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
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We want you to stay but no hard feelings if you don't
Odd invitation - no? One would think we would be beating down doors to get people to subscribe to our newsletter about the inhumane horse-drawn carriage business. The truth is that we do have a big mailing list and ALL of the e-mail addresses came from requests or people opting in on petitions for more information. It is so many, that we are paying a premium to Constant Contact (the publisher of the newsletter), which we can barely afford. But some people have never opened the newsletter even once. Others decide to mark us as spam, which is not very nice considering that THEY opted in to receive more information.
So now that I have hopefully gotten your attention, it is up to you. Please stay with us and learn about the carriage horse issue in NYC and what we are doing to ban it. We are, after all, the real deal. We brought you this issue in 2006 - an issue that is now seeing the light of day. Or unsubscribe now - no hard feelings. Anyone who deals with newsletters as I do, knows about the numbers -- the number of people who are sent the newsletter - vs. the number who open it. That is the reality for everyone. But we are an all volunteer organization with a shoe string budget and we simply cannot afford to continue to pay for people who never open our newsletter just to keep our numbers up. While I am at it - i want to say that I so appreciate the support from those who do care about the horses. It means the world to me and I continue to be very touched. Together we are going to make this happen.
JOIN JANE VELEZ-MITCHELL AT OUR FUND RAISER
April 23rd - tomorrow is the day!
We are proud to announce that Jane Velez-Mitchell will once again be at our fund raiser to speak out for the carriage horses. Last June, Jane did a show on the NYC carriage horse issue and interviewed Senator Tony Avella. Click here for the video. She gave a plug to the Coalition to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages and Blinders: the Truth Behind the Tradition.
Please check out our invitation here Tickets are $45 on line and $50 at the door.
We have a great line up of guests and politicians and great food from wonderful vegan restaurants. They are Cafe Blossom, Candle Cafe, Franchia, Whole Earth Bakery, Taim Falafel, Terri Vegetarian, Loving Hut and Gone Pie. Please support these generous vegan restaurants.
At the event we will be selling raffle tickets - $2 each and three for $5 for great prizes. See a list of them by clicking here. We will also be selling CDs, DVDs and Coalition dog/horse tags. We can take check or cash - but not credit cards - so please come prepared. LoHV will also be signing up people for the May 1st Lobby Day bus to Albany
PLEASE SUPPORT BILL # S5013 and A7748
If you have not already signed the petition on Change.org to support this bill, please click here. This is the link to the bill. Wow!! We have over 120,000 signatures in support of the Avella/Rosenthal bill.
LOBBY DAY IN ALBANY - MAY 1ST
It's getting closer - please buy your bus ticket
SIGN UP FOR LOBBY DAY. We hope you will join us for Lobby Day in Albany on May 1st to support the Avella/Rosenthal bill to ban horse-drawn carriages in NYC. Please do not worry about your knowledge of the bill. You will be part of a team and I promise you - if you choose - you will not have to say anything more than your name -- and maybe not even that. Please -- let's show our legislators that there is support for this issue. Sign up now. Click Here to sign up for the League of Humane Voters round trip bus to Albany, which is only $20. The bus will make a stop in Yonkers so e-mail Peter Muller at Peter@lohv.org if you plan to get it there. He can fill you in on the details.
IMPORTANT: If you are planning to attend Lobby Day -- and are not going by the LoHV bus, please click on the LoHV link above, and then click on "no thanks, I'll make my own arrangements" and enter your contact information so LoHV can determine who your legislators are and be able to contact and coordinate with you the day of the event.
LETTERS IN MANHATTAN MEDIA NEWSPAPERS
in response to carriage horse article
4/18/12 - Letters: Too Rough For Horseplay. The letters below reflect our position. Click on the link to read all of them.
Support the Bill It is not a surprise to read that those making a living off the backs of the New York City carriage horses want to see the industry continue.
It's the people WITHOUT a financial interest in it whose opinion should be taken most to heart, and the great majority of those people want to see an end to this antiquated business.
Note that the recent reports of accidents and deaths are only the ones that have been captured by cell phone and camera; it's logical to assume that there are many other stumbles, spooks, collapses and, maybe, deaths that go unreported.
Please support State Sen. Tony Avella and Assembly Member Linda Rosenthal's bill to ban horse-drawn carriages in New York City, and then let's do all we can to prevent Christine Quinn from becoming mayor in 2013, as she is a staunch supporter of the carriage industry. - Mickey Kramer
Right From Wrong -
Having just finished reading the article with great hope that it would be in favor of abolishing the carriages, I was dismayed to see it take a turn toward the opposite. I'm certainly not against the presentation of both sides, but it seemed to me it weighed heavily in favor of the carriage industry.
Then on to the comments (sigh), all of which seemed to be written only by carriage supporters. Excerpt: "look at the faces of the children when they see the horses, when they get to pet the horses and, if they're lucky, get to feed the horses a carrot." As if this cruel industry was all sweetness and light (not to mention this is not about the delight of children). But I suppose any press is good that brings this situation to light. Those with a conscience will know right from wrong.
-Catherine Messina
Horses Can't Cope -
I don't know if you folks missed the fact that there are no sprinklers on street corners, no hay beds in the roads, no fans or heaters. New York City climates are hard to endure at times, but people can cope-we can stop in air-conditioned stores or heated cabs. For the horses, it's not all that simple.
You speak of ignorance, but there is no greater ignorance than the refusal to change. How can you possibly say that a horse is better off living in crowded New York City than in an open field, free to roam where they please? If you want your kids to see a horse, take them to a farm, not Central Park.
-V. Rebel
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