WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU
We want to know what skills you possess that can help bring an end to inhumane carriage horse conditions… hauling 17 adults on steamy asphalt every day in heat that can get to 95 blistering degrees (and measured FOUR times above a hotel before they are allowed to have a break). Passengers and pedestrians need to know the streets are safe (over 110 carriage-related incidents since 2016).
Our Impact for 2020: With your help, Charleston Carriage Horse Advocates was able to reach over 2,360,000 social media users throughout the U.S. to highlight what we believe is inhumane treatment of the animals that work the streets of Charleston as well as safety issues that affect passengers, pedestrians and the horses and mules.
CCHA along with other stakeholders, including the Preservation Society of Charleston, Charleston Animal Society, Charlestown Neighborhood Association, and the Historic Ansonborough Neighborhood Association, have advocated for enhanced regulation of the Charleston carriage industry in an effort to address the risk of bodily injury that animal-drawn carriages pose to residents, visitors, industry employees, and the working animals.
As we approach Labor Day, we know that Charleston will soon be full with tourists from surrounding areas. We love our visitors who help us recognize the charm of our city on a daily basis, but we encourage you to take precautions if you do choose to visit Charleston during the pandemic.
On Sept. 11, the owners of the Chicago-based companies Antique Coach & Carriage, Great Lakes Horse & Carriage and Chicago Horse & Carriage banded together to file suit in Cook County Circuit Court against a group of defendants, individually represented by activists Jodie Wiederkehr and Debby Rubenstein, of the Chicago Alliance for Animals.
A warm summer night filled with good food, shopping at your favorite local store, maybe going out on a boat, and fireworks at Joe Riley Stadium. Charleston is usually bustling for July 4th weekend, but this year things will feel a bit different.
On the surface, it might seem a recent recommendation by the City of Charleston’s Carriage Animal Temperature and Heat Index Committee would make things better for carriage animals…
Please see below….Carriage company operators and drivers shall use caution when working animals in adverse weather conditions such as high heat and humidity, snow, ice, heavy rain, and other slippery or reduced visibility situations.
Since their foundation, CCHA has been actively involved in the Charleston community. From helping educate residents and tourists on the inhumane treatment of the carriage animals to attending chili cook offs, it is their mission to make Charleston a safer and humane city.
As you know the pilot program was to allow horse carriage tours in zone 4 on Holidays and 30 other days per year at the rate of 8 per hour-about 7 minutes apart. They are to use separate routes through Ansonborough
