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tell him that you want a ban of horse-drawn carriages THIS YEAR. Ask him to move on this now. If he delays it for three years or if there is another accident, it will hurt him politically. Tell him that you voted for him because he promised to ban the trade – and even on the first day he took office, which we knew was an impossibility. Now he has put a time frame on it until the end of the year. Click Here. Please be respectful.
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We will keep our eyes on Pumpkin. As has happened in the past, once a horse spooks in traffic, he generally is not put back into service and is sold.
WHEN IS ENOUGH ENOUGH? ANOTHER CARRIAGE HORSE ACCIDENT IN NYC.
When is Enough Enough? Another Carriage Horse Accident in NYC –– One Green Planet – 6/10/14 – There has been yet another carriage horse accident in New York City. On June 9th, a Belgian draft named Pumpkin was waiting at the hack line at Central Park South when something spooked him and he bolted, charging into the park, dragging his driverless carriage – coming at people. A tourist jumped into the carriage trying to control him. His driver was on the sidewalk and obviously not paying attention – something we often see. Mets outfielder Matt den Dekker, who was in the area, tweeted “Almost got ran over by a horse carriage running wild through the city.” What would have happened if he had been trampled and injured or worse? Would it have been a game changer? READ MORE CLICK HERE.
COMPETENCY AND PUBLIC SAFETY IN NYC CARRIAGE TRADE: PART 1
COMPETENCY AND PUBLIC SAFETY IN NYC CARRIAGE TRADE: PART 1 – 6/11/14 – Horse-drawn carriages don’t belong in New York City, and it’s not surprising when accidents happen. So when a 6-year-old Belgian draft horse named Pumpkin spooked and ran wildly into Central Park, pulling an empty carriage before smashing into an open taxicab door, we tallied the accident and breathed a sigh of relief that there were no fatalities or serious injuries. Not yet, anyway. The carriage trade wasted no time in brushing off the accident, dismissing it as a fluke and characterizing the response as an example of “professionalism” and good horsemanship. Nothing could be further from the truth — this accident was a disaster waiting to happen and the competency of the driver should be questioned.READ MORE CLICK HERE
Horse Carriage Ban the Only Meaningful Way to Protect NYC’s Carriage Horses Saverio Colarusso, the horse-drawn carriage driver charged with criminal animal cruelty in New York, is due back in court on June 16. Regardless of whether he cuts a plea deal or takes his case to trial, the allegation that he knowingly drove an injured horse (named Blondie) speaks volumes about the suffering that New York’s carriage horses endure.READ MORE CLICK HERE.
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Anti-Carriage-Horse Activists Take Message To Times Square from the article: “He [Pumpkin] was running into the crowds, and he could have killed somebody,” Elizabeth Forel of the Coalition to Ban Horse Drawn Carriages told Kosola. “He could have killed himself.” Forel said activists often hand information to tourists where the carriages line up at Central Park. “We thought this time it would be interesting to get away from the hack line,” Forel said. When asked about Mayor Bill de Blasio’s promise to ban carriage rides, Forel said: “I think he’s going to do it. I wish he would move more quickly.”
One hurt in second horse-drawn carriage accident – For the second time in just over 24 hours, a horse-drawn carriage crash shut down the Taylor-Southgate Bridge and sent one person to the hospital. As a safety precaution following Thursday’s accident, a company vehicle with flashing lights was trailing the carriage on the bridge, according to authorities. Police said a distracted driver rear-ended the trailing vehicle, causing it to slam into the carriage around 7:15 p.m. Police said the operator was thrown from the carriage on to the pavement. They were taken to University of Cincinnati Medical Center with unknown injuries. The horse, who police said is named Jimmy, continued to drag the damaged carriage down the bridge into Newport. “The horse just came walking up to the street by itself, going really slow. As soon as it got to the red light it just stopped by itself and a bystander got out and held on to him until the cops showed up,” said witness Jill Schuler. A company worker told FOX19 their horses have been making the same route for years, which is probably why he stopped at the light even without an operator. Officials caught up with the horse near Newport on the Levee. A similar accident involving the same carriage company shut down the Taylor-Southgate Bridge on Thursday.
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