The news comes less than a week after a carriage horse named Ryder collapsed onto a Manhattan street, drawing a crowd of spectators.
Horse-drawn carriages with customers ride through Central Park on a hot day on August 3rd, 2022.Horse-drawn carriages with customers ride through Central Park on a hot day on August 3rd, 2022.Animal rights advocates and lawmakers are calling on Manhattan’s district attorney to probe claims of abuse connected to the city’s horse carriage industry.
“Let's look at the industry as a whole,” Holden told Gothamist on Monday. “Are they protecting the interests of the horses, who, of course, we have to protect? They can't protect themselves. They can't speak.”The latest push came less than a week after a carriage horse named Ryder collapsed onto a Manhattan street on a hot summer evening, drawing a crowd of spectators. Police officers responding to the scene had to hose off the animal before getting it back to its feet.
Edita Birnkrant, the executive director at NYCLASS, has been adamant about putting an end to horse-drawn carriages in the city and has stood with Holden in hopes of passing new legislation to end the practice.
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