Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the leader of the New York City council have agreed to ban horse-drawn carriages from the city, a popular tourist attraction that has faced widespread scrutiny.
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the leader of the New York City council have agreed to ban horse-drawn carriages from the city, a popular tourist attraction that has faced widespread scrutiny.
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My city did this. Kinda miss the look even if you where not riding in one. The issue was animal welfare but I kinda wish they would just make it a city run service so they can make sure the animals are treated well. Price would be high but I feel it has knock on effects because of again the kinda look it gives and is kinda an attraction. There is a zoo in the city so I wonder if it might be nice to integrate it. Have them start and stop from there and would give them a chance to get some excersise and get some stimulation.
I can’t imagine anyone in nyc being sad about this. They’re really only there for the tourists. They smell horrible, look miserable, and get in the way in an already crowded city. I think we can leave the horse attractions for the western states.
my metro had them and I liked them well enough. Im not exactly mad we got rid of them but that is because I just don’t have confidence the places running it were treating the horses well enough.
I think the horses find doing it stressful in general and there might not be a humane way of doing it in general, at least not in NYC. The horses even get a mandatory 5 weeks of vacation on a farm upstate for their mental health.