen. I would be fined and my horse would be removed from me because livestock are not allowed in the city streets and my horse would be a danger to the community and traffic. Not to mention all of the risks to my horse itself. BUT Because these horses make money who cares about anyones well being or safety? If livestock arent allowed in city limits go find out why… Ill go ahead and tell you….Sanitary reasons, no good place to keep the animals and keep them healthy…Public safety…among others, so what makes it ethical for these horses to be here??? OH YEAH $$$$$$$$! Thats right! The almighty $$$$. How silly of me. Money is whats important here, not the animals. And let me ask all you people who say these animals would have been slaughtered if not for this industry, WHAT HAPPENS TO THESE HORSES WHEN THEY CAN NO LONGER PERFORM THEIR DUTIES AS SLAVES IN NEW YORK??? If these animals dont belong in city limits for me and you ( and let me tell you that my horses would be way more cared for than these animals) is money a good enough reason for that rule to be broken? I guess if all you care about is money thats fine, but not for me. These horses belong on farms where they have room to run and be horses. Not shoved in some stall and only taken out when they are walked around on city streets. Where im from you MUST have 10 acres per horse or they will be removed. Do these horses have even one acre? I thought not.

Ban this cruel practice. People who exploit animals, no matter the excuse, are not thinking about anything but themselves and their own pleasure.

Hire people to pull the carriages. Dress them up in silly little outfits. At least they’ll be doing it voluntarily. Maybe Mayor Bloomberg would like that idea as it will create more jobs.

unless these activist will pull the carriages themselves, i suggest they go about solving real problems. like reversing current policies in usa, which turned it into a police state.

This must stop. Stop animal slavery!!!

As a tourist it breaks my heart to see such middle ages practise with working animals in the streets. This is 2011!!! Mr. Bloomberg – do you have a heart in your body? Animals should not be working, suffering or dieing in the streets of NYC. Not for money, not for fun, not for tourists not considering what they do.
Stop this now and free these animals from extreme stress, horror, slavery and cruel accidents or even death!

If animal welfare groups would like to choose a battle worth winning, go after the bottom 5% of the horse industry–the breeders, owners, and commerical dealers who contribute to the over-supply of horses and then refuse to take responsibility for what they bring into the world and own. Did you know that most lamed or too-slow racehorses go straight from the track to slaughter, for the sake of nothing more than full depreciation on their owners’ tax returns?

The problem is NOT responsible owners who are giving healthy horses good care and reasonable jobs. I can tell you from a lifetime with them that most horses LIKE having a job, same as people. Go and feast your eyes on what people are dumping at the Camelot and New Holland auctions for LACK of a job, good care and an owner who wants them before you vilify the carriage drivers of NY!

An intelligent solution for all would be to confine horses to Central Park itself and stable them there.

We don’t live in a horse-drawn carriage society. Having them is archaic and satisfies human hubris to experience some sort of childhood fairytale. These horses suffer and are not well cared for, as we have seen from recent events. These majestic creatures should be cared for and respected.

Let’s hope the Mayor remembers this as part of his “review of the industry” http://www.nypost.com/p/news/regional/item_4gTJ5yYIRK1GEOu2oOGKVL FACT!

I would love to visit NYC with my family but i know my heart would break if I saw the poor carriage horses. Please make NYC a sophisticated city and not an example of animal cruelty

PLEASE MAYOR DOUCEBERG GET ALZHEIMERS

Anyone with a good eye can clearly witness that “16 to 17 hand” measurement is not often followed. It may be what they are taught in carriage horse school 101 but the drivers don’t comply with that or much else. Plus a horse’s nostrils do not have to be inhaling fumes directly from the tailpipe to pose a health issue. The tourists whose business you take in with your cash business (is that tax-free?) often specifically ask for “buggy rides”. When they learn the truth or are victims of what can happen when riding in one, they speak out. We are grateful for them. http://www.banhdc.org/

We just got some VERY good news for the carriage industry: because of the recent fuss now being made about the horse who fell and got up unharmed, Mayor Bloomberg, who has been under fire from the RARAs and Sen Avella et al, has called for a “review of the industry.”
We wholeheartedly SUPPORT this review, we welcome it with open arms. As we have said time and again, we have nothing to hide. We look forward to whatever review the Mayor has in mind.
Thank you, Mr. Mayor — we will be exonerated!

Not only should our attention be on the Hansom carriage horses, but also on Greyhounds that are abused at race tracks. All this animal abuse for the love of money! People will turn a blind eye to these horrors if money is to be made.

To all of you that have never taken a carriage ride in NYC I challenge you to do it before opening your mouths and slipping a hoof in there. These horses are well fed, well watered and well loved by their owners. You can pet them and even feed them if you know how to. They are the gentlest creatures I have ever met. Now for those of you that are concerned about death’s of horses in the streets, may I remind you that people crossing the street, and walking on the sidewalk, going to the theatre. eating at a restaurant, drop dead all the time. Should restaurants be banned, should sidewalks be banned, should streets be banned, should ball parks be banned…a few die in ballparks every year..from underlying causes every year? Or should people be banned without having several MD’s examine their fitness to walk the streets of New York? I will almost bet you the the cab crash was the cabbies fault. The horses would probably be dead..they had no other function and would have been slaughtered. It is sad to see any animal die. I am a total animal lover. This practice has been going on for a very long time. We kill, every year on our highways over 35,000 people. Not even close to the few horses that have died. And that’s we all of the .new safety equipment in the cars today. Put this in perspective..these animals are loved..these unfortunate incidents are not that common, but every weekend and week day..car accidents are. Leave the Hanson cab industry alone..or outlaw people coming out of their homes. They can die just as easily there. They don’t have to take up the time of the NYPD and NYFD.

the tiny carriage horse trade will never accept responsibility for anything that goes wrong in their business. They have been infantilized by the government for so long with coddling, subsidies, entitlements and political cover that they would not even know what the word “responsibility” meant. It is not in their lexicon.

If a horse collapses and dies on the street: horses die, get over it. Or this horse was new to the business; if a horse spooks: Liar, it did not happen – or there are too many cars on the street; Now with this new horse – they say he was too frisky and got his leg caught. The Daily News reports he was down for 15 minutes. Video shows he was down for the count – very still. Does not sound like a frisky, energetic horse to me. But hey – if you want to believe that, I have a nice bridge i can give you cheap.

Coalition to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages
http://www.banhdc.org

This cruel out-dated practice must stop! Bravo to Sen. Avella for his efforts, which I hope are successful! Anyone who knows horses knows that this is a life antithetical to what is best for them. Certainly, as feeling, thinking humans, we know better than to continue to support this type of senseless cruelty.

Some VERY good news for the carriage industry: because of the recent fuss now being made about the horse who fell and got up unharmed, Mayor Bloomberg, who has been under fire from the RARAs and Sen Avella et al, has called for a “review of the industry.”
We wholeheartedly SUPPORT this review, we welcome it with open arms. As we have said time and again, we have nothing to hide. We look forward to whatever review the Mayor has in mind.
We will be exonerated!

Here’s a thought. Unshackle those poor horses and lets give them a better life sitting in Zuccotti Park. At the same time, lets eliminate a second problem. Hitch the OWS clowns to the buggies and let them pull tourists around the city. I’ll be glad to flick some ashes off my official 1 percenter cigar onto their hind side to keep them lazy, smelly mouchers motivated.

To Horse Lover:

The ratio of 1 carriage horse accident per month, when there are only about 220 horse carriages in the city, is exponentially greater than the 6400 accidents per month, when there are 10,000,000 vehicles in NYC.
How many more accidents does our thick mayor need to witness before he and his puppet, Christine Quinn, come to their senses and abolish this abominable industry.
The cruel, dangerous, horse-drawn carriage industry needs to be banned NOW!

The horse tripped in the street. The street has been torn up for weeks for road repair, and not resurfaced. My husband was there and saw the incident occur. This has nothing to do with Hanson cabs and everything to do with lousy road maintenance in our city.