from Horse Sense - 10/25/09 - a publication of the Coalition to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages
These are three videos of horses spooking.
* We do not know where this video was made, but note how the horses spook from the sound of cars honking their horns. Wedding Chariot Gone Wild
* Here's one of a horse eating leaves from a tree. The tree branch falls down and scares the horse who bolts. Click Here.
* This shows two horses tied to a carriage. One spooks and tries to bolt, but is tied to the carriage. The driver is injured. Click Here.
At 1200-1500 pounds, horses are unwitting weapons. They can spook at the slightest provocation from a noise, a rustling leaf, a strange object. They are unpredictable. They do not belong on the streets of NYC. The industry must be banned in its entirety. Any kind of a phaseout would be very detrimental to the horses and we do not support it.
Terrified horse image by Giovanna DiStefano/OIPA Rome.
