Documentary Exposing Carriage Horse Carnage

by | Sep 13, 2008

BLINDERS, a 50 min documentary about the growing movement to ban the infamous NYC carriage horses, will be screened publicly in Manhattan for the first time on Sept. 18th and 22nd. BLINDERS has been screened at 10 film festivals and won the 2008 award for Best Film in...

Horse Drawn Carriages Part Two

by | May 23, 2008

In the past year I have commented several times on the Horse Drawn Carriage industry as it is carried out in New York.  Initially I was of the opinion that it was a more or less innocent tradition that provided a colorful way to tour New York and Central Park.  During...

Horse-Drawn Carriages in Central Park – Take Two

by | Jan 21, 2008

After a few weeks of impassioned, and enlightening, comments on my Horse Controversy post I must say that my position has changed.  While I still like the idea of the horses being confined to giving rides in a carless Central Park, I admit that finding them viable...

Horse Controversy Rages

by | Dec 10, 2007

Okay, I’m all for protecting the horses that line Central Park South waiting for tourists to hop in and clip clop around the Park.  The recent videos posted on YouTube.com and on various news sites are horrific.  But.  But I don’t think the ban advocated...