PETA Calls For Ban On Horse-Drawn Carriages (Sacramento)

[Kadie]

Jan 4, 2010 1:56 pm US/Pacific
PETA Calls For Ban On Horse-Drawn Carriages

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) ― PETA is calling for a ban on horse-drawn carriages in the Capital City after a drunk driver hit a carriage injuring two passengers and the horse last week.

The Sunday night hit-and-run crash was described as a "violent impact" by the driver and owner of the horse carriage. PETA has sent a letter to Mayor Kevin Johnson asking him to prohibit horse-drawn carriages in the city.

The crash split the carriage ejecting the driver and passengers. The horse, named Fox, was found five blocks away with injuries to its hind legs. The nine-year-old spotted draft horse suffered a gouge on his leg, but is expected to fully recover.

"Horse-drawn carriages and city traffic are a dangerous combination," says PETA Director Debbie Leahy. "We hope the mayor will act to eliminate horse-drawn carriages from Sacramento's streets, not only to protect public safety but also to spare horses the misery of long days spent breathing noxious fumes and trudging on unforgiving pavement."

PETA says similar accidents have happened in many other cities with horse-drawn carriage. PETA says several cities have banned horse-drawn carriages including Biloxi, Miss.; Las Vegas and Reno, Nev.; Palm Beach, Panama City, Key West, Deerfield Beach, and Pompano Beach, Fla.; Santa Fe, N.M.; Camden, N.J.; and London, Paris, Beijing, and Toronto.

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http://cbs13.com/local/horse.carriage.ban.2.1404492.html

[anonymous171]

1. LOL

[blondeatlast]

2. FWTP! (First with the popcorn!) nt

[flvegan]

3. Dammit! Beat me to it.

:popcorn:

[Kadie]

5. .

Should I run and hide.

:hide:

:D

[Orrex]

4. The driver of the carriage was granted a hansom settlement

Incidentally, is PETA going to ban Amish travel on thoroughfares, too?

[LeftyMom]

13. Sacramento, of course, has a huge Amish population.

;)

[Orrex]

31. That's where they filmed Witness, believe it or not.

(I suspect the latter, and I don't blame you!)

[LiberalFighter]

24. If they are going to apply this fairly.

[virginia mountainman]

6. Odd, PETA has no comment on the DRUNK DRIVER .

That caused all the problems in the first place..

[Fla_Democrat]

11. Nevah

Not unless the alcohol was made out of animal parts. :beer:

[ElboRuum]

17. Maybe he was drinking this?

I give you bacon beer.

http://www.royalbaconsociety.com/blog/bacon-reviews/bacon-beer-yes/

[Fla_Democrat]

30. Hair of the dog.

http://www.hairofthedog.com/

:beer: :hangover:

[ElboRuum]

12. Of course not...

Having flunked much of the rational public discourse on most matters, they've resorted to PR stunts and being media gadflies.

[Kerrytravelers]

7. This is just silly. I grew up near Old Sac. Those horses have been there forever.

By this way of thinking, we should also ban all cars because someone hit a horse with the car. And since they were drinking, let's ban all booze, too.

I appreciate a lot of what PETA does, but sometimes, they get, in my opinion, silly. Remember Obama and the Fly?

[Vincardog]

8. When you remember that their goal is to eliminate all domestic animals you know I can not support

them

[KamaAina]

14. Says the crash was at 3rd and O

many blocks south of Old Sac. (As an advocate in CA, Sac is my second home; in fact, I leave for there in about 20 minutes.) Is the stable down near there?

[Kerrytravelers]

19. I don't know exactly where the stable is.

[Socal31]

9. At least this isnt as bad as some of their recent ideas.

Breast milk in ice-cream and renaming fish "sea-kittens" tops this by far.

[RedCloud]

10. I suppose PETA does not inspect glue factory records very thoroughbredly

What's your name horse?
Glue.
Oh, an optimist!

[ProdigalJunkMail]

15. those Amish better look out...coming for them next! n/t

[Stevenmarc]

16. PETA STFU

[high density]

18. Drunk driving and city traffic are a dangerous combination NM

[Nikki Stone1]

20. PETA is performance art.

That's the only thing that explains any of this. :rofl:

[chollybocker]

21. Perfect, NS1.

:thumbsup:

"PETA is performance art." It's all about THE DRAMA now.

[beyurslf]

22. Because a person got drunk and drove (Memo to PETA: illegally),

horse drawn carriages should be banned? Thank goodness he didn't hit a school bus full of children. PETA would want those banned too.

[LiberalFighter]

25. By their logic walking should be illegal in the city cause they could be run over.

[beyurslf]

27. Very true. In fact, best ban driving while not drunk. That way only drunk drivers can hit other

drunk drivers.

[Roon]

23. When I was a kid I was a militant gay...but of course..

I became a militant vegan at the same time...we used to see these coaches on the mall and embarrass everyone by screaming...STOP THE ANIMAL SLAVERY!! My ex foster daughter moved up into a casino town and the coach would come by her house once an hour and she would run out on the porch and scream .STOP THE ANIMAL SLAVERY! The company changed their route so they would go by her house anymore..

I am no longer vegan..neighther is my foster daughter...she went veggie and I went omni..call us hypocrites!

[tonysam]

26. It's "slavery," it's "cruel."

PETA can kiss my ass. What a bunch of lying kooks that would rob people of having animals at all.

[madinmaryland]

28. But where is the anger at the Amish Buggy Driver that was driving drunk,

pulled out in front of a car, killing the horse.

:wtf:

[proud2BlibKansan]

29. I actually agree with them on this

We have those carriages here and for many years I have said as soon as we end the war and solve our other problems, I want to see what we can do to get those carriages off our streets.

[LostInAnomie]

32. Glad to see PETA hasn't lost their ability to get enraged about idiotic shit.

I swear they are double agents half the time.

[Ignis]

33. Why would anyone ever want to ban horse-drawn carriages?

Only abject morons or moon-addled crazies would ever possibly want to ban this lovely, charming, and absolutely safe practice of merging horses with traffic in major metropolitan areas!

http://blog.peta.org/archives/HDC%20Factsheet.pdf

Lunacy, I say! :crazy: