NYC to Consider Horse-Drawn Carriage Ban

AP via MyWay ^ | Dec 8, 7:27 AM (ET) | SARA KUGLER

[ECM]

NEW YORK (AP) - The horse-drawn carriages that clip clop around Central Park could be banned under City Council legislation to be introduced at the urging of animal advocates who say the horses are treated inhumanely.

Councilman Tony Avella, who plans to introduce the bill next Wednesday, said the horses that have entertained tourists and New Yorkers for decades are exposed to cruel conditions and are at risk of injury or death as they weave through city traffic.

In September, a horse died after it was spooked by street musicians with drums and bolted down Central Park South. It was the second such incident in less than two years.

[ECM]

Next they'll want to ban motorcycles and bicycles.

[purpleraine]

The idiocy never stops.

[Mogollon]

Brilliant! The horses will sent to the glue factory now.

[Cagey]

KRAMER: Of course, uh, this is Central Park. Uh, this was designed in 1850 by Joe Peppitone. Um, built during the Civil War so the northern armies could practice fighting on...on grass. Oh, yeah. Giddyup. On Rusty!

[trumandogz]

Welcome to the 21st Century New York City.

It is long past time that horse drawn carriages be banned from the city.

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

This is good news! Dogfood prices will crash.

[Responsibility2nd]

Global Warming.

Just tell us that these horses (and their droppings) contribute to Global Warming.

That’s all we need to know.

Good-bye horses!

[AIM-54]

I would prefer that they ban street musicians with drums.

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

The horse-drawn carriages that clip clop around Central Park could be banned under City Council legislation to be introduced at the urging of animal advocates who say the horses are treated inhumanely.

BS! Anyone who knows about these things know that the owners treat their horses like gold, being their bread-and-butter means for making a living.

[Cagey]

“One never knows how the gastrointestinal workings of the equine are going to function.”

[ECM]

Well, this is PETA and company using Avella (willingly) as their sock puppet, so the reality of the situation isn’t exactly going to get any play.

[Jeff Chandler]

BS! Anyone who knows about these things know that the owners treat their horses like gold, being their bread-and-butter means for making a living.

Mmmm...grilled horse steak with bread and butter. Yummy!

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

You can see them in this video, starting around 3:20. Pay no attention to the moonbat singer. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBbXbwjiAig

And the carriage appears again at about 9:15.

They’re a NYC tradition and it would be sad to see them go.

[NonValueAdded]

Ban the street musicians is more like it.

[LibFreeOrDie]

Next, they’ll be going after the Amish...

[mad_as_he$$]

You need a barf alert on that link!!!

[Larry Lucido]

Well, feeding them Beefareeno IS pretty cruel!

[xp38]

Hard to find too many Amish in the midtown area though :)

[43north]

[Just tell us that these horses (and their droppings) contribute to Global Warming.]

That is exactly what I thought the subject of this story would be when I read the title.

All mammals exhale CO2. How much longer until the bureau-nannies want to regulate breathing?

[444Flyer]

<Didn’t he feed his pet beenie weenies?