Dier & natuur·Voor dieren blogger·24 okt

After the death of a tourist and 40 dead horses in the last 20 years due to heat exhaustion and traffic accidents, New York bans horse-drawn carriages

For decades, New York City's carriage horse industry has operated on a fantasy that these horse-drawn vehicles can carry some romance of an earlier time. But animals are not symbols; they are living, breathing individuals with needs, instincts and intentions all their own. By ending the use of horse-drawn carriages, the City Council has recognized that no maintenance of tradition should come at the expense of risks to animals and people.