As a horsewoman who owns rescue horses, I read the news of New York City’s deal to ban horse-drawn carriages with real concern (“Horses vs. Socialism,” Nicole Gelinas, PostOpinion, Oct. 21).
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The bill bars owners from selling their horses to slaughter or to another carriage business and talks about retiring them to sanctuaries.
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That sounds compassionate on paper.
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In practice, it ignores reality.
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Reputable rescues and sanctuaries are few and far between, and the good ones are already full, underfunded and turning horses away.
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Caring for a horse for the rest of its life costs thousands of dollars every year.
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Owners whose income has just been slashed will be left footing the bill, with fewer and fewer options.
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If the city cares about these horses, it should not make them homeless in the name of saving them.
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Wendy Wilde
Suffolk, Va.
City Council Speaker Julie Menin and Mayor Mamdani have caved to the mob.
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This group of hysterics seeks to ban the horse-drawn carriages, but where is their plan?
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They have no understanding of horses or the carriage drivers who love them.
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The horses are OK — they are not suffering.
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They love their horses and are part of New York’s culture.
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Unfortunately in any line of work, accidents occur.
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Thousands across New York City protested for the “No Kings” movement.
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Yet, they fail to see the king in their own backyard.
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How dare Mayor Mamdani ban a legal, longstanding industry?
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These people love what they do, care deeply for their animals and are highly experienced in horsemanship.
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And they are heavily regulated.
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The mayor was likely pushed by real-estate tycoons salivating over the stables’ land and used agenda-driven animal-rights fanatics as useful idiots.
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Dianne Mullikin
Nipomo, Calif.
Horses, like people, need routine and purpose.
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Let the animal-rights activists put their efforts toward those truly abused, neglected and starving animals that end up at the auction houses, not these superbly trained and talented animals.
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Who will pay these operators $20,000 each for these horses, then foot the bill to keep them for the next 15 years at hundreds of dollars a month?
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The City Council is taking a lopsided approach.
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At least 28 people have died from e-bikes in New York City this year, compared to one tragic death from a horse-carriage accident.
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Apparently the e-bike deaths are not tragic enough for e-bikes to be banned.
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Or perhaps it is the real estate that will be availed from the horse stables that is too precious to pass up.
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The horses are clearly well cared for and this is the only way for most children in the city to meet horses.
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They claim a ban will protect the horses from the city environment (although there is no one complaining about the police horses) and they say they will provide job assistance to displaced workers.
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I wish the mayor and City Council would admit that this is just a real-estate grab and another notch on PETA’s belt.
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People with no knowledge of horses should not be making rules for them.
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Green Lane, Pa.
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