Carriage Horses in NYC

PJaddicted
PJaddicted Posts: 1,432
edited June 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
What do you all think about this?

:( Makes me very sad for the horses, just doesn't seem like a very nice life for them.....I have a turtle that lives a better life.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31GgmMsFzOM
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  • One Song Glory
    One Song Glory Posts: 710
    I think it's disgustingly cruel wherever carriage horses are used, NYC or elsewhere. My family keeps horses at home and I know what healthy, happy and fit horses look like -- I have never seen one of these look remotely healthy. They are always skin and bones, dirty, listless and often have psychological problems, most likely from beatings and harsh punishments. Same for "pony rides" at most circuses, petting zoos, fairs and other events.
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  • Whizbang
    Whizbang Posts: 1,314
    I honestly won't even watch this video. I pass them in Boston and while they appear in decent health, I can't imagine standing and walking on cement and cobblestone all day makes for a happy, healthy equine. Not to mention sucking in exhaust fumes from idle cars, passing cars. I love (and miss) my horse and couldn't imagine putting her through that kind of life.
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  • edvedder913
    edvedder913 Posts: 1,810
    absolutely awful! i can't even look at one without wanting to cry :(
  • Urban Hiker
    Urban Hiker Posts: 1,312
    edvedder913 wrote:
    absolutely awful! i can't even look at one without wanting to cry :(


    Same here. :(
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  • LONGRD
    LONGRD Posts: 6,036
    I'm surprised we still have Horse and Carriage nowadays. Dangerous idea!!!

    Horses used to be a man best friend back in the pre-automobile days.
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  • Rock on
    Rock on Posts: 216
    I think the only pets people should have are dogs and cats, set everything else free!
  • Slip Kid
    Slip Kid Posts: 1,175
    gotta love NY
    I just don't trust anything that bleeds for five days and doesn't die.
  • LONGRD
    LONGRD Posts: 6,036
    Rock on wrote:
    I think the only pets people should have are dogs and cats, set everything else free!
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  • stickboy
    stickboy Posts: 2,981
    Slip Kid wrote:
    gotta love NY
    I live here so Im in Central Park often and I hate seeing that.
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  • Riverrunner
    Riverrunner Posts: 2,419
    It is terribly cruel. The carriage drivers on Beale Street in Memphis always hit you up there asking "Do you want to ride?" I always say "no, I like horses."
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  • Get_Right
    Get_Right Posts: 14,126
    its a part of NYC
    Id miss that smell on 59th street if they were gone
  • Steve Dunne
    Steve Dunne Posts: 4,965
    Rusty!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    I love to turn you on
  • Riverrunner
    Riverrunner Posts: 2,419
    Get_Right wrote:
    its a part of NYC
    Id miss that smell on 59th street if they were gone

    You could just haul shit from the farm and spread it on the streets. Or just leave old saddles/harnesses lying around.
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  • libragirl
    libragirl Posts: 4,632
    Im not even going to look at the video. I feel the same about this as I do circus animals, bullfighting, foxhunting..It may not be as barbaric as these but it's still cruel imo.
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  • Get_Right
    Get_Right Posts: 14,126
    Riverrunner wrote:
    You could just haul shit from the farm and spread it on the streets. Or just leave old saddles/harnesses lying around.

    nah its not the same
    but thats a thoughtful idea
  • Rygar
    Rygar Posts: 8,711
    Steve Dunne wrote:
    Rusty!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Damn, you beat me by an entire page!
  • AmentsChick
    AmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    I really wish I hadn't seen that. :(
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  • Steve Dunne
    Steve Dunne Posts: 4,965
    Rygar wrote:
    Damn, you beat me by an entire page!

    tell me everytime you don't see a horse like that you don't scream that out!!! everytime!!! :D
    I love to turn you on
  • NY PJ1
    NY PJ1 Posts: 9,533
    all i think about is kramer when i see this thread
  • libragirl
    libragirl Posts: 4,632
    NY PJ1 wrote:
    all i think about is kramer when i see this thread

    lol...I actually did too.
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