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hamsterjill

(16,908 posts)
3. This stupidity needs to stop.
Wed Aug 6, 2025, 12:15 PM
Aug 2025

We don't need horse drawn carriages any more at the expense of the animals. People who patronize this are as much to blame. Tax a freaking taxi or walk a block. It isn't fun for the horse to go the same route, day after day after day, pulling a full load. Most of the horses are old and overworked and hot. It is not romantic. It is not an adventure for the kids.

It is perpetuated cruelty.

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Heart worms might be the culprit. pandr32 Aug 2025 #1
We saw these horses on our last trip to NYC cilla4progress Aug 2025 #2
This stupidity needs to stop. hamsterjill Aug 2025 #3
Horses are prone to many issues biophile Aug 2025 #4
The horses used for these carriages are invariably old . . . markpkessinger Aug 2025 #6
Oh no. mzmolly Aug 2025 #5
The poor horse. I hate this. yardwork Aug 2025 #7
So sad. chowder66 Aug 2025 #8
Was it wrong to hope "Carriage Horse" was Trump's new code name? Xavier Breath Aug 2025 #9
What was the horse's name? harumph Aug 2025 #10
When my son moved to NYC a few yrs ago Duppers Aug 2025 #11
So sad, people shouldn't be allowed to mistreat Emile Aug 2025 #12
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