Stop The Death of Horses on NYC Streets!‏

Draft horses are known for being tough -- but even they aren't tough enough to survive New York's abusive horse-drawn carriage industry.

Carriage horses work for an average of only 4 years, while Horses for the mounted police who receive better care can work for 15 years. The short lifespan is due to medical neglect, inadequate diet, long work hours in every kind of weather, and paltry living conditions while working in stressful city environments they're just not meant for.  And once they’ve outlived their usefulness to the industry, "retiring" carriage horses can be auctioned for slaughter.

The Coalition to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages is an advocacy group working to end this cruelty, and has started a petition on Change.org to support a ban on Horse-Drawn Carriages being proposed by New York State Senator Tony Avella in a petition calling on the New York state Senate to shut down NYC's abusive horse-drawn carriage industry.

Public outcry has peaked after the collapse and death of a New York City carriage horse named Charlie last month. Six other horses have been involved in traffic accidents or collapsed in the street since July. Now is the time to shut the horse-drawn carriage industry down.

 Please sign the petition telling the New York state Senate to outlaw horse-drawn carriages now.

 Thanks for being an awesome change-maker!

 The Change.org team