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9-16 June 14, 2015
 
 

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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 Call Council Members ** Coalition ads ** Tickles tag ** Mumbai India bans horse-drawn carriges ** horse dead in Natchez, MS ** Alan Cumming supports a ban.

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OUR PAYPAL ACCOUNT HAS BEEN FIXED
Tickles tags are still available.
If any of you have tried to buy a Tickles tag or donate on line in the last few weeks, our Paypal account was giving us problems. But everything is working now. They are a $15 donation to the Coalition to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages. Click here.

In the past few weeks, we have put out two ads - one for a few months in the local paper Metro - and one in Ourtown/West Side Spirit. We have also written a few articles - one for One Green Planet about the danger of the flimsy carriages and low insurance - and one for Metro.

CALL THE CITY COUNCIL. THIS WEEK IT IS TWO: COUNCIL MEMBER STEPHEN LEVIN
We are trying to make it easier for you by asking you to call two Council Members this week. Please put this on your calendar. Both Council Members Stephen Levin and Antonio Reynoso are on the Transportation Committee where the bill resides. Please call both Council Members and ask them to support the bill to ban horse-drawn carriages - Intro 573.

AND COUNCIL MEMBER ANTONIO REYNOSO

MUMBAI INDIA BANS HORSE-DRAWN CARRIAGES
citing cruelty to animals - Joyrides not allowed
Great news! The High Court in Bombay has banned the horse carriages in Mumbai, stating that they were "illegal and violative of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act." Additionally, the court said ""We hold that the use of horse-driven carriages/Victorias in Mumbai for joyrides is completely illegal. The activity of using horse-driven carriages only for joyrides solely for human pleasure is an avoidable activity. Horse-driven carriages only for joyrides is violative of Section 3 and 11 of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act," the bench said."

If Mumbai can do the right thing -- and 700 families are involved -- what is wrong with NYC? We continue to wait. In Manhattan, the carriages are also used for JOYRIDES. Manhattan needs to stop being used as an amusement park and being held hostage by such a small group of people with far reaches and influence.

CARRIAGE HORSE EUTHANIZED IN NATCHEZ, MISSISSIPPI
bolts into traffic and is hit by car
Natchez, Mississippi - carriage horse runs into traffic, hit by car and is euthanized

PRINCE ISLANDS, TURKEY - ACTIVISTS DEMAND BAN ON HORSE CARRIAGES
this movement is all over the world.
Animal rights activists protest the abuse by horse carriages of Princes' Islands - June 1, 2015. From the article: Animal rights activists staged a protest on Sunday in front of the Princes' Islands Pier located in Istanbul's Kadık�y district to protest the abuse and maltreatment of horses used in the island's landmark horse carriages.

Activists stated that over 500 horses die a year in the Islands, and using them for touristic purposes or horse carriage nostalgia is nothing but participating in the cruelty against the animals. They asked for all horse carriages to be removed in Turkey, and asked for the visitors of the island to boycott the horse carriages.

COALITION'S METRO AD
We want to direct people to our web site to see what action they can take and to read the many articles we have written.

COALITION'S OURTOWN/WEST SIDE SPIRIT AD

ACTOR ALAN CUMMING SUPPORTS BAN ON HORSE-DRAWN CARRIAGES
Alan Cumming, star of Broadway and TV's the Good Wife supports a ban on horse-drawn carriages. Actor Alan Cumming backing Mayor de Blasio's bill to retire carriage horses

HELP OUR ORGANIZATION BY SHOPPING ONLINE - iGIVE
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On iGive - the name of our organization is "The Coalition for NYC Animals, Inc." Click here to begin.

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"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.

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.

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