horse-drawn carriages – Their Turn

Distressing video footage of a carriage horse repeatedly collapsing on the street and being dragged into a trailer triggered a massive vigil at the site of the tragic incident and a protest at th...

https://theirturn.net/2020/03/20/violent-carriage-horse-death-sparks-outrage-in-nyc/

NYCLASS, the animal rights group leading the fight to help the carriage horses in NYC, is stepping up its campaign to demand accountability from Mayor Bill de Blasio, who promised to ban horse-dr...

https://theirturn.net/2018/03/15/horse-drawn-carriage-protest/

Following several incidents involving horse-drawn carriages in NYC, over 50 animal rights activists staged a protest at the Department of Health to demand that the city enforce what few laws exis...

https://theirturn.net/2017/07/05/horse-drawn-carriage-protest-NYC/

Animal rights activists in NYC are demanding an investigation after an untethered carriage horse ran wildly through the streets of Manhattan and a whistleblower released a photo to the media of a...

https://theirturn.net/2017/06/05/horse-drawn-carriage-chaos-nyc/

In response to a lawsuit filed by the horse-drawn carriage industry to silence the opposition in NYC, animal rights activists staged a protest wearing symbolic tape over their mouths to demonstra...

https://theirturn.net/2017/04/21/drawn-carriage-protests/

Angered that the preservation group Landmark West was honoring NYC's horse-drawn carriage trade, animal rights activists disrupted the organization's gala at Tavern on The Green. (VIDEO)

https://theirturn.net/2016/10/01/activists-disrupt-nyc-horse-drawn-carriages/

Mayor de Blasio's newly announced compromise bill, which will reduce the number of horses and keep them in Central Park, will not address the majority of issues that make horse-drawn carriages in...

https://theirturn.net/2016/01/18/nyc-mayor-bill-de-blasios-distressing-horse-drawn-carriage-compromise/

In his autobiography A Tough Son of Gun, the man who trains carriage horses to work in midtown Manhattan describes in detail how he "breaks" them so that they will obey their “masters.” The s...

https://theirturn.net/2016/01/14/man-trains-nyc-carriage-horses-admits-breaking/

After campaigning on an unmistakable promise to ban horse-drawn carriages, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio delivered a major blow to NYC’s animal advocacy community, asserting that the responsibility ...

https://theirturn.net/2015/08/21/mayor-de-blasio-ban-horse-drawn-carriages/

During his campaign for Mayor of NYC and after his victory in 2013, Bill de Blasio so frequently and adamantly declared his intention to ban horse-drawn carriages that some people are under the i...

https://theirturn.net/2015/07/02/nyc-mayor-bill-de-blasio-horse-drawn-carriages-ban/

As a vote on the historic bill to ban NYC's horse-drawn carriages approaches, some lawmakers will say just about anything to justify their politically-motivated support of the carriage trade. Wil...

https://theirturn.net/2015/02/05/horse-drawn-carrriages-spooking

Will the tragic and mysterious death of a mule at the height of rush hour in New Orleans finally bring attention to the beasts of burden who pull carriages in the chaotic streets and sweltering h...

https://theirturn.net/plight-of-the-carriage-mules-in-new-orleans/

Attacks by hostile media outlets, elected officials, labor unions and carriage operators won't deter animal rights activists who are moving mountains to free the carriage horses.

https://theirturn.net/nyc-horse-drawn-carriage-war/

No amount of regulation can fix these eight conditions that make horse-drawn carriages inhumane and unsafe in midtown Manhattan.

https://theirturn.net/horse-drawn-carriages-inhumane/

Natasha Brenner is showing no signs of slowing down, but, at 93, this NYC-based animal rights activist is living each day like it's her last - not for herself, but for the animals. At a party to ...

https://theirturn.net/activist-at-93/

NYC's pro-horse carriage newspapers consistently report that the effort to ban the trade is nothing more than a real estate "land grab." In light of this fabrication and the lack of fair balance ...

https://theirturn.net/horse-carriage-ban-here/

Three major NYC newspapers are not only compromising their journalist integrity by consistently publishing biased news stories in support of the horse-drawn carriage trade, but they are also misr...

https://theirturn.net/horse-drawn-carriage-lies/

After an eight year campaign on the streets, at City Hall and on the big screen, activists in NYC are one giant step closer to achieving their goal of ending horse-drawn carriage rides in the con...

https://theirturn.net/nyc-horse-drawn-carriage-ban/

Like Blackfish & The Cove, the award-winning documentary film BLINDERS exposes the plight of animals used in entertainment, and it's now on Vimeo. Through original footage taken with hidden camer...

https://theirturn.net/blinders-available-vimeo/

Arriving by electric vintage car to her sold out concert in NYC, music legend Chrissie Hynde announced her support for NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio's plan to end horse-drawn carriage rides in the str...

https://theirturn.net/chrissie-hynde-protests-carriage-horses/

At a highly charged press conference at City Hall, the Animal Legal Defense Fund revealed police reports showing that NYC carriage drivers have allegedly committed more than a dozen "hit & runs" ...

https://theirturn.net/aldf-horse-carraige-press-conference/

On "Jane Unchained," Jane Velez-Mitchell - America's most prominent spokesperson for animal rights - talks to Donny Moss from TheirTurn about the impact of meat on the climate, the horse-drawn ca...

https://theirturn.net/jane-velez-mitchell/

A carriage horse escaped from her handler and fled down 11th Avenue in NYC, an incident symbolic of the chaos that has unfolded since the ASPCA gave up its humane law enforcement duties. With the...

https://theirturn.net/carriage-horse-escapes/

In its ongoing effort to cripple the Mayor's plan to ban horse-drawn carriages from the streets of NYC, the Daily News has created increasingly ludicrous news hooks to shift public opinion - from...

https://theirturn.net/newspaper-promotes-cruelty/

While a powerful NYC lawmaker held a press conference opposing the Mayor's plan to ban horse-drawn carriages, a carriage driver who had been charged with "torturing and injuring animals" made an ...

https://theirturn.net/nycs-horse-drawn-carriage-war/