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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 FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES - Vigil for Charlie Horse - who died on Sunday October 23th
NOTICE: Please follow us on Twitter @BanHDCarriages
HIS NAME WAS CHARLIE
please come to a vigil and memorial service in his honor
We join Win Animal Rights, Friends of Animals and other animal advocates to remember Charlie, the carriage horse whose life was ended on the mean streets of NYC last Sunday morning.
- WHEN: Friday evening - October 28th
- TIME: 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
- WHERE: north/west corner of Central Park South & Fifth Avenue
- WHAT: a vigil and memorial service to honor the life of Charlie, the carriage horse who died on Sunday
- NOTE: candles will be supplied but if you can, please bring your own in case we run out; bring a bouquet of flowers too
- CAUTION: Please note that if you come after 7:30-8:00, the group may have moved on .
We represent the 75% of New Yorkers who want to see this archaic industry shut down.
PLEASE JOIN US FOR CHARLIE! let his death be remembered and not in vain.
Picture courtesy Matt Miller/Polaris - copyright.
MEDIA COVERAGE
this is just an example
The image of this horse has resonated around the world. He did not have to be involved in a tragic accident as Spotty was. Just the image of a lonely dead horse, lying on W. 54th St. was enough to get to people.
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JOIN US ON FACEBOOK & SIGN ONLINE PETITION
See our 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 . Horses Without Carriages International also has a Facebook page. Please join!
"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.
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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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