Anti Carriage Horse Fundraiser Cancelled Due To Threats

So – after the Coalition to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages scheduled a fundraiser at O’Flaherty’s Pub, unidentified members of the carriage trade called to tell the manager they’d bust his place up if he didn’t cancel.

O’Flaherty’s backed down, but Bayside Democratic Council Mmber Tony Avella will not. He defiantly proclaimed that “this industry is going to be put out to pasture” if he has anything to say about it.
To put an end to the “inhumane treatment and risk of serious injury or death” to both horses and people, Avella’s pending bill would “repeal all provisions within the administrative code that authorize the operation of horse-drawn carriages within New York City,” according to his website.
Read more at » Runnin’ Scared « a Voice news blog

Apparently spreading misinformation about the tortured conditions these animals live in isn’t enough, it is now important for the industry to resort to human intimidation.
 

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