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Kim M. - January 30, 2009
Good Afternoon, My Name is Kim.
I am a student of equine facilitated psychotherapy, studying from the Epona Ranch
in Arizona. Equine Facilitated Psychotherapy is the study of the relationship between
horses and humans.
I am also an accomplished Equine photographer that prides herself on
capturing
the spirit and essence of horses in their natural
environment. So I find it ironic and disturbing that
I live a few blocks from the warehouses these animals are
stored.
This is the antithesis of how I BELIEVE horses deserve and were meant to live.
What once may have seemed as some “Romantic Notion” 100 years ago, today has
no
place on congested city streets. Even the Mayor
wanted to impose a toll on commuters entering the city to
alleviate some of the unbearable traffic, yet we EXPECT these
beings to compete with such elements??
CLEARLY these conditions are not conducive to prey animals with an INSTINCT to flee from a perceived threat.
One incident in particular that I encountered a few months ago on West 49th
street
was with a carriage horse trapped with cars on 3 sides...The car
directly along side the horse and about what seemed to be a
foot away, was a limousine with screaming people shooting
out of the top and out of the windows....As if that wasn’t
bad enough they had the radio blasting that I could feel
the bass through my feet.
The light must have changed 4 times and still the traffic still didn’t seem to budge and the horse began bucking and pulling trying to escape the chaos through the only clear pathway, which was the sidewalk....At this point I ran over to the car and they lowered the music and the horse seemed to calm down a bit.
Stressed and abused horses display the same traits as humans who have experienced trauma. Both humans and horses experience depression, aggression, dissociation and
submission just to name a few.
Horses can NO longer be exploited and mistreated, we must speak on their behalf.
Let’s be proactive and preserve the dignity of these magnificent animals and do away with this practice for once and for all.
Thank You.
Coalition To Ban
Horse-Drawn Carriages

A Committee of the Coalition For New York City Animals, Inc.
Contact:
The Coalition for
NYC Animals, Inc.
P.O. Box 20247
Park West Station
New York, NY 10025
e-mail
Coalition@banhdc.org