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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 ** NYS Avella/Rosenthal bill ** Take action ** Looking for Board Members ** Valentine's Day protest ** Letter to the editor
VALENTINE'S DEMO & EDUCATIONAL EVENT
Thursday, February 14th at 6 pm
Please join us on Valentine's Day to protest the horse-carriage trade and educate tourists why they should not support this cruel, inhumane and dangerous business.
- When: Thursday, February 14th - 6:00 to 7:45 PM
- Where: north side of Central Park South - west of Fifth Avenue
(design by Terry Russo)
BILL TO BAN HORSE-DRAWN CARRIAGES IN NYS LEGISLATURE
Bill Numbers: S667 and A997
The only bill to support in the campaign to ban horse-drawn carriages in NYC is the Avella/Rosenthal bill in the State Legislature. It is a pure ban. There are no strings attached. This is a link to a petition we have on change. org. Please sign it if you have not done so already.
You can read the legislation by clicking on the bill numbers, S667 and A997 . Text in CAPS is new. Text with a strike through is deleted.
PLEASE CALL MEMBERS OF CITIES COMMITTEE (NOTE CHANGES)
to support S667 and A997
The best way to lobby your representative is to meet in person. If anyone wants to do that, please contact us at coalition@banhdc.org. The next best thing is a snail mail letter. Please see our newsletter from last week for the names of all the Cities Committee members and the links to their pages. Then comes phone calls. They are effective also.
The telephone list is divided into Senate and Assembly - please make as many phone calls as you can. All you have to say is:
My name is ______ and I live in ______ (borough or other city if not New York.) I am calling in support of S667 (or A997 if you are calling an Assemblymember.) I would like to know if Senator ______ (or Assemblymember _______ ) will sponsor this bill, which would prohibit the operation of horse-drawn carriages in New York City. Please get back to me on this issue. I will call back in a few days if I do not hear from you. " You should leave your e-mail , telephone number and/or address. If you live outside of New York City or state, please call anyway. This issue has resonated around the world and the carriage trade is frequented by tourists.
If they ask for any information and they generally do not - and if you are not able to provide it - tell them you will get back to them and then contact us - coalition@banhdc.org.
Please note changes in BOLD.
- CITIES COMMITTEE - SENATE:
- Andrew Lanza - chairman (NYC) - (518) 455-3215
- Greg Ball (845) 279-3773
- Neil D. Breslin (518) 455-2225
- John A. DeFrancisco - (Syracuse) (315) 428-7632
- Mark Grisanti - (Buffalo) (716) 854-8705
- CITIES COMMITTEE - ASSEMBLY
- Felix Ortiz - chairman - (NYC) (718) 492-6334
- Joseph Borelli (NYC) (718) 967-5194
- Edward Braunstein (NYC) (718) 357-3588
- John Ceretto (Niagara Falls) (716) 282-6062
- Jane Corwin (Clarence) (716) 839-4691
- Marcos Crespo (NYC) (718) 893-0202
- Rafael L. Espinal, Jr. (NYC) (718) 235-5627
- Michael Kearns (Buffalo) (716) 826-0152
- Micah Kellner - (NYC) (212) 860-4906
- Shelley Mayer (Yonkers) (914) 779-8805
- John McDonald III (518) 455-4474
- Walter Mosley (NYC) (718) 596-0100
- Bill Nojay (585) 334-5210
- James Tedisco (Schenectady) (518) 370-2812
- David Weprin (NYC) (718) 454-3027
E-mail addresses are deemed to be not as effective because they can be easily deleted. However, if you do not have the time to make phone calls and want to take the chance and write an e-mail - these are the groupings:
SENATE
lanza@senate.state.ny.us; jdefranc@nysenate.gov; grisanti@nysenate.gov; gball@nysenate.gov; breslin@senate.state.ny.us
ASSEMBLY
kellnerm@assembly.state.ny.us; MayerS@assembly.state.ny.us; HeastieC@assembly.state.ny.us; braunsteine@assembly.state.ny.us; cerettoj@assembly.state.ny.us; kearnsm@assembly.state.ny.us; weprind@assembly.state.ny.us; espinalr@assembly.state.ny.us; corwinj@assembly.state.ny.us; crespom@assembly.state.ny.us; tediscoj@assembly.state.ny.us
(photo by Mary Culpepper)
ISRAEL PASSES FIRST NATIONWIDE BAN ON CRUEL HORSE-DRAWN CARTS
This is a link to Kinship Circle's web site concerning the great news that Israel has banned cart horses.
UPDATE: No Other Nation Has Taken Its Battered Horses And Donkeys Off The Streets
11/29/12 - Kinship Circle followed CHAI's (Concern For Helping Animals In Israel) lead to rally support for a ban on horse-drawn carts due to their elemental cruelty and threat to public safety. While the city of Tel Aviv announced a ban in 2009, it was rarely enforced.
Now an entire nation will clear its streets and highways of the merciless practice. CHAI reports that once the Knesset Finance Committee approves the Ministry of Transportation's new regulations, a ban on horse-drawn carts goes into effect. If enforced, people will no longer see battered horses and donkeys who suffer from fatigue, dehydration, chronic hoof problems and lameness as they lug carts laden with bulky furniture, produce, or construction supplies.
And while global campaigns to end horse-drawn vehicles are underway, notably the Coalition To Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages in New York, Israel will be the first to implement a countrywide ban.
"We are thrilled to see the light at the end of the tunnel in our struggle to end this terrible, outmoded phenomenon that has no place in the modern state of Israel," said Hakol Chai representative, Michal Volansky. (photo by CHAI)
AGAINST ATLANTA HORSE-DRAWN CARRIAGES
Please sign petition and share - Let's get those numbers up!
Against Atlanta Horse-Drawn Carriages has started a petition asking the Mayor and City Council to enforce the law regulating the carriage horses. Atlanta is similar to NYC in that they have many laws that are ignored. Please sign. Click here.
PLEASE DONATE TO THIS CAUSE
The Coalition to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages is gearing up to advertise as much as possible this year to promote the Avella/Rosenthal bill in the NYS legislature. This is the only bill worth supporting because it is a pure ban and it is not dependent on the success of an untried industry. We are an
all-volunteer organization, which means that 100% of your donations go into the campaign. For more information about us - please check out our accomplishments indicated below.
Please help us by donating what you can. You may donate by check or credit card. Click here. The orange "make a donation" button will allow you to donate by using Paypal. Other wise, you may donate by check.
PLEASE JOIN US ON TWITTER, FACEBOOK & YOUTUBE
HELP OUR ORGANIZATION BY SHOPPING ON LINE
Also check out Cafe Press to purchase CBHDC merchandise
Through a free registration with iGive, when you buy merchandise on line, your purchase will help us. There are over 700 stores that include such popular ones as Amazon.com, Staples, Best Buy and Barnes & Noble. Even Cafe Press is available if you purchase some of our merchandise. Click here to get started.
On iGive - the name of our organization is "The Coalition for NYC Animals, Inc." We also have three stores on Cafe Press with great t-shirts, bags, hats, mugs, mouse pads, etc. Purchasing this merchandise helps our organization. Click here.
"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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