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Following this weekend's crash, the carriage horse debate surfaces in the headlines once again. CityRoom takes a look at the status of the industry after two years of getting audited by the city comptroller's office. They note that while certain things have improved, "the two agencies that oversee the business have acted too slowly in putting reforms into effect."
This is all according to a new report from the office of Comptroller William C. Thompson Jr. that criticizes the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Department of Consumer Affairs; together the agencies maintain the well-being of the animals, and license horses, drivers, carriages and stables. "In the new assessment, the comptroller’s office found that the two departments implemented 7 of the 11 recommendations made in the 2007 audit." One of the 7 was an advisory board proposed two decades earlier. With little progress and such a slow pace, it's no wonder groups like the Coalition to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages exist.
Dan Mathews from PETA, another critic of the industry, made a statement about the audit, saying in part: "After 25 years the city is still trying to figure out how to identify horses properly so that drivers don’t illegally double-shift them. They don’t even touch on other issues, such as compelling drivers to keep the horses in stables when freezing weather or violent storms are forecast, or to document the many accidents involving horses that don’t make news. We hope this report convinces the city to go the way of Paris, London, Toronto and Beijing and conclude that big city traffic and easily spooked large animals don’t mix. The horse-drawn carriages need to be banned outright."
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I won't post all the links of the YouTube videos that show the cruelty and fraud. I will post only the channel if you wish to view them.
http://www.youtube.com/user/donnyfmoss
http://www.youtube.com/user/horsesinnyc
One last item. John Liu sponsored a bill that will remove ASPCA from oversight and increases the drivers' rates. Liu has a history of lying and sponsoring bills to further his own career and not for the good of the city. I hope none of you vote for him on Sept 29th.
Um, why doesn't your headline match the story?
According to the story, it's the city agencies that the audit has a problem with, NOT the industry.
The humaniacs still have NOTHING - no cruelty summonses from ANY agency, going back 30 years.
All this talk, talk, talk, and our horses still live the content, reasonable life they always have, which includes food, water, shelter, grooming, bathing, medical care, farrier care, vacations, and retirement and the love and affection of their owners and drivers. That a bunch of city agencies are having some internal record keeping problem affects them not a whit.
And WHEN is someone gonna call PETA ont heir LIES that there are no carriages in London, Paris, and Beijing??? Damn, people, don't you know how to use a search engine?? There are carriages in EACH of those cities, as well as just about every major city on the face of the planet.
"our horses still live the content, reasonable life they always have, which includes food, water, shelter, grooming, bathing, medical care, farrier care, vacations, and retirement and the love and affection of their owners and drivers..."
Soon to be made into a Disney movie. LOL
Um, why doesn't your headline match the story?
According to the story, it's the city agencies that the audit has a problem with, NOT the industry.
The humaniacs still have NOTHING - no cruelty summonses from ANY agency, going back 30 years.
All this talk, talk, talk, and our horses still live the content, reasonable life they always have, which includes food, water, shelter, grooming, bathing, medical care, farrier care, vacations, and retirement and the love and affection of their owners and drivers. That a bunch of city agencies are having some internal record keeping problem affects them not a whit.
And WHEN is someone gonna call PETA ont heir LIES that there are no carriages in London, Paris, and Beijing??? Damn, people, don't you know how to use a search engine?? There are carriages in EACH of those cities, as well as just about every major city on the face of the planet.
Here is the follow up audit
http://www.comptroller.nyc.gov/bureaus/audit/PDF_FILES/FS09-124F.pdf
http://ny-class.org/kiosk.pdf
Jen Carlson, your reporting sucks. Neigh to sloppy blogging. Check your facts once in a while.
Horses don't belong in NYC streets, period. They need to be replaced by antique hybrids as NY CLASS has suggested.