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jaxexpat

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32. Do they still pull trailers loaded with logs behind a PTO driven tractor on the highway?

Reply to Bayard (Reply #21)

Sun Dec 20, 2020, 05:53 PM

Dec 2020

I saw that once near Trenton. Lots of black smoke.

Bought a bred sow from an Amish guy once. Paid top dollar. She was deaf, squashed all her piglets. Amish and honest don't necessarily rhyme.

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EMERGENCY! NYC carriage horse just collapsed on ice in Central Park with passengers inside and... [View all] demmiblue Dec 2020 OP

Give the horses a break! In_The_Wind Dec 2020 #1

abuse like this was the foundation of the Humane Society. peacebuzzard Dec 2020 #2

this shit is on the owners. mopinko Dec 2020 #3

Oh, please. demmiblue Dec 2020 #6

all i can say is- i was there. mopinko Dec 2020 #10

That's your opinion, SophieJean Dec 2020 #29

any stable I've been around stopdiggin Dec 2020 #12

i was in the chi stable many times. mopinko Dec 2020 #40

Codswallop. nt Codeine Dec 2020 #11

Heartbreaking. Butterflylady Dec 2020 #4

This is disgusting! What kind of a person would take a carriage ride? liberal_mama Dec 2020 #5

I'm surprised this is still legal Beaverhausen Dec 2020 #7

Another failing by Bill De Blasio... brooklynite Dec 2020 #8

I don't give a fuck what anybody says vercetti2021 Dec 2020 #9

This. A thousand times this. nt Codeine Dec 2020 #14

+1000000! SammyWinstonJack Dec 2020 #16

Monstrousness. Codeine Dec 2020 #13

Well, I don't know about pulling a cart Drahthaardogs Dec 2020 #44

Having just put my much beloved, and well cared for mare down jeffreyi Dec 2020 #15

I'm sorry for your loss. demmiblue Dec 2020 #20

I am so very sorry for your loss. niyad Dec 2020 #24

DeBlasio wanted to ban this. zentrum Dec 2020 #17

They should have banned this shit years ago melman Dec 2020 #18

What passengers would continue? cwydro Dec 2020 #19

Need more facts Bayard Dec 2020 #21

Aren't the Amish deeply involved in the puppy-mill business? That pretty much tells me bullwinkle428 Dec 2020 #25

They're really horrible to animals. Codeine Dec 2020 #27

Yes. The Amish are terrible puppy millers. leftyladyfrommo Dec 2020 #43

Do they still pull trailers loaded with logs behind a PTO driven tractor on the highway? jaxexpat Dec 2020 #32

What kind of assholes would get back in even if they were allowed? hamsterjill Dec 2020 #22

There's a certain kind of person Codeine Dec 2020 #23

Well, let someone take those types out in the snow for a long, forced walk hauling something. hamsterjill Dec 2020 #36

The Dead Inside are everywhere. Compassion and empathy are learned traits, and no one taught them. byronius Dec 2020 #26

I think compassion and empathy are innate in humans TheRickles Dec 2020 #33

Perhaps. But they need a tough lesson. hamsterjill Dec 2020 #38

My Dad Dakota Flint Dec 2020 #28

There has been a movement to prohibit this abuse since I first joined DU Rhiannon12866 Dec 2020 #30

Fucking asshole owner! Scumbag! BlancheSplanchnik Dec 2020 #31

Weight limit! Traildogbob Dec 2020 #34

👏🏽 BlancheSplanchnik Dec 2020 #41

I really hate cruelty to animals. This is a huge issue, not confined to animals like this horse. PatrickforO Dec 2020 #35

+100. Well said. Duppers Dec 2020 #37

Yes BlancheSplanchnik Dec 2020 #42

This needs to be banned along with horse racing and anything else that exploits animals causing them StarryNite Dec 2020 #39

Horse racing is an abomination. Codeine Dec 2020 #45