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As part of a promise to animal rights activists, the mayor of New York City might be making it illegal for there to be horse-drawn carriages in the city. This tradition has been around for more than 100 years, so why would they choose to ban it now? Because the activists say that making horses pull people around is inhumane and unsafe. Horses being hit by taxis and collapsing in the streets are a few examples they use when talking about this problem.

Many people are upset by this, naturally. Horse-drawn carriages are fairly popular in NYC for both locals and tourists. Not to mention that hundreds of people would have to undergo retraining or possibly end up completely jobless. And horses face all sorts of dangers in the wild, so why should their employment be that much different? I’m all for treating animals in a humane way, but this seems like they’re taking animal rights a bit too far for no good reason.

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