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  • Surprised no mention of electric carriages to act as replacement
    by neko_ranger
  • I feel for the animals, but it’s the end of an era.
    by toppa33
  • Im not one to take a horse drawn carriage except in maybe two instances, but i see the appeal as a "general tourist", the horse ride around central park is one of those touristy things that seems like you do, because youre there. That being said, i agree that its not great for the horses, and unfortunately i can understand the want for it gone.
    by CableNinja
  • In other words, people will lose jobs with no off ramp, horses will get dumped somewhere (because they can't be used for any work, or slaughtered), city will lose one more tradition and get a bit more bland.
    by clarionbell
  • Gandhi said you can judge a society by how it treats its animals.

    Eventually, we will decide that all uses of animals for entertainment are unethical.

    This is another nail in the coffin of these unnecessary actions which aren't helpful to animals.

    Outlawing cetacean shows, roadside zoos, and horse and dog racing are other terrific aspects of this trend!

    by dtagames
  • This is a bigger deal than it might sound. Despite lots of consensus that the horse carriages are bad, it has taken years to get this done. It infamously stalled during De Blasio's mayoralty too, for example.

    This is also an L for the TWU, and I suspect there will be more of those to come in the following months.

    by Ericson2314
  • Good. We (Montreal) did that some years ago and nobody misses it - tourists, operator, citizen and very likely the horses too. You think it's a staple until it's gone, then you realize it was just animal abuse for profit.

    Also, it is a lot better for tourists than having horses faint or die on the pavement in front of your kids - which is bound to happen more frequently with the weather becoming warmer.

    by pluc
  • Meanwhile, another city with iconic horse-drawn carriages, Vienna (where the carriages, unlike in New York, actually use city streets), is debating whether the horses should get a day off if temperatures rise above 30° C (currently it's 35°), and only a few officials are meekly suggesting that a complete ban might be considered at some point in the future.

    https://www-ganz--wien-at.translate.goog/wien/news/pro-contr...

    by rob74

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