Like so many other cities and tourist areas around the world, Savannah, Georgia is grappling with issues surrounding carriage horses. Even in the hottest days of summer, Savannah’s three carriage operators give tours through historical areas while their drivers describe the highlights and ghost stories. The carriages hold up to ten passengers. But, say animal activists, the 45 to 50 minute tours with 15 minute breaks between each are putting the draft horses at risk of heat stroke and overwork.
Operators and city officials are happy with the rules surrounding the operation of the carriage when it comes to extreme heat and feel the horses’ health and safety isn’t being compromised. Nevertheless animal activists are planning protests and are asking for an all out ban.
I've had to spend some time in the city lately, and I can't say I've particularly enjoyed the experience. With its crowded sidewalks, bumper-to-bumper traffic, car exhaust and strange smells, potholes and streetcar tracks, flashin ...
While I fundamentally agree that the time for the carriage trade in its present form is past, some of the arguments you see online against it don’t make sense.The public often doesn’t see horses in the same way ‘horse people’ do, ...
In Montreal, Canada, calls to end the carriage trade within the city have intensified. Two incidents during the first long weekend of the summer. In one, a horse fell, requiring the assistance of onlookers and a veterinarian to he ...
The rumblings about the carriage trade in Victoria have been ongoing for some time now. An incident last May has brought the business under harder scrutiny. Earlier this spring, two horses pulling a carriage fell on the street. A ...
Animal activists cry foul as video of a horse pulling a wagon load of tourists enjoying a day at a maple sugar bush fell. The Montreal SPCA is investigating and the contractor who ran the wagon ride at the sugar bush has suspende ...
Like so many other cities and tourist areas around the world, Savannah, Georgia is grappling with issues surrounding carriage horses. Even in the hottest days of summer, Savannah’s three carriage operators give tours through histo ...
Appleby Fair, a somewhat controversial gathering of horse loving folk, Travelers and Gypsies, runs during the month of June. This annual event takes place in Appleby-in-Westmorland in Cumbria County, Britain. The event attracts ab ...
There are so many ways horses enrich our lives and for women in the Southern Maine Women's Re-entry Center, learning to care for horses and spending time with them is an important step in changing their lives. ...
One man near Linwood, Kansas found his horse only a few yards from his property, but bringing him home wasn’t as simple as snapping on a lead shank. Rather, the horse, Zino, was found caught in mire, running water and covered in t ...
A young woman has achieved internet fame after video of her demonstrating her unique skill went viral. Ayla Kirstine of Norway has loved animals since childhood and in an effort to emulate one of her favorites, has learned to walk ...
As the popularity of horse racing increases in South Korea, so has the number of horses that are sent for slaughter. Most sources claim the number of horses slaughtered has tripled. And while most of the horses are raised for that ...
If you are studying for Pony Club quizzes, BHS exams or just about any other test of your horse knowledge you will probably find the Equestion app very useful. But learning theory for tests is not the only thing the app was design ...
In Arizona, an amatuer photographer caught video of a man she thought was shooting at horses in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest reserve. The herd living on the reserve is protected, but since October 2018, over 19 of the 300 ...
The most common way horse owners buy hay is by price per bale from a local farmer. But, we may or not be getting the most for our money by going this route. Hay is baled in a few different ways. It might be small square bales, lar ...
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