I agree with Baldwin. Horse drawn carriages in New York, Chicago or any major city are pretty much inhumane.
Two liberal ass-clowns fighting it out about horses in NYC. You’re right. Horses don’t like being confined in a city, they don’t like the noise, and there’s nothing for them to munch on along the way.
Several years ago there was a push to outlaw horse-drawn carriage rides in Washington DC on grounds that it was inhumane to make the horses pull such heavy carriages. Friends of mine who owned such a carriage-driving business unhitched the horses from the carriage and pulled the carriage to Capitol Hill themselves, to show how easy it was for a well-cared-for 1200-pound horse to do.
New York is an unfit place for animals, let alone for people.
I think I agree a bit more with Neeson, but in the sense that horse-drawn carriages themselves are not cruel. Horses don’t belong on NYC streets which I wouldn’t even drive a car on, but one of the comments on the article suggested moving the carriage rides inside the park. Personally, I think that’s a good solution - inside Central Park wouldn’t have all the dangerous traffic, it’s still got plenty of roads and nice sights and famous locations for tourists to enjoy themselves, and it’s in general a pretty horse-friendly location.
Really? Are you talking about large cities or small cities? We have cops riding horses in downtown Ogden, Utah! My Dad knows one of them. He’s (the cop that rides horse)has been riding horses on his job for a number of years now. He got some others to join him. It’s easier to get around some places in the city better than in police cars.
He’s very good and kind to his horse, and they all are. They have a special corral they take them to when not riding them. (or maybe they have their own, I’m not sure)But they ride them in parades and other events occasionally. Ogden is a large city, but not as large as New York by far. This cop and his horse are a team, and the horse is very well cared for, and trained!
I wonder what some people would do if they couldn’t drive anymore for some reason? What would their ancestors have done? Walk everywhere? What if it got so expensive to drive or ride, and there was no other way to get around?