5-35/221- September 19, 2010
 
 

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HORSE SENSE
Periodic updates about issues and actions concerning New York City's Carriage Horses +
Coalition to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages www.banhdc.org

Horses Without Carriages International www.horseswithoutcarriages.org

PLEASE FORWARD TO LISTS, FRIENDS & COLLEAGUES ** Jane Valez-Mitchell at our fund raiser ** Plea to Anonymous Letter writer ** Carriage horse blog ** Woman beaten by driver in Rome ** Madeleine Pickens Wild Horse Sanctuary

JANE VELEZ-MITCHELL of CNN
guest at our fund raiser on October 4th
Jane Valez-Mitchell We are delighted to announce that Jane Velez-Mitchell will be our guest at the fund raiser for the Coalition to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages on Monday, October 4th.

Velez-Mitchell is an award winning, veteran television news journalist who hosts the show Issues with Jane Velez-Mitchell on CNN. She has been an outspoken advocate for animal issues including the BLM roundup of mustangs, factory farming, and most recently the slaughter of Canada geese in NYC -- and now the carriage horses.

A more complete biography may be seen on the CNN web site.

Only two weeks away. We hope you will come to our fund raising party.

  • When: Monday, October 4th from 6PM to 9PM
  • Where: Traffic Bar - 986 Second Ave. - 2nd fl. between 52nd and 53rd St.
  • Tickets: $40 pre event; $50 at the door
  • You may purchase your tickets through our web site.

TO ANONYMOUS LETTER WRITER
Very Important - Please contact me.
To the person who recently sent me an anonymous letter -- I hope you see this newsletter. I take what you wrote very seriously but I need to communicate with you. Please e-mail me at [email protected]. You can create an e-mail account that protects your identity. I do not need to know your name.

BLOG & VIDEO ABOUT DRIVER PLAYING TO THE CAMERA
driver overloads his carriage and walks away from his horse
Interesting blog and video. Please note that the driver left his horse unattended while he walked away and turned his back to take photos of his passengers. It is illegal -- but no one is enforcing the law. See � 17-330-b. of the Administrative Code. The law allows four adults in the carriage without the addition of a child. See � 20-372-5 of the Administrative Code.

What Do You Give A Sweaty Central Park Carriage Horse When the Camera is Watching? -This horse was sweating as it took the hill on West 72nd Street to go by Strawberry Fields and maybe out to Central Park West, dragging a carriage and 5 persons on board. The driver stopped at the top of the hill, and spotting the camera, tried to make it look like he was caring for the horse as well as he took care of the little girl and her family. He gave the sweaty horse a bucket of oats because he wasn't carrying water as there wasn't any water running in the park. This shows how badly the horses are underwatered. He wouldn't have gotten anything without the camera. And what he did get only made his pain worse. The horse couldn't move his body, only his head. The family however, got a personal hand held escort to the sign and a picture, while the horse was told tough oats, I own you and I'm going to abuse you for money

VIDEO -- CARRIAGE GOES THROUGH RED LIGHT
again - the "enforcers" are not enforcing
This is a video taken of a carriage in Central Park. The driver is reading and not paying attention as he goes through the light. The carriage number is 1113. Thanks to whom ever took this video. Click here - Central Park Carriage Horse Driver Reads While Blowing Red Light for the video.

WHERE ARE PATTY AND JETER?
Shamrock's horses -- Falling through the cracks!
crack Shamrock Stables closed on June 7, 2010. Subsidized by the City of New York for many years, they paid only $5,000 a month for property that was worth $60,000 a month. According to the NY Times, "The other six [horses] - Bosco, Molly, Chestnut, Max, Patty and Jeter (as in Derek) - were trucked to Mr. McKeever's farm in Morgantown, Pa., outside of Reading." No one believed that Mr. McKeever had a farm.

But the most interesting thing about this is that Bosco, Molly, Chestnut and Max are still in the Department of Health horse registry -- but Patty and Jeter are not. Where are they? Were they taken to New Holland? The Shamrock truck was at the auction on June 7th so it is highly probable. The problem with the current law is that it does not require sales or transfer records be submitted to the Department of Health if the transaction is made outside the City of NY -- as most of them are.

CARRIAGE DRIVERS ARE THE SAME ALL OVER
Letters Needed - Woman beaten in Rome by driver
rome carriage horses Just the other day, a young woman in Rome approached a carriage driver and asked about the horse's blinders. She may have said something about it not being humane. The driver got down off his carriage and proceeded to beat her. She had to be taken to the hospital with injuries. Several politicians are speaking out against the carriages, called Botticelle, about how the drivers do not obey the laws and that it is a very bad image for Rome. Click here for the article in an Italian newspaper.

Rome is part of our international coaltion Horses Without Carriages International. Let's help them. Please write a letter to Italian officials. Copy and paste these addresses into your e-mail -- TO:

Copy and paste these addresses, which are the media into the CC section:

Put this in the subject line: Non visiter� Roma a causa dei botticelle It translates to "I will not visit Rome because of the carriage horses." In your letter, please say that you are aware of the beating of a young woman by a carriage driver; that they are uncivilized and you will not visit Rome until they are banned. Sign with your and city, state and country.

MADELEINE PICKENS' WILD HORSE ECO-SANCTUARY IS A GO
BLM to support it
We recently received a very encouraging e-mail from Save America's Mustangs announcing that the Bureau of Land Management has finally agreed to support Madeleine Pickens' Wild Horse eco-sanctuary. She will start with 1,000 horses with a final goal of 35,000 horses.

I do not know how this affects the wild horse roundups that seem to be continuing in the West. But for these horses, it is a wonderful thing. Read more about it on their web site.

JOIN US ON FACE BOOK & SIGN ONLINE PETITION
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We also have a new Facebook page called No Walk in the Park. And while you are there, please join another anti carriage horse page by a colleague called 212HorsePower

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." Margaret Mead.

Thank you for caring about the horses, Elizabeth Forel - Coalition to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages - a standing committee of The Coalition for New York City Animals, Inc.

Please DONATE to our campaign to ban the inhumane and unsafe carriage horse industry.

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