Tag: carriage horse ban
A horse veterinarian who conducted a study on stress levels in carriage horses gave a presentation to City Council members on Wednesday and claimed that the horses are not stressed, the Daily News reports. Joe Bertone, a specialist in equine medicine at Western University of Health Sciences, told several council members and their representatives that […]
Though Mayor Bill de Blasio has been pushing for a ban on on horse-drawn carriages since his first week in office, around a year later, the city council is still divided on the issue. De Blasio’s campaign was partially bankrolled by animal rights activists, and now a bill protecting their interests is expected to come […]
