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Letters Mean streets of NYC are no place for a horse Published in NY NEWSDAY WWW.NEWSDAY.COM
5/17/06: The romantic 19th century charm of a carriage horse ride is a fantastic
myth juxtaposed onto 21st century New York City. These idyllic conditions
never existed. Horses often lived a life of drudgery, neglect and abuse and, if ill,
were left to die on the streets. Our petitions show that many tourists
oppose horse-drawn carriages and avoid the park area. Confining horses to Central Park is not going to solve the problem. There
are just as many accidents in Central Park and adjacent streets as there are
in other areas of the city. Horses would still have to travel to and from
their stables - all on the far West Side of Manhattan, one to three miles
away. Carriage horses, wearing blinders, work nine hours a day between the
shafts of their carriages. They make the long journey back to their stables
to spend more monotonous hours in stalls. There is nothing "romantic" about
this. At the end of their work life, some horses may go to loving homes. But
the dirty little secret is that many go to auction and are sold for
slaughter. Elizabeth Forel Editor's note: The writer is director of the Coalition for NYC Animals
Inc. and founding member of the Coalition to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages. Manhattan
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