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 ** Horse in the rain - illegal ** NYC mayoral race ** NYS Avella/Rosenthal bill - take action **
DRIVERS IGNORE FLASH FLOOD & THUNDERSTORM WARNING
work horses in last Thursday's storm
This is Bruno. He is a NYC carriage horse in the system for about two years. Last Thursday, May 23rd, our VP, Mary Culpepper, was caught in the downpour around Columbus Circle and the hack line. Flash flood warnings and thunderstorms started in the early afternoon - certainly time for the drivers to go back to their stables about 15 minutes away. Many did not and continued to try to get business. Thank you, Mary, for documenting what happened with the horses. This is a more extensive photo journal on Flickr. Click here.
Susan Wagner, president of Equine Advocates and horse expert, commented on the picture: Horses, in general love the rain. Most of our horses are out in it all the time by choice...but then there are a few who do not like it and choose to be in their stalls. The worst part of this picture to me is the fact that the horse is not able to move about freely This appears to be a depressed animal. Even if this horse loved the rain, being forced to stand for hours tied and having to wear heavy equipment without the ability to move about is completely unnatural. The streaks you see are normal for gray horses. It's just the rain. This is a sad photo of a horse who is purely miserable.
It is against the law for horses to be worked in adverse weather, including heavy rain. Once again, we wonder where the ASPCA was. If they told some of the drivers to go back - they obviously did not wait to see if they all did. Other pictures taken that day show the heavy rain and other drivers out looking for fares.
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
OUR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN CONTINUES THANKS TO YOU
Ban horse-drawn carriages
I hope you saw the ads that appeared in several papers this past week - City & State; Metro; Gay City News; Ourtown, West Side Spirit and Ourtown Downtown. Next week keep an eye out for Metro on Tuesday. When we have time, we will post all the ads we have done for this campaign on our web site.
A heartfelt thank you 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. (pic of white carriage going toward Central Park to work during downpour)
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.
Special mention must be made of Anthony Weiner's entrance into the mayoral race and this article in the 5/23/13 NY Times - Cheers and Taunts in Candidates Circus like Return to Political Stage. This is an excerpt from the article: In conversations with voters, he waxed on about his jobs plan ("focus on the outer-borough strip centers"), the city's new law on paid sick leave ("I would have liked it to be expanded to more folks") and carriage horses ("inhumane treatment of our animals").
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.
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.
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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.
