Conditions Are Abusive on Streets and in Stalls

As a veterinary consultant since 1988 to the A.S.P.C.A. the New York State Humane Association and other groups, I’ve examined New York City carriage horses, and reviewed the work of others, and I have found that the city’s population, infrastructure, climate and vehicular traffic volume create inhumane conditions for these animals.

Horses working in traffic lanes shared with motorized vehicles are constantly nose-to-tailpipe, developing respiratory impairment as detailed in an unpublished study conducted by Dr. Jeffie Roszel. She analyzed New York carriage horses’ respiratory health in 1985 and found that noxious vehicular emissions damaged the horses’ lung tissue.

http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2014/01/17/horse-carriages-are-not-just-a-ride-in-the-park/conditions-for-carriage-horses-are-abusive-on-streets-and-in-stalls