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 ** Coalition to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages fund raiser * featuring Jane Velez-Mitchell, Brian Gari & Harris Bloom * NYC Mayoral election - What you can do * ads for Bill deBlasio * 8/17 demo - images and t-shirs * Sal Lake City horse collapses * Note: use link provided to post on Facebook
Buy your Fund raiser ticket by Wednesday August 21st (checks post marked) and take advantage of the Early Bird Special. See below to buy tickets to our fund raiser.
PLEASE COME TO OUR FUND RAISING PARTY WITH JANE VELEZ-MITCHELL
Monday evening September 9th - early bird tickets until Aug. 21st.
We are proud to announce that Jane Velez-Mitchell will once again be our honored guest at the Coalition's fund raiser to speak out for the carriage horses. Jane has been a very strong supporter of a ban on horse-drawn carriages, having addressed this issue several times on her TV news show Issues with Jane Velez-Mitchell on HLN.
Our fund raiser will be held at:
Fontana's - 105 Eldridge St, Manhattan, NY 10002
WHEN: Monday night - September 9, 2013
TIME: 6:30pm to 9:30pm
We chose September 9th because it is the night before the all important mayoral primary and will also serve as a Get Out the Vote Rally for Bill deBlasio for Mayor. (this is Jane Velez-Mitchell at one of our previous fund raisers.)
Please click here to see our invitation and to buy tickets. They are $40 - with two free raffle tickets - until August 21st - next Wednesday - and are $50 after that and at the door.
RAFFLE PRIZES - If you'd like to help our cause by donating a new prize, send an email inquiry to coalition@banhdc.org. Great past prizes we received from our supporters included gift certificates for spa services, restaurants, stores, pre-assembled gift baskets (wine+glasses, coffee+mugs, & the like) and small electronics (iPods, etc). Merchandise raffle prizes must be new (original packaging) and vegan (no animal sources or ingredients). Thank you! Click here to see the raffle prizes to date.
HIGHLIGHTING SINGER/SONGWRITER BRIAN GARI
who will perform at our fund raiser
We are thrilled to welcome singer/songwriter BRIAN GARI who will perform at our fund raiser. Brian was expected to perform at our April 2012 fund raiser, but shortly before he was hospitalized to have emergency open heart surgery.
Brian will sing his signature song Horse of a Different Color about the Central Park horses. Brian wrote all the songs for the Broadway musical Late Nite Comic and has recorded 12 albums. As a record producer, he has worked on albums by Neil Sedaka & the Beach Boys. He has had his songs recorded by everyone from Margaret Whiting to Lesley Gore. He has authored three books, including his latest "Close Encounters of the Celebrity Kind."
Brian is also a terrific, relentless and loyal activist - always at the anti-carriage horse demos and the Defeat Christine Quinn demos. He is pictured here at one of our demos.
... AND HARRIS BLOOM
our tireless MC
HARRIS BLOOM is an accountant by day and a comedian/writer by night. And if that is not enough, he is also an animal advocate who runs his own NYC based rescue - Stewie to the Rescue - 24/7. He has helped numerous animal rescue groups. He was honored by NY 1 as New Yorker of the Week.
Harris tells us that he is married to a very pregnant wife, already has a 2.5 year old daughter and a dog.
And that "He will sleep when he's dead."
Harris has hosted our last two fund raising parties and we so appreciate the time he has given to this issue. There is a definite resemblance to Stanley Tucci.
DEBLASIO LEADS IN ONE POLL; TIES FOR LEAD IN ANOTHER
PLEASE take action - see below
We ran our first deBlasio ad on Wednesday, August 13th. Coincidentally, it was the day the latest Quinnipiac poll came out showing Bill deBlasio in the lead with 30%, followed by Christine Quinn with and Bill Thompson -several points behind. A few days later a Daily News poll showed deBlasio and Quinn tied for first place. This is all great news and shows that deBlasio's campaign is gaining traction.
WHAT YOU CAN DO:
- Volunteer for Bill deBlasio - contact Kicy at kicy@billdeblasio.com or go directly to Bill deBlasio for Mayor web site
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- Anti Quinn Voter Outreach - For Defeat Christine Quinn's and Anybody but Quinn's listing of voter outreach - click here.
HORSE PULLING CARRIAGE COLLAPSES IN SALT LAKE CITY
A horse pulling a carriage collapsed in Salt Lake City on Saturday, August 17th. The cause was said to be colic.
It was 98 degrees. Click here for the article. As usual, the owners and their friends are defending the "industry." It is time for urban carriage horse businesses to be shut down.
IMAGES FROM OUR CARRIAGE HORSE DEMO + T-SHIRTS
Saturday August 17th
We had a great demo yesterday - good turnout - handed out lots of literature . This is one link to pictures by Mickey Z. These are from the Nomadic Cat.
We now are offering great looking t-shirts based on our successful ad campaign - Carriage Horses Suffer - thanks to Roberto, the Nomadic Cat -for the Ts and Jane Denny - the original art work. Click here.
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. (image of illegal u-turn on Central Park South)
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.
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has." Margaret Mead.
