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NYC carriage horse breaks free, runs into 4 parked cars after becoming ‘agitated’

A carriage horse became “agitated” and got loose in Manhattan on Sunday afternoon — darting toward the West Side Highway and dragging its operator behind, police said. The 15-year-old runaway horse named Gunner collided with four parked cars before it slipped and fell during its mad dash through Hell’s Kitchen around 3 p.m., authorities and animal advocates said. The [...]

Charleston Carriage Co. files lawsuit against Charleston Animal Society, horse advocates

The ongoing battle between those who speak out for animal rights and the Charleston carriage horse companies has taken another step in the form of a lawsuit. Charleston Carriage Horse Company (Charleston Carriage Works) has sued the Charleston Animal Society and horse advocates. The company claims the animal society and advocates spread false information on social media saying the carriage [...]

2022-10-07T15:23:27-04:00September 6, 2022|News, Our Blog|

It only takes 17 minutes to raise a horse’s temperature to a dangerous level

Prof. Michael Lindinger, an animal and exercise physiologist at the University of Guelph, explains: “It only takes 17 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise in hot, humid weather to raise a horse’s temperature to dangerous levels. That’s three to 10 times faster than in humans. Horses feel the heat much worse than we do.”

2022-10-06T10:46:11-04:00June 29, 2022|Issues, Our Blog|
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