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Not To Carriage Research Paper

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To Carriage or Not to Carriage What could be more romantic than a leisurely carriage ride on a warm summer evening? According to Peta, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, “In the late 1980s, Whitey, a nine-year-old gelding, collapsed while pulling a carriage during a summer heat wave in New York City. A passing nurse gave Whitey an IV saline solution, and sympathetic police officers sprayed him with cool water for two hours. Eventually Whitey managed to get back on his feet. Another carriage horse, Misty, died from apparent heat exhaustion during the same heat wave.” We need to stop this abuse to horses, these innocent horses are dying for our amusement. Horse drawn carriage rides should be abolished because drivers are not …show more content…

According to Carriage Horse Action Committee, “Injuries and fatalities resulting from collisions between cars and carriage horses have occurred in almost every city that allows carriage rides, including Cincinnati, Ohio; Salt Lake City, Utah; Charleston, South Carolina; Denver, Colorado; Baltimore, Maryland; and Houston, Texas” (COALITION). Horse accidents have caused many death of both horse and citizens in many states therefore we need to protects not only the horses we also have to take care of the citizens. According to Carriage Horse Action Committee “A survey of national carriage horse accidents revealed that 85 percent of all accidents were the result of an animal spooking. Seventy percent (70%) of the time there was a human injury, and 22 percent of the time there was a human death” (COALITION). This means 85% of accidents are caused when the animal is spooked and 70% of the time there was human injury and 22% of that there was human death. According to vast amounts american citizens, “horse carriages provide immediate safety risks caused by horse carriages, jagged ruts made by carriage wheels are dangerous for cyclists, runners and pedicabs using the areas in and around Central Park” (Cruel...). This means by walking or running on the side of the road you could end up squashed or with broken bones from a horse

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