Banning Horse-Drawn Carriage Rides

Banning Horse-Drawn Carriage Rides

The list of movies showing the Big Apple’s iconic tradition of a horse-drawn carriage ride is probably miles long. One of the most recognizable celebrities to stand openly against PETA’s highly unpopular ban the carriages campaign is Liam Neeson, who has lived in New York City for over twenty years. Neeson chose to put forth his opposition to PETA’s ridiculous claims that horse-drawn carriage rides are “an outdated practice that causes cruelty to horses” by penning an opinion editorial in The New York Times last week, in which he defends the carriage drivers and “their spotless record for looking after their animals”. He went on to say that “A majority of carriage drivers and stable hands are recent immigrants, often raised on farms in their home countries. They love their jobs and their horses, and they take pride in being ambassadors for this great city.” On the flip side PETA and some of their NYC supporters have led protests demonstrating against the carriage industry, calling for cleaner, safer, more livable streets. You would think, if they truly felt that way, they would go after the millions of fossil fuel burners that regularly clog their streets and smog up their air.


 
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