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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 ** Horses Without Carriages demo ** our ad campaign ** NYC mayoral race ** NYS Avella/Rosenthal bill - take action **
OUR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN CONTINUES
Ban horse-drawn carriages
I hope you saw the ads that appeared in several papers this past week - Metro; Downtown Express, City & State and several papers in the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens including - Caribbean Life, Bronx Times, Bronx Times Reporter, Bayside Times, Flushing Times, Times Ledger, Bay News, Bay Ridge Courier and Brooklyn Graphics. This is one of the ads we are running in City & State, which is a political paper.
Thanks to all of you who have already donated to this cause to be part of our advertising campaign. We plan to add more ads based on available funds. If you would like to contribute and help us to get the message out in more papers, please send us a donation via this link. Click here. Donations by PayPal or check are welcome. Depending on the size, the number of times an ad is run, and the newspaper, the cost has ranged from $350 to $700 per ad. We are all volunteer so every dollar donated goes back into the organization.
HORSES WITHOUT CARRIAGES INTERNATIONAL DAY
education demo - Saturday June 1
Saturday June 1st is Horses Without Carriages International Day when activists in cities around the globe stand in solidarity with each other against the urban horse-drawn carriage trade. Please join the Coalition to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages and activists for a peaceful educational demo to protest the horse-drawn carriage trade and educate the public.
- WHEN: Saturday, June 1st - 12:30 to 2:30 PM
- WHERE: North side of Central Park South off Fifth Avenue
WHAT'S NEW IN THE NYC MAYORAL RACE?
Every week, we address the most important media coverage in the NYC mayoral race. To see past newsletters, please check out our archives - click here.
We often look to the Facebook page of Defeat Christine Quinn for the latest news on the race. If you are on Facebook, please like this page. (this is another of our ads that we are putting in various newspapers during the next few months.)
BILL TO BAN HORSE-DRAWN CARRIAGES IN NYS LEGISLATURE
Please make calls - Bill Numbers: S667 and A997 + Sign the petition
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.
WHAT YOU CAN DO
to support S667 and A997 - The horses need your help!
Thanks to everyone who has taken the time to make calls and write e-mails to state legislators. If you have not yet done this, please do it now. It does not have to be done at one time. The horses need your help.
All of the information we previously published on our newsletter is now on our web site under What You Can Do. Please read it and take action.
PLEASE JOIN US ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS
Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Google Blog & Flickr
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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