Motorcycle collides with horse-drawn carriage in Maine
A Thomaston man is in serious condition after colliding with a horse-drawn carriage while he was riding a motorcycle on Route 32 in Jefferson. Stephen Grant, 38, was riding westbound on Waldoboro Road when he approached an incline being ascended by a horse and buggy, said Detective Scott Hayden of Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, who came upon the scene. The driver of the buggy, Noah Hostetler, 21, was not injured; however, passenger Noah Yoder, 22, suffered a back injury and Henry Yoder, 16, had a laceration on his arm. They were treated at the scene. The horse hauling the buggy had minor injuries, Hayden said, and was lame.
Read more at Central Maine.
Horse-drawn carriages in Denver: Should they stay or should they go?
Getting these horse-drawn carriages off streets across the country has been a long-time goal of the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). “These horse-drawn carriages are extremely dangerous both for pedestrians, for actual vehicles that are trying to travel the road, and for the horses themselves,” said John Di Leonardo, the manager of animals and entertainment campaigns for PETA. Di Leonardo says horses are skittish creatures who are sensitive to sound.
Read more at The Denver Channel.
Wrong-way driver hits horse-drawn carriage, flees scene
A wrong-way driver hit a horse-drawn carriage in Cincinnati’s West End neighborhood, police said. Now, the driver of
the vehicle is on the run. Authorities said a wrong-way driver struck the carriage, throwing the carriage driver from her seat to the ground. There were no passengers in the carriage. The horse was injured, but is expected to be okay.
Read more at WLWT.
Chicago animal welfare group sponsors ‘Anti-Horse Carriage’ Pedicab
Save a horse, ride a bike. That’s the message Chicago Alliance for Animals (CAA) advocates are looking to send by sponsoring one of the pedicabs that shuttles riders up and down the Magnificent Mile and throughout downtown. For about two weeks, a pedicab operated by Pedicab Ride Guys has been outfitted with wraparound signage protesting the city’s horse carriage businesses (pictured at far left). Chicago’s three licensed carriage companies have said they are preserving a tradition that remains popular with both tourists and couples on romantic dates. But others, like CAA campaign director Jodie Wiederkehr, say the practice is inhumane, forcing horses to pull oversized loads while pounding their hooves on pavement for extended periods, at times in extreme heat or cold.
Read more at WTTW.
Will horse carriages decide the next mayoral election, too?
In the 2013 New York City mayoral race, Bill de Blasio was trailing the pack when he made a campaign promise to ban the horse carriages in Central Park on “day one.” De Blasio’s pledge brought in support from the animal welfare group New Yorkers for Clean, Livable, and Safe Streets, or NYCLASS, whose aggressive attack ads against Christine Quinn were widely believed to help de Blasio overtake the early front-runner and secure the Democratic nomination. Halfway through his second term in office, however, de Blasio hasn’t delivered. He did seek a range of restrictions on the horse carriage industry, most of which fell short, succeeding only in limiting pickups to inside the park.
Continue reading at City & State New York.
