How to Effectively Pass Out Flyers
- PETA – Easy and Effective Leafleting:
https://www.peta.org/action/activism-guide/everyday-activism/leafleting/
Animal Welfare Institute’s Stance on Horse Carriages:
- Horse-Drawn Carriage Issue Explained:
https://awionline.org/content/urban-carriage-horses-out-step-responsible-horse-welfare/ - Chicago Bans Horse Carriages:
https://awionline.org/awi-quarterly/summer-2020/chicago-bans-horse-drawn-carriages
Basic Horse Care:
- Care and Management of Horses during Hot Weather
https://extension.umn.edu/horse-care-and-management/caring-horses-during-hot-weather Equinews Nutrition and Health Daily: “Nutritional Management of Draft Horses”
https://ker.com/equinews/nutritional-management-draft-horses/- Microchipping Horses
https://www.aspcapro.org/resource/faqs-about-horse-and-donkey-microchipping
Cities with Horse Drawn Carriage Bans:
- Coalition to Ban Horse Drawn Carriages
http://www.banhdc.org/archives/ch-other-cities.shtml - Horses Without Carriages International
http://www.horseswithoutcarriages.org/bannedcarriages.shtml
Cities with Horse Drawn Carriages:
- Animal Welfare Institute
https://awionline.org/content/urban-carriage-horses-out-step-responsible-horse-welfare - City of Charleston Municode (See Chapter 29 for Carriage Tours)
https://library.municode.com/sc/charleston/codes/code_of_ordinances
COVID-19:
- If You Have Animals | COVID-19
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/daily-life-coping/animals.html - Preventing Spread of COVID-19 in Equine Facilities
http://www.equinediseasecc.org/Content/ContentDocs/Prevent%20COVID%20in%20Equestrian%20Facilities%20AAEP.pdf
Draft Horse:
- “Do Drafts Need Shoes? – Farming”. Farming. 9 September 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
https://www.farmingmagazine.com/livestock/do-drafts-need-shoes - “Feeding Your Draft Horse: Nutritional Feed Requirements – Triple Crown Feed”. Triple Crown Feed. 11 July 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
https://www.triplecrownfeed.com/feeding-your-draft-horse-nutritional-feed-requirements - “Feeding Draft Horses”. Equinews. 17 October 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
https://ker.com/equinews/feeding-draft-horses - “Nutritional Management of Draft Horses”.
Equinews. 16 December 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
https://ker.com/equinews/nutritional-management-draft-horses
Equipment and Tack:
- Coachman’s Delight: “Blinders or Not”
https://www.coachmansdelight.com/blinders-or-not/ - Equine Heritage Museum: “A Glossary of Harness Parts and Related Terms”
http://www.equineheritagemuseum.com/additional-information/a-glossary-of-harness-parts-related-terms
Heat and Horses:
Heat Index Chart for Horses
- US Polo Association, July 24, 2018: “Heat Index Warning for Horses”
https://www.uspolo.org/news-social/news/heat-index-warning-for-horses - Equus Athletics: “The Horse Heat Index”
https://equusathletics.com/horse-heat-index/ - Triple Crown: “Thermoregulation in Horses”
https://www.triplecrownfeed.com/thermoregulation-in-horses/
Heat Stress in Horses
University of Guelph: “When the Rider is Hot, the Horse is Hotter”
https://news.uoguelph.ca/2010/06/when-the-rider-is-hot-the-horse-is-hotterUniversity of Minnesota Extension: “Caring for Horses in Hot Weather”
https://extension.umn.edu/horse-care-and-management/caring-horses-during-hot-weather- Equinews: “Older Horses and Heat Stress”
https://ker.com/equinews/older-horses-heat-stress/
Heat Measurement Instruments
- WetBulb Globe Temperature:
https://www.weather.gov/tsa/wbgt
Henneke Body Condition Scoring System:
- Henneke Body Condition Scoring System
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henneke_horse_body_condition_scoring_system - Horse Body Condition Scoring
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoLRjMHHnBs - Scoring Your Horse’s Body Condition
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXe1TxC5ukc
Horses in History:
- Bradley, Simon (2016). The Railways:
Nation, network & people. London: Profile Books. pp. 348–349. ISBN 9781846682131. - Wallace’s Monthly: An Illustrated Magazine Devoted to Domesticated Animal Nature. B. Singerly. 1885. p. 496.
https://books.google.com/books?id=BtZIAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA496#v=onepage&q&f=false/
Horse Health – What to Look For:
Anhidrosis (Anhydrosis) in Horses
- University of Florida: “Help, My Horse Doesn’t Sweat”
https://largeanimal.vethospitals.ufl.edu/equine-anhidrosis/
Colic in Horses
- American College of Veterinary Surgeons: “Colic in Horses”
https://www.acvs.org/large-animal/colic-in-horses
Dehydration in Horses
- Horse and Hound: “Understanding the Effects of Dehydration”
https://www.horseandhound.co.uk/horse-care/horse-care-tips/understanding-the-effects-of-dehydration-49302 - Equine Anhidrosis
http://www.nonsweater.com/vet-clinics
Internal Body Temperature and Vital Signs for Horses
- American Association of Equine Practitioners: “How do I take my Horse’s Temperature?”
https://aaep.org/horsehealth/how-do-i-take-my-horses-temperature - The Horse.com: “Normal Horse Temperature, Heart rate, and Breathing Rates”
https://thehorse.com/119724/normal-horse-temperature-heart-rate-breathing-rate
Sleep Deprivation in Horses
- The Horse: “Six Types of Sleep Deprivation in Horses”
https://thehorse.com/155696/six-types-of-sleep-deprivation-in-horses/
Veterinary Care of Carriage Horses and Horse Health Issues
- Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association: “The Urban Carriage Horse Ride”
https://www.hsvma.org/the_urban_carriage_horse_ride
American Veterinary Medical Association:
Horses in the News:
2018 – Here’s what happened during the Broad Street carriage crash
- “A report compiled by the city of Charleston’s Department of Livability and Tourism uncovers new details about the downtown mule carriage crash that sent two passengers to the hospital Wednesday afternoon.”
https://m.charlestoncitypaper.com/TheBattery/archives/2018/03/29/heres-what-happened-during-yesterdays-downtown-carriage-crash
Horses Pulled for Sixth Time This Year
- Post and Courier
Carriage tours were temporarily called off in Charleston Wednesday (July 3, 2019), marking the sixth time this year and second day this week that tours were stopped for extreme heat.
The heat and the horses: The time for humane treatment is long overdue
- It does not take a medical professional to recognize the toll New York City heat and humidity could take on a person performing heavy manual labor outdoors. While city residents in leisure or work can choose to manage themselves as needed in extreme weather conditions, some four- legged Manhattan laborers are not so privileged.
Housing for Horses:
- Equine Facilities Design: “How Big Shoulda Horse Stall Be?”
http://equinefacilitydesign.com/facility-planning-design/big-horse-stall.htm/
Percherons:
- Mischka, Joseph (1991). The Percheron Horse in America. ISBN 9780962266355.
https://books.google.com/books?id=nDbxrKedorEC&pg=PP1&dq=The+Percheron+Horse+in+America#v=onepage&q&f=false
Travel Companies/Sites with Stated Corporate Position on Animal Welfare
- BBC: “Thomas Cook Axes Sea World Over Animal Welfare Concerns”
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-44997389 - Trip Advisor: “Improving Animal Welfare in Tourism”
https://www.tripadvisor.com/blog/animal-welfare-education-portal/ - World Animal Protection: The Travel Corporation Partners with us”
https://www.worldanimalprotection.ca/news/travel-corporation-partners-us-help-protect-animals-tourism
Touring Alternatives:
- Alternatives to Touring in Horse Drawn Carriages
NYCLASS.org: “Meet the Cruelty Free Electric Horseless E-Carriage”
2017 Charleston Carriage Consultation Report & Study Recommendations
- In July 2017, Jennie L. Ivey, PhD, PAS (University of Tennessee, Assistant Professor; Extension Equine Specialist) conducted a consultation visit with members of the Charleston Animal Society, Charleston Tourism Commission, and Charleston Carriage Operators. The purpose of the visit was to create a face-to-face relationship with the aforementioned parties, along with planning and variable parameter consideration for research study planning.
Additional Resources
To learn more about other organizations fighting for animal welfare, click the links below.
- Habitat For Horses : Bill De Blasio Takes on Teamsters & Liam Neeson