To Whom It May Concern, I'm Writing in Response to The

To Whom it May Concern,

I’m writing in response to the concerns that have been raised regarding Gaits of Grace’s proposed historic horse drawn tour of the town of Telluride.

I’m a professional Farrier with over 10 years experience. I specialize in Corrective shoeing and Preventative Equine Podiatry. I would strongly encourage you to allow and support this program to promote and educate visitors of the historic past of our Colorado mining communities.

There is nothing inhumane about Gaits of Grace’s relationship with their horses. Most if not all of their horses have over 10 years experience pulling various farm implements, carriages and sleds. They receive regular veterinary and foot care, on an appropriate schedule for the nature of their work. Their health and suitability for work is constantly evaluated by both professionals in the industry, as well as Noah and Christina their handlers on a daily basis.

The most common inappropriate or “cruel” thing I see done with horses is nothing. They just stand in a stall or pasture, bored and unhealthy from lack of exercise and too much food. These horses were born and breed to work, and to be out interacting with their handler and the public. It’s inhuman in my opinion to not allow them to work, to put them out where they have no contact with people because someone thinks they’re dangerous. These horses are pulling loads that are well within their capabilities and they thrive off of the exercise and relationship they build with the handler.

Horses are prey animals that can spook, if they are not properly handled or trained. However the horses that we are speaking about have countless hours of training and experience pulling in a variety of situations both quiet and not so quiet. I have absolutely no reservations in saying I believe both the horses and the public will be as safe as anyone can reasonably be. And the experience will overall be a net positive. Kids light up when they see a horse that size that is that gentle. Adults marvel at their power and intelligence. And over all it will provide a small window into what life was like for my Great Grand Parents living in a small and remote mining town. Where they relied heavily on horses to move heavy loads through town, or haul coal out of the mine.

I believe the objections that have been brought forward by various groups and people are done out of the goodness of their hearts, It’s just simplistic and naïve. Horses are complex animals with complex social and physical needs. They require a level of exercise that we find amazing just to be healthy. They also require relationship’s with other horses and people to be a complete and well balanced individuals. These are requirements that cannot be met by turning a horse out in a pretty pasture and hiding them from the public. It’s met by them being allowed to be in public performing their job and to be the social animals they are when properly cared for.

Jason Spehar 970-683-1290 [email protected]

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Message to Tiffany Kavanaugh:

As a resident of Colorado, I'm urging you to reject the proposed ordinance that would allow horse drawn carriage rides on the streets of Telluride.

Horses used for these rides are forced to pull oversized loads and breathe in searing exhaust fumes, and they often suffer from serious leg and hoof ailments caused by standing and walking on hard pavement. Skittish, sensitive, and easily "spooked," most horses aren't comfortable working among cars and trucks. Many accidents, injuries, and even deaths have occurred after horses became startled and ran amok.

Cities are busy banning these cruel and dangerous operations. Please, reject this proposal and keep horse-drawn carriages out of Telluride.

Sincerely, Tiffany Kavanaugh

From: Christine Capaldo Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2018 3:03 PM To: Tiffany Kavanaugh Subject: Horse Drawn Carriage Rides Follow up

Hello Telluride Town Council Members,

I wanted to follow up briefly regarding the proposal to allow horse drawn carriage rides in Telluride. I have thoroughly reviewed the details of the proposal, which includes using the horses for two rides per week and remain in opposition.

Proponents of the rides are claiming that horses are "bred to work." This statement has no validity whatsoever and in fact completely ignores the well-being of the animals. Horses are bred for their physical characteristics such as size and strength, but that certainly doesn't mean they enjoy the activities they may be forced to perform. Pulling heavy loads amongst the chaos of pedestrian and vehicular traffic is a completely unnatural behavior for horses and is a potentially extremely distressing experience regardless of whether it occurs all day or twice a day.

Horses are prey animals with an innate instinct to flee when startled and at 2,000 lbs are highly dangerous and uncontrollable. Just last year a horse pulling a carriage in Durango took off out of control in town. And a few days ago two horses fell and struggled while pulling a carriage in Victoria. (See video here: https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/video-of-carriage-horse-fall-in-victoria-not-what-it-looks-like operators-say-1.3931621 )

Numerous progressive towns and cities have enacted horse drawn carriage bans. I kindly ask you again to please set a compassionate example by banning horse drawn carriage rides in Telluride.

Sincerely,

Christine Capaldo, DVM Telluride, CO

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From: maggie Bassow < [email protected] >

Sent: Thursday/ May 241 2018 12:07 PM To: Tiffany Kavanaugh Subject: Horse Drawn Carriage Objection

I'm writing to say we should oppose the horse drawn carriage proposal. I'm a resident and live on Main Street. Telluride needs to work towards becoming a place that people love to visit, while never becoming a "tourist town". Not only is this concept inhumaine, it's dangerous on our busy streets with dogs and bikes everywhere. Not allowing this will be a step in the right direction for Telluride, setting an example for social conscience and change. Thank you, Margaret Bassow

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From: Ruth Whelan Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2018 10:46 AM To: Todd Brown; Delanie Young; Lars Carlson; Jessie Arguelles; Geneva Shaunette; Tom Watkinson; Tiffany Kavanaugh Subject: Telluride Activities

Dear Telluride Mayor & Town Council:

There have been at least 8 horse carriage accidents in major cities in the last 6 weeks where both humans and horses have died due to horses being spooked by passing vehicles and being hit by cars.

In addition, carriage horses are also constantly overworked and exposed to extreme elements.

Please stop this cruel archaic industry in Telluride in lieu of more humane tourist activities.

I cannot in good conscience take my family to visit a town that condones animal cruelty. Thank you for your consideration.

Regards, Ruth Whelan

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From: Alyssa Flewelling Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2018 10:31 AM To: Tiffany Kavanaugh Subject: Carriage Rides

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I would like to express my concern regarding the horse and carriage rides being proposed in Telluride. There may have been a time for this but Telluride is not the sleepy town it was in the past. With current traffic, construction, parking congestion, delivery volume and pedestrians- to add a horse and carriage to the mix would add danger for people and animals to a situation that has become difficult to navigate as it is. Particularly this summer with the extra traffic congestion that will be caused from the large construction blockage on Pacific- this is one too many things.

I have nearly been hit by cars on my bike and even as a pedestrian on main street. As a driver I have been frustrated by the difficulties of so many obstacles currently in town. To put a skittish animal in these situations that I personally feel skittish in- is cruel and dangerous. This last 4th of July I was in a crowd that was nearly trampled (and was extremely frightened that some children were going to be) when a horse got spooked. I saw the terror on that poor horse's face and knew as humans we should have never allowed this preventable circumstance to happen. We have to face the reality that Telluride has gotten very busy and crowded at times and that even horses in the parade sadly may be a things of the past with Telluride's current visitor traffic.

As someone who had a horse and carriage at my wedding in Telluride 17 years ago, I very much understand the nostalgia and joy of horse and carriages in Telluride, however -look outside! Town is not what it was then, main street is not the sleepy environment of the past. I would be happy to support a horse and carriage if I thought it would be safe. The dangers, the noises, the obstacles- are obvious. Maybe I am skittish enough like a horse to notice these things, but I can empathize that heading down main street would be frighening for a horse and not be appropriate even at a limited volume of days/rides.

To try it out and wait for an incident is naive at best. In the age of animal based entertainment ending (circuses, sea world, other cities banning horse and carriage more than 5 years ago) does Telluride want to be at the forefront of the future or take a giant step into the past? As a long time resident I urge you, it is time to evolve and be at the forefront. To have the knowledge of horse incidents in other towns and cities and their experience of needing to ban it - but decide to ignore that information and think we'll be different, is ignorance at it's finest. I like to believe that Telluride is a leader in progress, not ignorant and naive.

I often wish we had the peaceful main street we had so long ago but we have to open our eyes to what town is now, not what it was 20 years ago. I appreciate what Telluride was then and I also appreciate what it has become and is today. To me, horse and carriage rides fit what it used to be, but not what it is now or is becoming.

Perhaps the horse and carriage service can market itself for weddings on mesas! I think there is a time and a place for such a lovely service, but main street Telluride in 2018 is sadly not it. We'd be asking for trouble with this.

Thank you for you time and consideration.

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Alyssa Flewelling ~ 970-708-1562 ~ [email protected] ~ [email protected]

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From: Julia Archer Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2018 10:09 AM To: Tiffany Kavanaugh Subject: Horse drawn carriages in Telluride? NO!

Telluride City Council-

I am deeply dismayed to hear that you are considering amending the present law to allow horse drawn carriages in the streets of Telluride .

. Here is some information from NYC that I believe will impact your decision:

There have been dozens of documented accidents resulting in injuries and deaths of New York City's carriage horses through the years. Horses may be easily spooked by vehicles or other loud noises and put themselves and others at risk by dashing into traffic.

As I write this, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio's plan to ban horse-drawn carriages has strong bipartisan support. Int. 86a would phase out horse carriages and replace them with eco-friendly antique replica cars. Passage of the law would also bolster the local tourist economy by giving current carriage drivers the opportunity to drive electric antique replica "Horseless Carriages"- a win-win solution that protects both jobs and the safety and welfare of horses and people in New York City.

Other great global cities do without horse-drawn carriages, including Beijing, London, and Paris.

Did you know that currently there are no laws protecting horses from being sent to slaughter after they are "spent" by the industry? So it is significant that Int. 86a also calls for the immediate humane retirement of more than 200 carriage horses.

Why would the city of Telluride go backwards? My husband and I love visiting. We can get the Old West feel without instituting a cruel industry. Horse drawn carriages look innocent and picturesque, but they are NOT, and there are very viable alternatives.

Educated visitors to Telluride know this.

I will be glad to email you additional information if needed!

Please let me know of your decision by return email. It will influence our summer plans as to whether we return to Telluride or not.

Sincerely,

Julia Archer

Colorado Springs

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From: Sharon Riendeau Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2018 6:28AM To: Tiffany Kavanaugh Subject: Horse Drawn Carriages

Dear Ms. Kavanaugh

I am writing to ask you to please not allow the use of horse-drawn carriages on your public roads. These horses often live and work in inhumane conditions.

Many municipalities around the world are moving toward banning them and using alternatives to horse-drawn carriages on their busy streets.

In fact, Montreal has recently voted for a ban which will be implemented in the upcoming year. Rome has also voted two weeks ago to move them into 4 parks until National Legislation is introduced to ban them throughout the country.

Progressive cities are aware of public safety risks and and well-documented animal welfare concerns.

Horses deserve better.

SHARON RIENDEAU Gatineau, Canada

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From: Ashley DiGrado Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2018 5:35 PM To: Tiffany Kavanaugh Subject: Keep Telluride Humane

To Whom it May Concern:

I am a local resident of Grand Junction, Colorado. I was very disappointed to learn that a wonderful little mountain town I enjoy visiting is considering the use of horse-drawn carriages. I always thought that Telluride was a progressive town that respected both nature and animals.

As I'm sure you know, horses are animals that have a very heightened fear response and can be easily frightened . Mixing horses on streets with vehicles, bikes, and pedestrians may not result well. In Temple Grandins book, Animals Make Us Human, she states that horseback riding is more dangerous than riding motorcycles; while horse-drawn carriages is obviously not horse back riding, the concept is still very similar-horses startle easily. This is not safe for humans or for the mental welfare of the horses. The practices of horse-drawn carriages have also historically been inhumane. Horses are not born "tame" and if they do not perform up to par, they cannot easily be adopted out like service dogs because taking care of a horse is expensive. Therefore, often times the horse may be sent to the slaughterhouse.

I believe the people of Colorado want what is best these majestic animals. Telluride is a great town the way it currently is.

Ashley DiGrado ash leyd ig rado@yahoo. com

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From: Kay Sheils Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2018 4:25 PM To: Tiffany Kavanaugh Subject: NO to horse drawn carriages -we do not need this!

Dear Town of Telluride-

I am writing to express my profound objections to any decision by Telluride to allow horse-drawn carriages. I was a 14- year resident of Manhattan, and the debate there produced well-documented data showing why there is no "good" way to have horse-drawn carriages, and they phased it out. I am also a 20-year Town of Telluridian (six months per year}, and I emphatically object to this unnecessary, preposterous exploitation of innocent animals. We humans do not NEED this. This is not what Telluride is about.

Kay Sheils

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From: Maud Beauchamp < [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2018 1:23 PM To: Tiffany Kavanaugh Subject: Please not allow the use of horse-drawn carriages on your public roads

Dear Ms. Kavanaugh,

I am writing to you to ask you to please not allow the use of horse-drawn carriages on your public roads. These horses often live and work in inhumane conditions. Many municipalities around the world are moving toward banning them and using alternatives to horse-drawn carriages in their busy streets. In fact Montreal has recently voted for a ban which will be implemented in the upcoming year. Rome has also voted two weeks ago to move them into 4 parks until a national legislation is introduced to ban them throughout the country. Progressive cities are aware of public safety risks and well-documented animal welfare concerns. Horses deserve better.

Maud Beauchamp CANAN A (514) 813-0346

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From: Andrew Sheils Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2018 1:06 PM To: Tiffany Kavanaugh Cc: Kay Sheils Subject: Horses in Town

Please do not allow horse drawn carriages in Telluride. I am a 20 year part-time resident -live in town- and think this is one very cruel thing to do to those animals. I live in Savannah, GA where there are many horse drawn carriages and some of the things I have seen are simply inhumane. Many Savannahians want this done away with. Andrrew T. Sheils, Jr. M.D.

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From: Mirella Colalillo Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2018 12:53 PM To: Tiffany Kavanaugh Subject: Do not allow the use of horse-drawn carriages on your public roads

Dear Ms. Kavanaugh,

I am writing to you to ask you to please not allow the use of horse-drawn carriages on your public roads. These horses often live and work in inhumane conditions.

Many municipalities around the world are moving toward banning them and using alternatives to horse-drawn carriages in their busy streets.

In fact Montreal has recently voted for a ban which will be implemented in the upcoming year. Rome has also voted two weeks ago to move them into 4 park until a national legislation is introduced to ban them throughout the country.

Progressive cities are aware of public safety risks and well-documented animal welfare concerns.

Horses deserve better.

Mirella Colalillo Montreal, Canada

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From: Kelley Kite < [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2018 11:53 AM To: Tiffany Kavanaugh Subject: Horse-drawn carriages

Town Council of Telluride:

I have been informed that the town of Telluride is considering the use of horse-drawn carriages on their busy public roads. I am writing today to ask you to reconsider this unethical treatment of animals. A ride on a horse-drawn carriage may seem like a romantic mode of transportation for humans. However, for the horses that are forced to carry individuals, it is a journey fraught with injury and pain. It is not a natural or easy instinct for a horse to draw a vehicle caring 2-9 individuals through busy streets. It is not a part of their natural habitat to pound on hard roadway surfaces of asphalt or cobblestone. This type of substance causes lameness, hoof deterioration, and constant pain with every step. Not to mention, these horses are pulling up to six times their own weight. Additionally, horses are also naturally skittish and sensitive beings. Just simple traffic, horns honking, and people running in front of them causes unnecessary stress to their psychological well being. Finally, horse-drawn carriage rides are especially popular in summer months, when tourism is at a peak, which causes an increase in pollution. Air pollution is harmful for a horse's respiratory system, as they will be drawing in a great amount of toxins into their lungs. A leading medical journal noted that animals exposed to ozone pollution suffer from emphysema, cancer, bronchitis, and accelerated aging. Horses will also suffer due to heat stroke, colic, and dehydration during these rides. I wonder what is the enjoyment for the horses in these situations. I imagine that individuals travel to Telluride other than the fact that the town might possibly have horse-drawn carriage rides. Please choose animal welfare concerns and the humane path and save these animals from hardship and pain.

Thank you for your time.

Kelley Kite Brighton, Colorado

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From: Lauren Godbey Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2018 3:01AM To: Tiffany Kavanaugh Subject: Horse-drawn carriages

It has been well-documented that horse-drawn carriages force these animals to live and work in inhumane conditions, and are a risk to public safety. There are plenty of ways to entertain tourists and support local communities without exploiting animals.

Please reconsider this proposal, and maintain a commitment to the welfare of the public and animals.

Thank you for your time.

- LT Godbey

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From: Amanda Salz Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2018 7:48 PM To: Tiffany Kavanaugh Subject: Opposition to Carriage Horse Rides

Town Council of Telluride-

I am in extreme opposition of the proposal to add carriage horse rides to the town of Telluride. As a native to Colorado, I find comfort in knowing that I live in a state that is more progressive than most states in regards to the attention given to animal welfare issues. I was extremely upset when I heard that the Town of Telluride wanted to begin offering carriage horse rides to tourists. It has been well documented that these horses often live and work in very inhumane conditions. Many municipalities are moving away from this form of cruelty, by creating alternatives that provide the same level of interest by tourists while also being cruelty-free. It is disappointing, and quite frankly embarrassing, that Telluride is regressing and actually taking a step backwards in comparison to other municipalities when it comes to this inhumane attempt to boost tourism. Please listen to the people that make up this beautiful, animal friendly state and do not add carriage horse rides to your list of tourism activities. Please do not add Telluride to the list of towns that are reverting to inhumane practices when the majority are choosing to be humane.

Thank you for your time.

Kindly

Amanda Salz

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From: Aubyn Royall Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2018 4:16 PM To: Tiffany Kavanaugh; Sean Murphy; Todd Brown; Delanie Young; Lars Carlson; Jessie Arguelles; Geneva Shaunette; Tom Watkinson Subject: Letter from the Humane Society of the United States Attachments: Letter to Telluride HSUS.pdf

Good afternoon Mayor Murphy and members of the Telluride Town Council,

My name is Aubyn Royall and I am the Colorado State Director for the Humane Society of the United States. I am writing you today on behalf of our supporters in Telluride and throughout Colorado. Attached is a letter regarding your upcoming vote on horse-drawn carriages. We ask that you please review this information and not allow this outdated and inhumane practice to begin in your town. The goal of phasing out carriage horse rides is being widely embraced across the country, and we would love to see Telluride keep their policy consistent with that.

Thank you so much for your time and consideration. I look forward to hearing from you, and I am available to answer any questions you may have, or provide more information.

Sincerely, Aubyn Royall

Aubyn Royall Colorado State Director, State Affairs [email protected] p 303-669-4021 humanesociety.orq

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Dear Mayor Murphy and Telluride Town Council members,

On behalf of the Humane Society of the United States and our supporters who live in Colorado, I am writing to urge the Telluride Town Council to not vote in favor of allowing carriage horse rides in Telluride.

Horse-drawn carriages should not share the same roadways as motor vehicles because it puts both the animals and public at risk. As prey animals, horses have a highly developed flight drive that is easily triggered when startled by an unexpected or threatening stimulus. Spooking can happen to even the best trained and well-mannered horses and is often the cause of accidents for horse-drawn carriages. There have been dozens of accidents in municipalities where this misguided practice is still embraced, often resulting in injuries to drivers, passengers, pedestrians and the horses involved.

In addition to public safety concerns, there are many animal welfare concerns that the Council should consider. Exhaust fumes, hard road surfaces, high temperatures, long work hours, and busy traffic patterns are simply not humane environments for carriage horses. Even the more moderate high temperatures experienced in Telluride present a safety concern for the horses. In warm weather, a large horse is greatly challenged in its ability to dissipate body heat. In a hot environment, a horse can lose 8-10 gallons of fluid with exercise. If the horse becomes dehydrated and cannot produce sweat, life-threatening condition called anhydrosis can ensue. Keeping a horse well hydrated on urban streets can present a challenge.

In addition to the animal welfare and public safety concerns, town resources will need to be diverted to enforce the regulations that protect carriage horses and monitor the carriage operators. Telluride resources would be better spent dealing with other issues not related to a new trade that requires constant monitoring. ~rl~~~ ~~~r''~ THE HUMANE SOCIETY ~ ~ e OF THE UNITED STATES

While some municipalities around the country are moving toward alternatives to horse-drawn carriages in their streets, less progressive cities continue to ignore both the public safety risks and well-documented animal welfare concerns. I strongly urge the Town Council to maintain its status quo and keep Telluride from taking a huge step back on this important issue.

Please feel free to call me at 303-669-4021 or email me at [email protected] if you have any questions or would like to discuss this matter further. Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely,

Aubyn Royall Colorado State Director The Humane Society of the United States Tiffany Kavanaugh

From: Geri DeFelice Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2018 3:42 PM To: Tiffany Kavanaugh Subject: carriage horses

Good day. I am writing about your plans to put horse and carriage rides on your streets. Please do not allow this. The horses suffer, people protest, and you will not be favored by many citizens. We shut down one company but still have one to go in my city of Philadelpia .. You should see the misery in these horses demeanour, you would not do it. Have some compassion . They don't mix with cars and busy city traffic . Thank you for your time. Geri DeFelice

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From: BRIAN FIELD Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2018 1:28 PM To: Tiffany Kavanaugh Subject: Horse-Drawn Carriages

Dear Town Council Members,

Please do not approve horse-drawn carriages for Telluride. The risks to and suffering of the horses involved in such an activity is well-documented. Approval of such a cruel business for the sake of business does not present Telluride and Colorado in a favorable light.

Thank you for your consideration of this request,

Brian Field

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From: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2018 7:49AM To: Sean Murphy; Todd Brown; Delanie Young; Lars Carlson; Jessie Arguelles; Geneva Shaunette; Tom Watkinson; Tiffany Kavanaugh Subject: Allowing Horse Carriages in Telluride is a Really Bad Idea

Dear Telluride Governing Officials,

My name is Barbara Krantz and I am a Chicago Public Schools teacher and a resident of Chicago, Illinois.

I am writing to you (I have not copied and pasted) because I am aware that you are considering allowing horse carriages to operate in your municipality. The list of horse carriage accidents around the world is endless. There seems to be a new and tragic accident every week somewhere in the world. Here in Chicago, horses are overworked and not considered other than how they can make money for their carriage operators. Over the last eight months, myself and other concerned citizens surveilled the carriages during two long twelve hour days and were horrified at what we found. Horses were worked double the amount of time that the city regulations allowed. They were then brought out the very next day for another illegal double shift Drivers were also not allowing the horses to drink water because they did not want horses urinating on city streets. Drivers were also allowing more than the allowed number of people onto their carriages to maximize profits (many of those people were very obese). We also saw carriage drivers leaving horses unattended, throwing cigarette butts at the horses feet and crossing very busy intersections while looking at their phones.

You may be thinking that Telluride is different than Chicago and carriage operators would never allow these things to occur. Chicago citizens, regulators and officials thought the very same thing until they were shown our video footage that proved that the abuses were actually taking place. People come and go and do not bother to take a closer look at how the horses are (or are not) cared for. The preconceived notion that carriages are romantic and nostalgic was blown out of the water when we presented our surveillance footage and the Chicago media picked up our story. Currently, three members of our city council have proposed an ordinance that would put an end to carriages in our city. This is happening only because of a few concerned residents who took the time to focus solely on the welfare of the horses during two long days. As we surveilled the horses, the drivers were well aware of our presence. I would hate to imagine what takes place when we are not at the carriage stands filming the carriages.

Take a moment to research what is happening around the world in regards to horse carriages. Many cities have already banned them and many more are in the process of doing so. You are on the wrong side of history and conveniently deluding yourselves if you think that combining the welfare of horses with making a profit is a good idea. A carriage operator's bottom line will unfortunately win out an the expense of the health and welfare of these beautiful animals every time. Even in your beautiful Telluride. You don't believe me? Take a look around the world and see for yourselves. Places that you would expect would keep the horses safe, happy and healthy are dealing with the same issues we find in Chicago and other municipalities. Get the facts and stop a really bad idea before it starts. See the links below.

Sincerely,

Barbara Krantz Chicago, Illinois https://www. telluridenews.com/news/article _ 093ab3e6-588f-11 e8-86a3-9315dd0f6836. html http://www.noladefender.com/content/mule-dies-quarter-causing-brief-delays www.wantedinrome.com/news/rome-to-move-horse-drawn-carriages-off-the-streets.html www.telegraph.eo.uk/news/2018/05/16/hunt-owners-horse-left-bleeding-road-head-on-collision-car/ http://www.counton2.com/news/local-news/horse-slips-at-rutledge-and-wentworth/1161862181 www.moroccoworldnews.com/2018/04/245327/carriage-horse-badly-injured-after-crashing-into-car in-marrakech/ http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/anger-sparked-again-after-horse-on-istanbuls-princes-islands collapses-130896 https://wbbm780.radio.com/articles/news/3-horse-and-carriage-companies-court-over-city-violations

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From: Partnership to Ban Horse Carriages Worldwide < partners hi pto ban h o rseca rri ages@ g ma i l.co m > Sent: Friday, May 18, 2018 4:06AM To: Sean Murphy Cc: Todd Brown; Delanie Young; Lars Carlson; Jessie Arguelles; Geneva Shaunette; Tom Watkinson; Tiffany Kavanaugh Subject: Fwd: PLEASE BAN HORSE CARRIAGES OR AT LEAST MAKE THE LAWS MORE PROTECTIVE OF THE PUBLIC & HORSES Attachments: Whitney looking at phone while going through Michigan Ave. and sirens blaring.m4v

Dear Telluride Mayor & Town Council:

I am writing you about the proposal to introduce horse carriage rides to your fine city.

I'm not sure if you all are aware, but this activity, intended for entertainment purposes only, is responsible for injuring, maiming and killing many people and countless horses. A progressive society tries to prevent needless suffering and death- not create it.

There was just another disturbing accident this last weekend, and we know of dozens of serious horse carriage accidents around the world in just the last year where children and horse carriage operators have died and horses have dropped dead. Horse drawn carriages are simply out of place in a highly congested traffic environment, where horses, who spook easily, are forced to breathe exhaust fumes, endure the constant wail of emergency sirens and the blast of deafening sounds of ubiquitous motorcycles and souped-up sports cars. You certainly don't want a headline about tourists being killed or seriously injured during a horse carriage ride in telluride.

19TH CENTURY HORSE CARRIAGES IN A 21ST CENTURY CONGESTED URBAN MOTORIZED ENVIRONMENT IS A REAL DANGER TO THE PUBLIC -NO CITY IS IMMUNE FROM DISASTROUS HORSE CARRIAGE ACCIDENTS When it comes to public safety, there have been untold accidents involving horse carriages resulting in death and personal injuries throughout the world. The latest human tragedy, that we know of, occurred just over a month ago when an American couple vacationing in Ireland were killed when their carriage horse lost its footing and flung them 20 feet down a rocky ravine. https://nypost.com/2018/04/10/american-couple-killed-after-horse-drawn-carriage-crashes-in-ireland/ (2 tourists killed in horse carriage accident - AP-ril 10, 2018)

The following casualties and incidents occurred in just the last month. Unfortunately, we know that when a carriage horse is injured or maimed, it almost always means death, regardless of what the horse carriage companies say. https://www.telegraph.eo.uk/news/2018/05/16/hunt-owners-horse-left-bleeding-road-head-on collision-car/ (Hunt for owners of horse left bleeding in the road after head-on collision with a car- May 13, 2018) http://www.counton2.com/news/local-news/horse-slips-at-rutledge-and-wentworth/1161862181 (Horse slips and falls pulling carriage with 5 people in downtown Charleston - May 5, 2018) https://www.facebook.comNictoriaHorseAlliance/videos/1291228824312931/ (2 Horses colla se & can't get u -May 5, 2018) https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2018/04/245327/carriage-horse-badly-injured-atter crashing-into-car-in-marrakech/ (Carriage Horse Badly Injured After Crashing into Car in Marrakech- April28, 2018)

1 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/anger-sparked-again-after-horse-on-istanbuls-princes-islands-collapses- 130896 (Anger sparked again after horse on Istanbul's Princes' Islands collapses -April 25, 2018) https://www.facebook.com/WingsofHeartSantuario/videos/1654880314567223/ http://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2018/04/17/horse-dies-while-others-collapse-from-exhaustion-at-feria-de-abril de-sevilla-in-andaluciaa/ (Carriage horse dies of a heart attack at the Feria de Abril in Seville- April17, 2018)

The Chicago Alliance for Animals (CAA), an all volunteer organization dedicated to making Chicago a more humane city, has documented Chicago's three horse carriage companies violating the law on a regular basis throughout 2017 and beyond. It's important to note that neither the City, the police nor Animal Care and Control monitor or enforce the laws meant to protect the public and horses and we've found that this is true is every city that has horse carriages. The laws simply are not enforced.

Due to our documentation, hundreds of citations have been issued against these companies, which may cost them upwards of $200,000 in accompanying fines, and this is only for the first half of 2017. CAA documented many more violations in August, September and November. A City attorney informed me that if these companies are unwilling to comply with the law, which was created with the input of veterinarians and equine experts, and show how they are complying regularly, then the City doesn't want them working in Chicago. Here is an article that ran recently regarding the current case against Chicago's horse carriage companies: https://wbbmnews.radio.com/articles/news/3-horse-and-carriage-companies-court-over-city-violations

HORSE CARRIAGE COMPANIES REPEATEDLY VIOLATE THE CHICAGO ORDINANCES For the last year, the Chicago Alliance for Animals has documented Chicago's horse carriage companies and drivers breaking the law on a routine basis. We've documented horses forced to work 12 plus hour days and 10, 11, 12+ hour days again the next day (in blatant violation of the City's 6 hour per 24 hour limit), working in oppressive heat and humidity in summer and bone chilling cold in winter. We've witnessed drivers routinely disregarding the laws that impact public safety such as being on their cellular phones while driving in traffic and being on streets during times they are not allowed. The horses must also endure contempt by the drivers who were caught on video washing their hands in the horses' drinking water and flicking their lit cigarette butts at the horses feet.

HORSES MAY BE STUCK IN CEMENT BARNS AND IN SUFFOCATING STALLS WITH NO PLACE TO EXERCISE During Chicago's frigid winters when the temperature is below 15 degrees F, the horses must be off the streets, but their stables are barren, cement barns in industrial areas of Chicago. There are no requirements for turnout, no pastures for the horses to get the needed exercise and socialization, required for both mental and physical health. Antique Coach & Carriage Co. states on their website that their horses live on a farm, but we have seen the horses go back to a dark, decrepit looking stable on Clybourn after working long days.

THE HORSE CARRIAGE COMPANIES ADMIT THEIR BUSINESS MODEL IS TO BREAK THE LAW The lawyer who represents all three Chicago horse carriage companies has gone on record defending the practice of violating the law, intended to protect horses from being overworked, by stating that there's been confusion about the six-hour rule for years and "if it were strictly enforced, the carriage companies would be out of business." In other words, the horse carriage drivers break the law on a routine basis. In fact, the city has confirmed that the carriage horses are considered to be working and their hours are counted "whether pulling or standing." This flagrant disregard of the law clearly indicates that Chicago's carriage horses are likely overworked every time they are out.

THE HORSE CARRIAGE COMPANIES REPEATEDLY VIOLATE THE LAW BECAUSE CITY AGENCY, BUSINESS AFFAIRS & CONSUMER PROTECTION (BACP) LACKS THE RESOURCES TO ENFORCE THE LAW After issuing only three citations in 2015 totaling only $100 in fines, none in 2016 and so far $8500 worth in 2017 (thousands more in fines have not been imposed yet), when CAA started documenting and reporting violations, it is clear that the office of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection (BACP), the city agency charged with enforcing the laws regarding horse carriages, is either uninterested or incapable of enforcing the laws designed to protect these horses from abuse. BACP only issues fines after CAA volunteers spend hundreds of hours of their own time standing in the heat/cold, documenting the drivers breaking the law, looking through and organizing hundreds of videos and photographs, filling out quite a bit of paperwork and sending the countless violations of the law to BACP. And even then, these companies are being cited for only a fraction of the violations we witness. I documented at least 50 violations on Nov. 25 that haven't been addressed yet. This is nothing more than a slap on the wrist and a license to continue business as usual, as long as their fines are paid.

Here is a media article regarding Chicago's proposed ban: https://chicaqo.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/aldermen-move-to-ban-horse-drawn-carriages-from-city-streets/

Due to the overwhelming evidence of Chicago's horse carriage companies breaking the law, Chicago Alderman Brendan Reilly sponsored legislation to ban horse carriages this year. The link to this ordinance is: https://chicaqo.leqistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=3292750&GUID=F17530A8-4CB2-4B96-B7FC- 2 BEE73F54939F&Options=Advanced&Search= At this time, in addition to sponsor Alderman Reilly and co-sponsors Aldermen Hopkins and Lopez, there are at least 15 more Aldermen (that we know of) who told us they support the ordinance and a ban.

BANNING THE HORSE CARRIAGE TRADE IS NOT ONLY THE RIGHT THING TO DO, BUT IT IS SUPPORTED BY NUMEROUS BUSINESSES AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC As part of our work, CAA is working on raising funds to help get the carriage horses to safe forever homes, rescues or sanctuaries, should any of the horse carriage owners need help placing any horses. Additionally, a Chicago horse carriage ban has now been endorsed by more than 115 businesses, including veterinarians, horse rescues and advocacy groups, animal protection organizations, attorneys, local restaurants, animal shelters and more. Most of these companies and organizations have thousands of supporters and two of them boast more than 2.5 million followers each, so this just illustrates that the majority of society no longer approves of animal exploitation for profit. If a business endorses a horse carriage ban in Chicago, they support a ban everywhere. Here is a link to our endorsements so far: https://www.facebook.com/media/setl?set=oa.2385285225030280&type=3

I WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION I am informing you of the situation in Chicago because the same is true all over the world. Laws meant to protect the public and welfare of the horses are simply unenforced. Most cities do not have the money or agencies to monitor horses all day every day, so drivers break the law to make an extra buck and the horses and human victims of accidents pay the price.

The Partnership to Ban Horse Carriages Worldwide would be more than happy to talk to you over the phone. I implore you to abandon the idea of bringing dangerous, inhumane and 100% unnecessary horse carriages to Telluride and prevent future tragedies.

This is a very pressing issue that countless locals and tourists alike are concerned about - backing a ban will make you heros to many! Thank you very much for your time and consideration and please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Best,

Jodie Wiederkehr Founder, Partnership to Ban Horse Carriages Worldwide Campaign Director, Chicago Alliance for Animals (CAA) 773-726-0589

P.S. Below are some additional links to recent media articles and just a couple (we have many more) videos CAA has taken that you may be interested in: https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsandnature/chicaqo-refuses-to-enforce-carriaqe-horse-laws http://chicagotonight. wttw.com/2017/11/30/horse-carriage-violations-spike-activists-say-oversight-lacking https://www. mysanantonio. com/news/local/article/Horse-drawn-carriage-operator-k illed-in-Bandera-12487643. ph p - This recent accident, where both the driver and horse were killed when an SUV hit their carriage, is eerily similar to the 2014 accident in Chicago where a van hit a horse carriage and four children and the driver had to be rushed to the hospital. Everyone was okay in that incident, but what if the opposite were true?

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From: John Roth Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2018 10:24 AM To: Tiffany Kavanaugh Subject: In regards to the horse drawn carriage ordinance

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To whom it may concern, I just read the article yesterday in the Planet about the consideration of approval for carriage rides in Telluride. I would just like to say that I think the council should give serious consideration to the impact that these carriages have on the flow of traffic within the town. Traffic as you well know is getting really bad, and with all the new construction impacting the traffic flow it is even worse. I know that on the 4th of July the horse drawn carriages totally back up the traffic. I am also unsure, having grown up on a farm, if the horses could potentially spook, especially with the high percentage of dogs in Telluride. Thank you for your consideration. John Roth

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From: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2018 1:51 PM To: Tiffany Kavanaugh Subject: Please Reject Horse-Drawn Carriage Proposal

Message to Tiffany Kavanaugh:

As a resident and native of Colorado, I'm urging you to reject the proposed ordinance that would allow horse-drawn carriage rides on the streets of Telluride.

Skittish, sensitive, and easily "spooked," most horses aren't comfortable working among cars and trucks. Many accidents, injuries, and even deaths have occurred after horses became startled and ran amok.

Cities are busy banning these cruel and dangerous operations. Please, reject this proposal and keep horse-drawn carriages out of Telluride.

I grew up with horses-- 26-- and know what you're wanting to do is nothing less than ABUSE AND CRUELTY. THINK! THINK OF SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T DEPEND ON PERVERSION TO DRAW MONEY.

Sincerely, MS. Lily Clair P 0 Box 3565 Montrose, CO us [email protected]

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From: Carrie Koenig Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2018 9:41 AM To: Tiffany Kavanaugh Subject: horse cart proposal

I am writing to express my disapproval of the horse drawn cart proposal. 1) This is a safety hazard. I witnessed years ago a horse getting spooked on Main Street during a Butch Cassidy re enactment where a gun shot sound was part of the scene. The horse freaked out and was slipping around on the pavement out of control in its effort to run away. Luckily the street was closed off. I always leave the Fourth of July parade with my 2 young children before the horses come for this reason. 2) People are drawn to Telluride for its natural beauty and cool sense of community. This proposed business adds an element of cheesy tacky tourism which is inconsistent with Telluride's brand. 3) Town is way too congested in the summer to mix in horses. The horse poop would be a deterrent to cyclist and pedestrians. Instead, we should be thinking of ways to encourage walking and cycling downtown.

Carrie Koenig live in town with 2 kids 27 year local

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From: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2018 9:36AM To: Tiffany Kavanaugh Subject: Please Reject Horse-Drawn Carriage Proposal

Message to city of Telluride

Please see my personal note st the bottom.

As a resident of Colorado, I'm urging you to reject the proposed ordinance that would allow horse-drawn carriage rides on the streets of Telluride.

Cities are busy banning these cruel and dangerous operations. Please, reject this proposal and keep horse-drawn carriages out of Telluride.

Sincerely, Ms. Carolyn Reed 3503 Catalpa Way Boulder, CO us [email protected]

I come to Telluride every year for the Film Festival. I've been coming since 1979. Four of us come buying a place to stay, food etc. I would hate to see horse drawn carriages in Telluride. Talk about wrong side of history. I would seriously consider switching to Toronto. Those horses look miserable and people in the carriages look like fools. Don't do this.

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From: [email protected] Sent: Monday, May 14, 2018 4:51 PM To: Tiffany Kavanaugh Subject: Please Reject Horse-Drawn Carriage Proposal BAD IDEA

Message to Tiffany Kavanaugh:

As a resident of Telluride, I'm urging you to reject the proposed ordinance that would allow horse-drawn carriage rides on the streets of Telluride.

Cities are busy banning these cruel and dangerous operations. Please, reject this proposal and keep horse-drawn carriages out of Telluride.

Sincerely, Dr. Janette R. Bronson 110 Lone Fir Ln Telluride, CO us [email protected]

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From: Liz Cichella < [email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 14, 2018 2:42 PM To: Tiffany Kavanaugh Subject: horse drawn carriage rides in Telluride

Good Afternoon,

I just wanted to take a brief moment to let you know that I am very much opposed to the proposal from the museum to have horse drawn carriage rides in Telluride. With the already congested state of town, I think adding an unpredictable element such a horse behavior is a terribly unsafe idea.

Thank you,

LIZ CICHELLA Operations Manager Telluride Sotheby's International Realty 565 Mountain Village Boulevard, Suite I 0 I Telluride Mountain Village, CO 81435 [email protected] telluridesothebysrealty.com c. 970.799.8812 1 t. 970.728.1404 Dedicated to the extraordinary. The exceptional. The unique.

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From: Maureen Pelisson < [email protected]> Sent: Monday/ May 14/ 2018 2:10 PM To: Tiffany Kavanaugh Subject: Signed Letter Opposing Horse Drawn Carriage Rides in Telluride Attachments: 20180514134801.pdf

Tiffany, here's my signed letter for your packets. Thanks and let me know if you need anything else from me!

Kindly, Maureen

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Dear Telluride Town Council,

Thanks for taking the time to review my letter in regards to the Telluride Historical Museum horse drawn carriage rides. As I sit down to write this letter to you, I just returned from riding in town, and was almost hit on three occasions. This is off season, and the streets are already congested, as people try to navigate through town and around many long-term construction projects currently closing streets.

I posted about the proposed horse drawn carriage rides with the Museum on the Telluride Animal Foundation's facebook page (where I volunteer), and 15 locals voiced a stem "No," to horse drawn carriage rides on one post and 10 more voiced "No" on another. That's a small poll, but 25 Telluride residents weighed in and voiced their concerns about adding horse drawn carriage rides to our community.

When I first heard of the Telluride Historical Museum's proposal to offer horse drawn carriage rides in town, I was surprised that the town would allow for a variety of reasons from the safety of the horses to the safety of our community. Many other cities around the world have already banned horse drawn carriage rides, including Salt Lake City and Breckenridge and I think Telluride should follow suit.

I love the Telluride Museum and what they offer, but I don't support horse drawn carriage rides in Telluride. And, even though their proposal is for two rides, one day per week, I'm concerned that if this is passed they will come back at a later date asking for more days and times. In the past, I've been concerned for the horses in the Fourth of July parade and their riders. At times, the horses seem scared and agitated with the people, dogs, cars and chaos of the parade.

Town is already too congested to add a horse drawn carriage ride to the mix and with all the construction currently going on it seems like a major safety issue for the community and the horses. It doesn't take much to spook a horse and although the Telluride Wranglers team has insisted their horses are trained for this work, there have been many accidents in other towns where horses of the same training have bolted causing harm to themselves and their riders.

Thank you for taking the time to read my letter and take my concerns into consideration.

I'm urging you to vote against horse drawn carriage rides at the May 29 meeting.

Kindly, f}tJf~~ Maureen Pelisson Telluride Resident 1022 East Colorado A venue 970-729-0706 maureenpelisson@gmail. com Tiffany Kavanaugh

From: [email protected] Sent: Monday, May 14, 2018 10:51 AM To: Tiffany Kavanaugh Subject: Please Reject Horse-Drawn Carriage Proposal

Message to Tiffany Kavanaugh:

I live in Buena Vista now after 38 years in Denver. You MUST reject the proposed ordinance that would allow horse drawn carriage rides on the streets of Telluride. Streets filled with cars, people, and DOGS is not the place for horses. This does not go well in other places that have horse-drawn carriages and no matter how hard you try-- there will be a mishap in Telluride. If people want to ride in a horse-drawn carriage, they can go to a RANCH where there is open space.

Horses used for these rides often suffer from serious leg and hoof ailments caused by standing and walking on hard pavement. Skittish, sensitive, and easily "spooked," most horses aren't comfortable working among cars, trucks, everyone's untrained dogs . Many accidents, injuries, and even deaths have occurred after horses became startled and ran amok.

Sincerely, MS. Wendy Hall 16015 County Road 356 Buena Vista, CO us [email protected]

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From: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2018 8:09 PM To: Tiffany Kavanaugh Subject: Please Reject Horse-Drawn Carriage Proposal

Message to Tiffany Kavanaugh: I've always loved visiting Telluride. But, if this takes place .. well, I don't know if I'll be coming back. As a resident of Colorado, I'm urging you to reject the proposed ordinance that would allow horse-drawn carriage rides on the streets of Telluride.

Horses used for these rides are forced to pull oversized loads and breathe in searing exhaust fumes, and they often suffer from serious leg and hoof ailments caused by standing and walking on hard pavement. Skittish, sensitive, and easily "spooked/' most horses aren't comfortable working among cars and trucks. Many accidents, injuries, and even deaths have occurred after horses became startled and ran amok.

Cities are busy banning these cruel and dangerous operations. Please, reject this proposal and keep horse-drawn carriages out of Telluride.

Sincerely, Ms. Karen Rhoades 675 SAlton Way, Apt 4d Denver, CO us [email protected]

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From: [email protected]

Sent: Saturday/ May 121 2018 4:42 PM To: Tiffany Kavanaugh Subject: Please Reject Horse-Drawn Carriage Proposal

Message to Tiffany Kavanaugh:

PLEASE STOP ..... No animal should ever be used for human entertainment ... NEVER EVER!!!!! As a resident of Colorado, I'm urging you to reject the proposed ordinance that would allow horse-drawn carriage rides on the streets of Telluride.

Cities are busy banning these cruel and dangerous operations. Please, reject this proposal and keep horse-drawn carriages out of Telluride.

Sincerely, L. Larson 5551 Winterset Pl. Colorado Spgs, CO us [email protected]

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From: susie.krings@g mail.com

Sent: Saturday/ May 12 1 2018 3:22 PM To: Tiffany Kavanaugh Subject: Please Reject Horse-Drawn Carriage Proposal

Message to Tiffany Kavanaugh:

My husband and I love visiting Telluride every year. It's our favorite place to visit in Colorado. Besides the natural beauty, what we love about Telluride is that it's a progressive town.

As a resident of Colorado, I'm urging you to reject the proposed ordinance that would allow horse-drawn carriage rides on the streets of Telluride.

Horses shouldn't share the street with cars. They are skittish and can easily be spooked. While I'm hoping the horses would be treated better in Telluride, this isn't a good activity to promote. There are plenty of other fun and charming activities here.

Telluride has enough going for it ... it doesn't need this type of staged, touristy activity to draw visitors. In fact, Telluride is special because it doesn't feel touristy. It's a rustic, independent town that doesn't usually subscribe to these types of kitschy activities.

Please, reject this proposal and keep horse-drawn carriages out of Telluride.

Sincerely, Ms. Susie Krings Longmont, CO us [email protected]

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From: David Tenenbaum Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2018 10:55 AM To: Todd Brown; Delanie Young; Lars Carlson; Jessie Arguelles; Geneva Shaunette; Tom Watkinson; Tiffany Kavanaugh; Sean Murphy Subject: TOURISTS LIKE ME WILL NOT VISIT TELLURIDE IF YOU ALLOW THE HORSE CARRIAGE INDUSTRY TO SET UP SHOP IN YOUR TOWN

Dear Mayor Murphy and City Council Members,

I have heard nothing but wonderful things about Telluride from friends of mine. It has been high on my bucket list of places to travel. However, I must tell you I will purposely avoid your City if you allow horse carriages. Horse carriages have been shown time and time again to be dangerous leading to major accidents and deaths. See the following links where at least 2 humans died, 2 horses died and 5 horses were maimed for mindless "entertainment." http://victoriaanimalnews.com/horse-trolley-ogden-pointl http://www.counton2.com/ .. ./horse-slips-at-rutledg .. ./1161862181 https://nypost.com/ .. ./american-couple-killed-after-horse-dr .. .I https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/ .. ./carriage-horse-badly-in .. .I http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/anger-sparked-again-after-... https://www.facebook.comMJingsofHeartSantuario/videos/1654880314567223/ http://www.theolivepress.es/ .. ./horse-dies-while-others-coli .. .I

In addition, there is simply no humane way to force horses to haul carriages. Again, throughout the country, horse carriage owners show nothing but contempt for the law and make a farce and mockery of local city council. See article below. Do you really want to follow in the footsteps of Chicago and other major cities where the horse carriage industry has thumbed its nose of local law enforcement? Telluride has so much to offer tourists. Does it need to get a black eye before finding out that the horse carriage industry is nothing but a potential bottomless pit of tort liability, injury, scofflaws and even death? Thank you for your time. Sincerely, David Tenenbaum [email protected] 3 Horse And Carriage Companies In Court Over City Violations

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CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- The lawyer for three horse and carriage companies will be back before a city judge next week over dozens of violations cited against those companies last year. There were more than 130 citations issued against Antique Coach and Carriage, Chicago Horse and Carriage, and Great Lakes Horse and Carriage last year. The violations are for everything from not giving horses water in a timely way, working horses longer than the six-hour limit set by the city and, even, turning down streets they were not supposed to be on during certain hours. The companies' attorney, Tim Murphy, compares the violations as being on the order of traffic tickets. He said he's been talking with the city attorney. "Because of the volume of them, we're trying to work something out with the city. There's an awful lot of tickets that have been issued," he said. Murphy said the settlement talks include requiring the carriage companies to keep logs that address issues, such as rest and water for horses, and to "provide a plan on how the companies will make sure the drivers are aware of each and every regulation." Jodie Wiederkehr of the Chicago Alliance For Animals is responsible for the three carriage companies being cited. She said she and a volunteer, "would go down to the carriage stand and, basically, sit there and videotape when we saw one of them breaking the law." Wiederkehr would like to see carriage rides end in Chicago. She said the busy traffic and the hard surfaces of the streets are not good for the horses. The carriage companies are scheduled to be back before an administrative law judge Monday afternoon.

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From: [email protected] Sent: Friday, May 11, 2018 9:24 PM To: Tiffany Kavanaugh Subject: Please Reject Horse-Drawn Carriage Proposal

Telluride mayor, mayor protem, and town council members

As a resident of Colorado, I'm urging you to reject the proposed ordinance that would allow horse-drawn carriage rides on the streets of Telluride. PLEASE DO NOT SUPPORT THIS! Horses are not used these days and its cruel to make them perform these task on pavement and to be exposed to all the hazards and risk. We need to respect these special animals and protect them. Horses used for these rides are forced to pull oversized loads and breathe in searing exhaust fumes, and they often suffer from serious leg and hoof ailments caused by standing and walking on hard pavement. Skittish, sensitive, and easily "spooked," most horses aren't comfortable working among cars and trucks. Many accidents, injuries, and even deaths have occurred after horses became startled and ran amok.

Cities are busy banning these cruel and dangerous operations. Please, reject this proposal and keep horse-drawn carriages out of Telluride.

Sincerely, Ms. Jennifre Espiritu 8114 Westside St Littleton, CO us [email protected]

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From: Elizabeth Forel Sent: Friday, May 11, 2018 12:42 PM To: Tiffany Kavanaugh Subject: Don't allow horse drawn carriages in Telluride

I am writing from New York City about the possibility of Telluride having horse-drawn carriages. Besides being inhumane, they are a public safety hazard. And it does not matter if they are every day or once a week.

Horses are nervous by nature and can spook and bolt at the slightest provocation becoming unwitting weapons --causing injury or death to themselves, their passengers or innocent passersby. In 2007, a tourist was trampled by a spooked carriage horse in Salzburg, Vienna. She died from her injuries. Just recently, a state senator in Texas escaped injury when his carriage horse spooked. http://www.kxan.com/news/texas/state-sen-dawn buckingham-escapes-injury-in-runaway-horse-carriage/11724 70162

Please do not buy the argument from the drivers that horses are made to work. This is not "work" per se. They are not helping a family farm their land. They are purely entertainment h9rses

Please do something that is unique and more of the 21st century -- electric cars or even battery operated horseless carriages.

Thank you for considering my comments.

Elizabeth F orel I President Coalition to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages Horses Without Carriages International No Walk in the Park - Facebook BanHDCarriages - Twitter you can't defeat an idea whose time has come

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From: Admin CCHA Sent: Friday, May 11, 2018 12:21 PM To: Tiffany Kavanaugh Subject: Horse Drawn Carriages

The controversy over Horse Drawn Carriages and wagons is on everyones minds because it is no longer hiding in the shadows. The public is now able to photograph offenses and make their concerns heard over Social Media.

I tallied the total number of "BAN Horse Drawn Carriage" Petitions, which of course included Mule driven too, and the running tab at this time is a whopping 1,140, 767 people asking for a COMPLETE BAN on Horse Drawn Carriages and Wagons, That is an increase of over 25,000 signatures in five months. Those numbers will only climb higher and higher.

Reading the comments posted on those Petitions tells a story of perceived unabashed greed & cruelty on the part of the shady Carriage Industry owners and corruption on the part of the local government. Most people declare that they will no longer visit city X and they will tell their friends and family to also avoid cities with those "Sea World & Barnum *& Bailey" type of animal exploitive businesses.

The days of Animals used for Entertainment are over. It's that simple.

There have been 280+ accidents, some fatal for both human and equines, since 2000. Cities have changed, people have changed. Denver can remain the cool city that is or retreat to the back of the line.

Be on the right side of this issue. Don't be a dirty city.

Elizabeth Slagsvol

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From: [email protected]

Sent: Friday/ May 111 2018 11:06 AM To: Tiffany Kavanaugh Subject: Please Reject Horse-Drawn Carriage Proposal

Message to Telluride Mayor; Mayor ProTem; and all town council members:

As a resident of Colorado, I'm urging you to reject the proposed ordinance that would allow horse-drawn carriage rides on the streets of Telluride.

Cities are busy banning these cruel and dangerous operations. Please, reject this proposal and keep horse-drawn carriages out of Telluride.

Sincerely, Ms. Roxanne Sarmento 860 Elm Ave Grand Jet, CO us northstarunlimited @msn.com

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From: [email protected] Sent: Friday, May 11, 2018 10:33 AM To: Tiffany Kavanaugh Subject: Please Reject Horse-Drawn Carriage Proposal

I am a Colorado native. My grandparents were farmers and ranchers. Please DO NOT use your horses to pull carriages on PAVEMENT! This is very damaging to their anatomy and hooves- pure cruelty. Please don't do this!

Dana Sauder Thornton, Colorado (born in Rifle)

As a resident of Colorado, I'm urging you to reject the proposed ordinance that would allow horse-drawn carriage rides on the streets of Telluride.

Cities are busy banning these cruel and dangerous operations. Please, reject this proposal and keep horse-drawn carriages out of Telluride.

Sincerely, Dana Sauder 12711 Colorado Blvd Unit 320 Thornton, CO us [email protected]

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From: [email protected] Sent: Friday, May 11, 2018 9:54AM To: Tiffany Kavanaugh Subject: Please Reject Horse-Drawn Carriage Proposal

Dear Friends in Telluride,

As a resident of Colorado, I'm urging you to reject the proposed ordinance that would allow horse-drawn carriage rides on the streets of Telluride.

Cities are busy banning these cruel and dangerous operations. Please, reject this proposal and keep horse-drawn carriages out of Telluride.

Sincerely, Mrs. Dara Haid 4598 Tanglewood Trail Boulder, CO us [email protected]

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From: [email protected] Sent: Friday, May 11, 2018 6:06AM To: Tiffany Kavanaugh Subject: Please Reject Horse-Drawn Carriage Proposal

Mr. Sean Murphy, Mayor, Mr. Todd Brown, Mayor ProTem, Ms DeLanie Young, Mr. Lars Carlson, Ms Jessie Rae Arguelles-McConnell, Ms Geneva Shaunette, Mr. Tom Watkinson,

As a resident of Colorado, I'm urging you to reject the proposed ordinance that would allow horse-drawn carriage rides on the streets of Telluride.

Cities are busy banning these cruel and dangerous operations. Please, reject this proposal and keep horse-drawn carriages out of Telluride.

Sincerely, Margaret Callow

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From: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2018 8:24 PM To: Tiffany Kavanaugh Subject: Please Reject Horse-Drawn Carriage Proposal

Message to Tiffany {

Don't exploit these poor horses and make them suffer hauling around uncaring, indifferent humans too lazy too walk themselves. Screw your town.

As a resident of Colorado, I'm urging you to reject the proposed ordinance that would allow horse-drawn carriage rides on the streets of Telluride.

Cities are busy banning these cruel and dangerous operations. Please, reject this proposal and keep horse-drawn carriages out of Telluride.

Sincerely, Mr. Karl Moritz 1090 N Lafayette St Apt 405 Denver, CO us [email protected]

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From: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2018 5:45 PM To: Tiffany Kavanaugh Subject: Please Reject Horse-Drawn Carriage Proposal

Message to Tiffany Kavanaugh:

As a frequent visitor to Telluride, I was shocked to hear that progressive and animal-friendly Telluride was considering an ordinance that would allow horse-drawn carriage rides. This is a cruel step back in time. If your town and visitors love horses, you should research how many animals are injured (and killed) following collisions with vehicles. Horses are also overworked in the heat, driven to exhaustion, and pulling more weight than is comfortable. Our family has witnessed the cruelty first hand in other US cities, as well as other countries. No one seems to be able to enforce animal welfare laws. Seeing a horse overworked or injured/killed, will stay with tourists for a long time and Telluride will be associated with those bad memories.

If you want unique transportation, allow pedicabs which are human-powered. Humans have the ability to say no, to say they're carrying too much weight or that they're sick or tired that day. Horses don't have that luxury.

Other compassionate and educated cities are banning horse-drawn carriages. Please do the same and reject this ordinance. Use humans for entertainment, not horses!

Sincerely, Ms. Julie Westland 5215 S Hatch Dr Evergreen, CO us [email protected]

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From: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2018 5:18 PM To: Tiffany Kavanaugh Subject: Please Reject Horse-Drawn Carriage Proposal

Message to Tiffany Kavanaugh: PLEASE, DO NOT ALLOW THIS CRUELTY! As a resident of Colorado, I'm urging you to reject the proposed ordinance that would allow horse-drawn carriage rides on the streets of Telluride.

Cities are busy banning these cruel and dangerous operations. Please, reject this proposal and keep horse-drawn carriages out of Telluride.

Sincerely, Ms. La Vaughn Standridge 11973 East Oregon Circle Aurora, CO us [email protected]

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From: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2018 4:03 PM To: Tiffany Kavanaugh Subject: Please Reject Horse-Drawn Carriage Proposal

Message to Tiffany Kavanaugh:

As a resident of Colorado and a visitor to Telluride, I ask you to please reject the plan to use horse-drawn carriages. Horses are often hurt because they are forced to pull more weight than they should, stand in harnesses for long hours and walk along traffic. Horses that are hurt or unhappy can be dangerous as they take steps to deal with the pain or fear. It just isn't a good idea .... that is why many cities are banning the practice. Please do the right thing and keep the horses off the streets. Many thanks, Sarah Hess

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From: Nicke Hetzel Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2018 6:44AM To: Tiffany Kavanaugh Subject: Horse Drawn Carriages in Telluride

To the Honorable Telluride City Council,

We recently learned about the proposed Horse Drawn Carriage rides in Telluride. We strongly oppose this venture. It is unnecessary and poses risks to humans and the horses. The streets are congested enough with cars, motorcycles, trucks, bikes, walkers and dogs. Since there is so much pedestrian traffic, the horse excrement can be offensive and become problematic.

Horses are considered "work" animals by some, but pulling carriages full of people is beyond work, it is simply cruel. Please do NOT allow this activity to occur in Telluride. Telluride is suppose to be forward thinking, not backwards.

Respectfully, Nicke Mecaskey Hetzel and Richard Hetzel 310 Fairway Drive Mountain Village, C081435

11 Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight11 Albert Schweitzer

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From: RUTH < [email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 07, 2018 8:55 AM To: Tiffany Kavanaugh Subject: Horse Drawn Carriages

Please do not approve horse drawn carriages in your city. The inhumane practice is falling out of favor with tourists and locals. It is not safe for the animals, the passengers or drivers. The list of accidents in other cities is extensive, some include fatalities. Property damage is also common. In addition, the horses are subjected to tremendous stress working in all temperature extremes in city traffic nose to tailpipe for hours. They are prey animals that spook easily. Horse Drawn Carriages are not a necessity and only serve to make a profit for their owners. It is an outdated industry whose time has past. There are so many other ways to tour a city; walking, trolley rides, electric vehicles are all fun and do not include the use of animals for entertainment .

..IR\\Ruth Arnone

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From: Crystal Gubitose

Sent: Tuesday/ May 221 2018 12:48 PM To: Tiffany Kavanaugh Subject: Fwd: Delivery Status Notification (Failure)

Hello-

My family absolutely loves visiting Telluride every summer and recommends to everyone we can. I was disappointed to see that the city is considering horse drawn carriages on public roads. I hope this idea is squashed before it even reaches a real conversation but in the event is isn't, I'm writing to voice my opposition. The human use of animals is luckily becoming a thing of the past and I hope Telluride follows others in it's decision making. I understand the desire to keep the old west look and feel and it's very much what we appreciate about your lovely town. I don't feel this addition adds to it's beauty. We'll be following this issue closely and our fingers are crossed that the city does the right thing.

Thank you.

Crystal Schall Denver, CO

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From: Andrew Sheils

Sent: Wednesday/ May 23 1 2018 9:16 PM To: Tiffany Kavanaugh Subject: No Horse-drawn carriages in Telluride

Hello,

I am writing to express my disapproval for the implementation of horse-drawn carriages in town. It is simply not needed and is inhumane to tum horses into mules for a cheap gimmick, up and down town, all day long. It's a small town that is 2 miles long - walking is pleasant.

Horseback I Back country riding is one thing, but making these animals parade through the streets, hauling heavy loads, during any type of weather is inhumane.

Thank you, Andrew Sheils

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From: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2018 7:58AM To: Sean Murphy; Todd Brown; Delanie Young; Lars Carlson; Jessie Arguelles; Geneva Shaunette; Tom Watkinson; Tiffany Kavanaugh Subject: Please Read These News Articles

Please read and get the facts. http://victoriaanimalnews.com/horse-trolley-ogden-pointl http://www.counton2.com/news/local-news/horse-slips-at-rutledge-and-wentworth/1161862181 https ://nypost. com/2 0 18/04/1 0/am e rican-cou p le-ki II ed-afte r -horse-d rawn-carriag e-cras hes-in-i reland/ https ://www. moroccoworld news. com/20 18/04/245327 lea rriage-h orse-bad ly-i njured-after -eras hi ng-i nto-car-in-marrakech/ http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/anger-sparked-again-after-horse-on-istanbuls-princes-islands-collapses-130896 https://www. facebook. com/WingsofHeartSantuario/videos/1654880314567223/ http://www. theol ivepress. es/spa i n-news/20 18/04/17/horse-dies-wh i Ie-others-collapse- from-exhaustion-at-feria-de-a b ril-de-sevilla-i n andaluciaa/

May 7, 2018

The Honorable Sean Murphy, Mayor of Telluride The Honorable Todd Brown, Mayor Pro Tem Town Council Members

Via e-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; jarguelles@telluride- co.gov; [email protected]; [email protected]

Dear Mayor Murphy, Mr. Brown, and Town Council Members,

On behalf of PETA and our more than 6.5 million members and supporters worldwide, I urge you to reject the ordinance that would allow horse-drawn carriage rides in Telluride.

Despite claims from those who profit from them, horse-drawn carriages don't represent a nostalgic trip back to bygone days—they're cruel to the horses, and they pose a threat to both animals and humans. Horses are forced to pull oversized loads and breathe in searing exhaust fumes, and they often suffer from serious leg and hoof ailments caused by standing and walking on hard pavement all day long.

In Willmar, Minnesota, for example, two horses pulling a carriage were spooked and took off running for a mile with 15 passengers aboard, most of whom were children. The carriage eventually crashed, injuring several passengers, including the driver, who later died of his injuries. The liability risks to Telluride are very real. Please see this factsheet for dozens of other examples of the dangers of having horse-drawn carriages on the road.

Cities across the country, including Palm Beach, Florida, and Salt Lake City, are busy banning these archaic operations, not permitting them. Please don't put animals, visitors, and residents at risk. Rejecting this throwback to a cruel, bygone era would be in line with the public's ever-increasing intolerance for exploiting animals for entertainment.

May we please hear by Thursday, May 10, that you'll reject this ordinance and keep cruel horse-drawn carriages out of Telluride? We're happy to provide more information if you need it. Thank you for your time and attention.

Sincerely,

Tracy Reiman Executive Vice President People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

July 29, 2017/St. Louis, Missouri: A horse pulling a carriage got spooked and took off running, eventually Incidents hitting a car. Two passengers sustained bruises when they jumped out of the carriage. Involving Horse- July 15, 2017/Cleveland, Ohio: Witnesses intervened after seeing a horse, who was pulling a Drawn Carriages carriage for Shamrock Carriages, fall to the ground while walking down a slippery hill in heavy traffic. According to a passerby, the animal appeared frightened and exhausted. The following is a partial list of incidents involving horses used in carriage operations. Contact PETA for June 12, 2017/Charleston, South Carolina: A horse documentation. pulling a carriage for Charleston Carriage Works took off running, ran over a curb, and hit a parked car. The carriage driver was thrown from the rig, which was carrying nine passengers. The same horse and company were involved in another incident weeks earlier. (See the May 26, 2017, entry.) February 4, 2018/New York, New York: A horse pulling a carriage with three passengers in it took off May 30, 2017/New York, New York: A 12-year-old running near New York's Central Park South after horse named Goldie broke free from the carriage that getting spooked by a pedestrian who was opening she was pulling and went into a full gallop, cutting off and closing an umbrella and screaming loudly. The cars and running through rush-hour traffic for 11 animal crashed into two parked cars before the driver blocks. regained control. The passengers were taken to the hospital with minor injuries. May 26, 2017/Charleston, South Carolina: A horse

pulling a carriage for Charleston Carriage Works took January 16, 2018/New York, New York: A carriage off running, tossing the driver to the ground, and overturned near Central Park as two carriages were crashed into a car. reportedly racing to the hack line to be the first in line for business. May 18, 2017/Charleston, South Carolina: Two horses pulling a carriage for Palmetto Carriage Works October 15, 2017/St. Augustine, Florida: A horse got spooked by a passerby wearing a costume. One pulling a carriage for Country Carriages fell to the horse fell, sustaining cuts and scratches, and the ground. driver was thrown from the carriage, which struck a parked car. October 5, 2017/Charleston, South Carolina: A mule tripped and fell while she and another mule were pulling a carriage holding 16 passengers for Palmetto Carriage Works.

September 4, 2017/Old Montréal, Québec, Canada: A 15-year-old horse pulling a carriage collapsed. An initial veterinary report found the cause to be “extreme fatigue.” An SPCA spokesperson said that the horses are bought when they’re already at the end of their working lives “and they’re basically worked to death.”

September 1, 2017/Memphis Tennessee: Junior, a horse pulling a carriage for the Uptown Carriage Company, collapsed in the street and was later euthanized. May 17, 2017/New York, New York: A building inspector provided the media with a photograph of a August 22, 2017/Durango, Colorado: A horse horse named Sophia lying next to a pile of manure in pulling an empty carriage took off down the street a cramped stall. The whistleblower told a reporter, after the driver, who wasn’t in the carriage, became “The stable looked like it hadn’t been cleaned in distracted. years. It got so crammed up that the horse would have a hard time getting up.” Incidents Involving Horse-Drawn Carriages

May 15, 2017/New York, New York: A horse named July 30, 2016/New Orleans, Louisiana: Several Billy got spooked by a horn while heading to Central people were injured after a truck collided with a horse- Park. A surveillance video showed the animal drawn carriage operated by Mid-City Carriages. backpedaling in the middle of the street during rush hour, eventually falling onto a cab. July 17, 2016/Charleston, South Carolina: Two mules pulling a carriage for the Palmetto Carriage April 19, 2017/Charleston, South Carolina: A horse Works got spooked after the rubber came off one of scraped his legs after he slipped and fell while pulling the wheels and the carriage crashed to the ground. a carriage for Charleston Carriage Works. The carriage slammed into a brick wall and broke an iron gate. April 14, 2017/Wichita, Kansas: While on a field trip, three students and a chaperone were thrown from July 14, 2016/Mackinac Island, Michigan: A horse their carriage seats, sustaining bumps and bruises, pulling a carriage got spooked and crashed into a when two horses got spooked and pulled the carriage nearby porch. in sharp circles on the main street of Old Cowtown Museum. July 13, 2016/Lehi, Utah: Two horses pulling a carriage got spooked and crashed into two trees, December 21, 2016/St. Charles, Missouri: A horse leaving four children injured. The children’s mother drowned in the Missouri River after he got spooked said, “The cart hit the tree and all of us flew out of our while pulling a carriage for the St. Louis Carriage seats and one of our little boys fell out of our cart Company and ran into the river. Several cars were entirely and was underneath (close to) where the also damaged. wheels were.”

December 10, 2016/Willmar, Minnesota: Two June 7, 2016/Mackinac Island, Michigan: After horses pulling a carriage during a neighborhood losing control of her bicycle, a woman died after being Christmas light display got spooked and took off run over by a horse-drawn carriage. running for a mile, with 15 passengers aboard, most of whom were children. The carriage eventually July 2, 2016/Shepherdsville, Kentucky: Details crashed, and the driver later died of his injuries. Some were sketchy, but according to local news reports, a of the passengers sustained minor injuries. semi-trailer got stuck under an overpass while trying to detour around a carriage accident. December 3, 2016/Kansas City, Missouri: Three people and a horse were injured after the horse, who April 2016/Montréal, Québec, Canada: A passerby was pulling a carriage, got spooked and took off took video footage of a horse pulling an apparently running into oncoming traffic before crashing into a empty carriage and colliding with a car. The horse wall. The driver was ejected, and the horse seemed stumbled before galloping off through Old Montréal. unable to stand up when crews worked to remove the Shortly after the incident, the mayor suspended the animal. A witness described the scene: "The horse permits of 24 carriage drivers for a year so that pulling the carriage was tearing down the road, I regulations could be tightened. mean full-sprint. The driver, you could see her pulling on the strap, but it wasn’t slowing the horse down.” December 2015/Highland Park, Texas: Two people were thrown out of a carriage after the horses took off November 7, 2016/Vancouver, British Columbia: down the street during holiday rides. Earlier this The driver and several passengers were thrown from month, a car was damaged by a carriage, and the a carriage after the horses pulling it got spooked by a carriage driver didn’t stop. car horn and bolted. The carriage slammed into a park bench, destroying it. One tourist who escaped December 25, 2015/Waterville, Maine: A woman unharmed said that she "had to hold on for dear life." died after being critically injured when a car crashed into the horse-drawn carriage she was riding in on October 14, 2016/New York, New York: A pedicab Christmas Day. Six other people were injured. The carrying two passengers overturned in Central Park holiday hayrides were hosted by the Waterville Elks after it hit a carriage. Lodge. The carriage driver told reporters, “I'm always worried about [crashing]. People fly by us like we September 2, 2016/New York, New York: An weren’t there.” eyewitness reported that a horse named Norman collapsed after the driver was “screaming for the horse to make the green light.” A spokesperson for the industry dismissed the incident, calling the horse a “klutz.” Incidents Involving Horse-Drawn Carriages

August 24, 2015/Kokomo, Indiana: A minivan submitted on the streets of Old San Juan” and to crashed into the back of a horse-drawn carriage, protect “the horses from the mistreatment to which flipping the rig upside down. Two passengers were they are exposed every day.” taken to the hospital, and the horse struggled to stand up after being knocked down in the collision. The March 27, 2015/McKinney, Texas: One horse broke animal sustained scrapes to the hind legs. a leg and another sustained a shoulder injury after a car clipped the animals, who were pulling a carriage, August 19, 2015/St. Louis, Missouri: A carriage sending both horses crashing into a parked truck. The carrying six passengers was hit by a vehicle from carriage was being operated by the Happy Trails behind, throwing the carriage driver to the ground. Carriage Service. The crash caused the carriage to tip over, throwing the passengers around. February 23, 2015/New York, New York: A horse named Tickles was found in his stall unable to stand. August 7, 2015/St. Louis, Missouri: A minivan rear- He was euthanized because of a fractured leg. ended a carriage, throwing the carriage driver out and shoving the carriage into the back of the horse. The December 28, 2014/Dallas, Texas: Two passengers minivan then ran over the carriage driver and kept were injured after being tossed out of a carriage after going. The carriage driver was seriously injured, and the horse got spooked by a horn. The horse was also the horse sustained some scratches. The carriage injured, and the carriage was seriously damaged. was totaled. August 3, 2014/Mackinac Island, Michigan: A July 14, 2015/Old Montréal, Québec, Canada: An woman sustained multiple rib fractures and a eyewitness reported seeing a horse slip and fall. The shoulder fracture after running into a team of horses horse reportedly fell repeatedly while attempting to on her bike and falling under the spooked animals. get back up and looked panicked and exhausted. The temperature was 34 degrees Celsius (93 degrees July 12, 2014/St. Louis, Missouri: While out for a Fahrenheit). walk with her dog, the city's health director, Pam Walker, intervened to stop riders from boarding a July 17, 2015/Charleston, South Carolina: A horse carriage when she saw a horse "showing classic pulling a carriage for the Old South Carriage Co. signs of heatstroke." Walker said, "That horse collapsed on a busy downtown street after getting (Moose) was obviously under duress." spooked by a truck. The horse, named Blondie, sustained scrapes, and a forklift was needed to get June 21, 2014/Mackinac Island, Michigan: Horses him back on his feet. got spooked in two separate incidents. A woman riding a bike lost her balance and knocked into a April 25, 2015/St. Louis, Missouri: A passerby took horse, spooking the animal, before she fell to the video of a horse galloping through downtown hitched ground and was trampled. In the second incident, a to an empty carriage. The horse, named Bud, had bicyclist playing loud music spooked a horse, who been pulling the carriage for the St. Louis Carriage began jumping around and made a U-turn that flipped Co. and apparently got spooked. According to news the carriage. The couple driving the carriage was reports, a few years ago another horse with the same thrown out. company took off running. The person who took the video told reporters that it’s the third time he has seen June 14, 2014/Fairbanks, Alaska: Several people driverless carriages careening out of control in the last were injured, including one who was sent to the year. hospital, when the back of a carriage broke off, spooking the horses, who took off running. Six women April 14, 2015/Anchorage, Alaska: The owner of the riding in the carriage were thrown from their seats, Horse Drawn Carriage Company sustained serious and the horses knocked over a bystander, cutting her injuries when he was thrown out of a carriage and run arm and causing her to fall and hit her head. over after the two horses he was training got spooked. The company offers sleigh, wagon, and June 12 and 13, 2014/Newport, Kentucky: horse-drawn carriage rides. Carriages were rear-ended by cars two days in a row on the Taylor-Southgate Bridge. The carriage drivers April 2015/San Juan, Puerto Rico: After a horse in both incidents were thrown from their seats. Both collapsed on the street, San Juan’s mayor were taken to the hospital, one with serious injuries. immediately banned carriages in the city. Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz Soto said that she took the action in response to “the deplorable conditions of exploitation and mistreatment to which the horses are Incidents Involving Horse-Drawn Carriages

May 17, 2014/Stedman, North Carolina: A popped May 24, 2014/Victoria, British Columbia, Canada: balloon at an outdoor celebration startled a horse who A carriage driver and a motorist were injured after a was pulling a carriage carrying two adults and three horse working for Tally-Ho Carriage Tours got children, some of whom were thrown from the spooked and bolted, hitting two cars and a carriage as the horse ran through the crowd. motorcycle. The driver fell out of the carriage, and the motorcyclist jumped off his bike. Two passengers April 12, 2014/North Little Rock, Arkansas: A car were thrown from the carriage. horn spooked a horse, who took off running. The wheel of the carriage collided with a vehicle next to April 23, 2014/New York, New York: Two the carriage, and then the horse continued bucking eyewitnesses, one an attorney and the other a and running and hit a second vehicle. photographer who videotaped the incident, saw a horse spook and fall to the ground after a bus passed October 19, 2014/New York, New York: A passerby the carriage too closely. The carriage was knocked took video of a horse bolting up 11th Avenue in over, and a second horse pulling a carriage nearby Manhattan. In the video, the horse is seen running took off running in the chaos. The fallen horse was through a busy intersection tailed by a New York eventually uprighted, and the carriage continued on Police Department cruiser as another car makes an its way, even though the horse was limping. unsuccessful attempt to cut off the horse’s path by pulling in front of the animal.

July 14, 2014/Chicago, Illinois: At least five people, including four children, were injured when an SUV rear-ended a horse-drawn carriage operated by Chicago Horse & Carriage. The driver was thrown from the carriage. The horse, named Milo, sustained some scratches to his knee.

July 4, 2014/Holland, Michigan: Two people were hurt after a horse pulling a carriage got spooked when a person on a skateboard fell in front of the animal, causing the horse to bolt "out of control." The driver sustained minor injuries while attempting to stop the horse, and the animal struck and knocked down a bystander, who also sustained minor injuries.

June 19, 2014/Charleston, South Carolina: A horse April 2014/New York, New York: Carriage driver sustained some scratches and two passengers were Frank Luo allegedly falsified records to force an old, thrown to the ground after the animal, who was pulling asthmatic horse named Ceasar to keep working. In a carriage for Charleston Carriage Works, got September 2013, Luo was involved in a dangerous spooked and ran into the side of a house. horse-carriage accident, and in an unrelated incident that month, he was charged with operating a carriage June 12 and 13, 2014/Newport, Kentucky: A for more than 12 hours in a 20-hour period and for carriage was hit from behind on the Taylor-Southgate overcharging riders. Bridge, throwing the driver out of the rig. The previous day, a carriage was hit on the same bridge, severely April 22, 2014/Mustang, Oklahoma: Thirteen riders, injuring the driver, who was thrown to the street. including nine children, were injured when a horse- drawn carriage overturned during an annual "land run" June 9, 2014/New York, New York: A horse named re-enactment. The horse broke free of the damaged Pumpkin got spooked and bolted, leaving pedestrians rig and ran away. Two children and one adult were scrambling for safety. A passerby was pulled off his taken to the hospital, while the rest were treated at feet and dragged after he grabbed the reins in an the scene. attempt to stop the horse. A bicyclist caught up with Pumpkin and wedged him between a taxi and a car, April 22, 2014/Charleston, South Carolina: One smashing the cab's door in the process. pedestrian and three riders sustained scrapes and bruises after a horse pulling a carriage got spooked and the carriage crashed. Incidents Involving Horse-Drawn Carriages

April 18, 2014/Cleveland, Ohio: Danny Boy, a horse animals after a police officer observed him working a pulling a carriage for Shamrock Carriages, lost his horse named Blondie, who was visibly injured and footing on metal construction plates and fell to the struggling to pull the weight of the carriage. Colarusso ground. told the officer that Blondie had been hurt for four days and that he had worked her for five hours that April 15, 2014/Santa Ynez, California: Two men day. A veterinarian found that Blondie had thrush—an were injured, one of them seriously, after two horses infection of the hoof that, if left untreated, can lead to pulling a carriage got spooked and bolted, causing the permanent lameness and sometimes even require carriage to roll over. Both men were ejected from the euthanasia. vehicle. In 2010, Colarusso was charged with drinking while April 14, 2014/Savannah, Georgia: A horse pulling a on duty, and he's also been fined for driving a horse carriage for Historic Savannah Carriage Tours got through city streets at unauthorized times, failing to spooked and ran for six blocks, ejecting the driver and keep a daily log, and not turning on the lamps on the tossing five passengers around. Five vehicles were side of his carriage after dark. damaged, and the driver and one passenger of the carriage were taken to the hospital with injuries. November 10, 2013/Galveston, Texas: The driver of Witnesses described the horse and carriage bouncing a carriage jumped out of the rig after the horse took off cars “like a pin ball” and reported seeing the horse off running, leaving two passengers behind. The in full gallop as the driver stood up, trying to regain driver was run over by the carriage, and one control, before being ejected. passenger jumped out as the other tried to regain control. The carriage plowed through a fence. March 22, 2014/San Juan Capistrano, California: Three people were injured during the Swallows Day November 9, 2013/Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: A Parade in San Juan Capistrano. Two horses pulling a horse named Silver, who was pulling a carriage for carriage filled with people got spooked and careened the 76 Carriage Co., slipped and fell and was unable into a crowd of paradegoers. One of the horses fell on to get up. He was then strapped to a tractor and a spectator, who was taken to the hospital with raised to his feet. “moderate” injuries. Another woman was taken to the hospital with knee and lower-back injuries, and a third October 4, 2013/New Hope, Pennsylvania: A horse spectator sustained bumps and bruises. named Bett collapsed and died while pulling a carriage for the Bucks County Carriages company. March 18, 2014/Cameron, New York: A driver The temperature was in the mid-80s. sustained serious injuries and a horse was killed after a drunken driver ran into the back of a carriage. The September 26, 2013/New York City, New York: A carriage driver had to be taken to the hospital by horse named Chris sustained scratches after he helicopter. bolted through midtown, sideswiped a car, and flipped the carriage. Chris was pinned under the overturned January 31, 2014/Dallas, Texas: A driver was carriage and was freed after a group of bystanders thrown from a carriage after the horse bolted and ran lifted the rig off his hind legs. The driver, Frank Luo, down the street. owner of the Manhattan Carriage Co., had been charged just the previous day for operating a carriage December 28, 2013/San Antonio, Texas: A car hit a for more than 12 hours in a 20-hour period and for carriage, knocking the driver out of the rig. The car overcharging riders. Luo admitted that Chris had been then fled the scene. acting strangely as soon as they left the stable, yet Luo continued on his way. December 21, 2013/St. Louis, Missouri: A horse named King keeled over and died while pulling a September 21, 2013/Corvallis, Oregon: Two horses carriage in a holiday light display. pulling a carriage for a wedding procession took off running. The carriage hit several objects before December 12, 2013/Louisville, Kentucky: A car overturning, ejecting the passengers. rear-ended a carriage that was being operated by the Louisville Horse Trams company, causing the horse August 17, 2013/Salt Lake City, Utah: A horse to break free and take off down the street. named Jerry collapsed on State Street in downtown Salt Lake City in sweltering heat while pulling a December 2013/New York, New York: Carriage carriage. He sustained cuts and abrasions when he driver Saverio Colarusso was charged with cruelty to fell on the hot asphalt. Straps were tied to him so that he could be dragged into a trailer. Back at the stable, Incidents Involving Horse-Drawn Carriages

a tractor was used to lift his limp body into a barn. December 8, 2012/Guelph, Ontario, Canada: A Jerry subsequently died. driver sustained serious injuries after being dragged by two horses who got spooked after the brakes on a July 9, 2013/Salt Lake City, Utah: A 2-year-old child nearby car squeaked. The carriage flipped over. was thrown from a carriage onto the street near Temple Square. After she landed on the street, a December 5, 2012/Bethlehem, Pennsylvania: A carriage wheel ran over her leg. She was transported witness reported seeing two horses on the side of the to Primary Children’s Medical Center with road rash road, one lying on the ground and another rearing and and abrasions. bucking. Police said one horse slipped and fell.

April 4, 2013/Salt Lake City, Utah: A horse got December 3, 2012/North Vernon, Indiana: A woman spooked on North Temple after children were died of injuries that she sustained in a carriage throwing wads of paper at him. The horse bucked and accident on November 18. The two horses had gotten tipped the carriage over into a Utah Transit Authority spooked and took off, overturning the carriage. bus, obstructing traffic for about an hour. November 28, 2012/Natchez, Mississippi: A carriage driver sustained bumps and bruises after a car rear-ended the carriage and he was knocked off it.

November 25, 2012/Bedford, Pennsylvania: Two horses who got spooked by band music took off, causing the driver to jump out of the carriage. He was flown by helicopter to the hospital and treated for head injuries. Two passengers were also taken to the hospital with minor injuries.

November 12, 2012/New York, New York: A horse named Henry, who was pulling a carriage in Central Park, hurt his leg after stumbling. He was pulled from service.

October 28, 2012/Montréal, Québec, Canada: A horse pulling a carriage collapsed, and witnesses reported that the driver kicked him while he was on the ground. The carriage operator surrendered the August 10, 2013/Petaluma, California: An 11-year- horse, along with another horse he no longer wanted, old girl riding in a horse-drawn carriage was injured to the SPCA. after the horse got spooked and took off running full speed down the street. The driver was ejected and September 22, 2012/Salt Lake City, Utah: A horse- dragged for several yards, and the girl sustained drawn carriage was struck in the rear by a motor minor and moderate injuries and was taken to the vehicle near 200 South and State Street. The driver hospital. The horse was caught and reportedly fled the scene, but police tracked him down and sustained minor injuries. charged him with a hit-and-run. No injuries were reported. February 2, 2013/Ashfield, Ontario, Canada: A car collided with a carriage, sending two passengers to September 1, 2012/Houston, Texas: Two people the hospital. were sent to the hospital after a car crashed into a carriage. January 5, 2013/Burbank, California: A woman sustained head injuries after being ejected from the August 16, 2012/New York, New York: A spooked carriage in which she was riding. The horse pulling horse took off into busy traffic, dumped the driver and the carriage had gotten spooked, causing the carriage two passengers, struck two cars, split the carriage in to overturn. two, and ran for four blocks before being captured. The two passengers and the driver were treated for December 21, 2012/Denver, Colorado: A carriage minor injuries. The horse, named Oreo, was unexpectedly cracked and splintered in half during a tranquilized before being taken back to the stables. holiday ride, leaving passengers stranded in the carriage. Incidents Involving Horse-Drawn Carriages

July 21, 2012/Galveston, Texas: A man was killed December 4, 2011/New York, New York: A horse and three others were hospitalized after the carriage pulling a carriage with four passengers near Central in which they were riding was hit by a car. The horse’s Park stumbled and fell to the street. A representative leg was cut open, according to an eyewitness, and of the Horse and Carriage Association of New York the animal was led away limping. downplayed the incident, saying the horse “caught [his] toe in the pavement, which is quite common.” July 13, 2012/Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: A horse named Dutch, who was pulling a carriage, became December 3, 2011/Hemet, California: After startled and ran into an intersection, where two cars participating in a Christmas parade, a spooked horse hit the carriage. The driver was thrown from the took off running, rolling over the animal’s owner with carriage and hospitalized. The horse took off down the carriage and striking light poles and parked cars the street and sustained a leg injury. before collapsing. The owner was treated at the hospital. July 10, 2012/Casper, Wyoming: Two horses were euthanized and three people sustained injuries when November 4, 2011/New York, New York: A horse an SUV rear-ended a carriage. A witness said that the pulling a carriage collapsed in midtown. carriage and horses were thrown into the air. October 28, 2011/New York, New York: A spooked June 7, 2012/New York, New York: A horse horse charged into traffic and ran down the street sustained a “nasty-looking gash” after an SUV before crashing. A witness reported that it was quiet collided with the carriage she was pulling. The horse’s and that it was unclear what had prompted the horse head cracked the automobile’s windshield after the to bolt, saying, “The entire incident happened so fast animal was sideswiped. and was extremely shocking. The horse took off at top speed and could not be stopped. He could have May 28, 2012/Milwaukee, Wisconsin: A car hit a easily trampled a pedestrian.” carriage and took off. The horse, Smokey, sustained cuts to his legs, and the driver was thrown from the October 23, 2011/New York, New York: A horse carriage and sustained cuts and bruises. The carriage pulling a carriage collapsed and died in the street. was operated by Milwaukee Coach and Carriage. September 25, 2011/Hampton Falls, New May 10, 2012/St. Louis, Missouri: A driver Hampshire: Two horses pulling a carriage carrying abandoned a carriage after a man allegedly hijacked about a dozen passengers bolted and collided with it, and Harry, the horse being used by the St. Louis another carriage. A woman who tried to stop the Carriage Company, took off running for 10 blocks horses was trampled and airlifted to the hospital with before crashing. The assailant jumped out and life-threatening injuries. Another passenger was punched and kicked Harry before passersby hospitalized with serious injuries, and four others intervened. sustained minor injuries.

April 28, 2012/Old Montréal, Québec, Canada: A September 23, 2011/Salt Lake City, Utah: A horse horse pulling a carriage bolted full-speed down the named Cletus lost his footing, slipped, and collapsed street. The driver was dragged before she fell off. in front of Temple Square. He died later that evening. Several parked vehicles were damaged, and the carriage was broken apart. The woman sustained August 17, 2011/Mackinac Island, Michigan: A minor injuries, but the horse’s condition wasn’t witness reported seeing a horse collapse to the reported. ground, have a seizure, and die. The carriage driver continued to pull on the reins in an effort to get the December 18, 2011/New Orleans, Louisiana: A horse up while the animal was dying. horse pulling a rickshaw collapsed and died on Bourbon Street. July 28, 2011/New York, New York: Three tourists and a carriage driver were hurt when a taxi rear- December 16, 2011/Wichita Falls, Texas: Several ended a horse-drawn carriage near Central Park. One people were injured, including two who were passenger was thrown to the sidewalk, and the driver hospitalized, after falling out of a carriage that turned was in critical condition with a head injury. The horse over. The riders had been viewing holiday lights. was knocked to the ground, and the carriage fell on top of him.

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July 27, 2011/Quinton, Oklahoma: Five people July 4, 2010/Bellevue, Iowa: A woman was killed riding in a horse-drawn carriage died of massive and multiple children were trampled and injured when injuries after a truck collided with the carriage. two horses who were pulling a carriage in the Heritage Days parade got spooked and took off, July 15, 2011/Salt Lake City, Utah: A horse pulling a dragging the carriage through crowds of people at a carriage got spooked when he or she heard the air ejected from the vehicle. brake release from a nearby bus. The horse reared up, causing the carriage to jack-knife, and the June 10, 2010/Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: A pit passengers were thrown around inside it. The bull slipped out of her leash and attacked a horse carriage was damaged, but no one was seriously pulling a carriage. injured. May 31, 2010/Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada: A 4- July 3, 2011/Toronto, Ontario, Canada: While year-old girl was killed after a horse got startled and pulling a carriage, a pair of horses got spooked, bolted while being petted by the child and other bolted, and ran over the carriage’s owner before the kindergartners, who were on a field trip. The wheel of carriage flipped over. The rig’s owner sustained the carriage went over the toddler’s body. Several broken ribs and was taken to the hospital, and two other children were also injured. passengers were also taken to the hospital. One of the horses was injured. May 11, 2010/New York, New York: Witnesses reported seeing a collision between a cab and a March 20, 2011/Natchez, Mississippi: A horse- carriage. drawn carriage driver and several passengers sustained injuries when a car rear-ended the carriage, May 1, 2010/New York, New York: Witnesses operated by Southern Carriage Tours. The driver was reported that a horse pulling a carriage got spooked ejected and fell to the street, injuring his leg. The and crashed near Central Park South after running startled horse panicked and took off running. Some of against traffic and sideswiping several cars. The the passengers sustained cuts from being thrown horse reportedly appeared to be injured, and several around in the carriage. emergency vehicles responded to the scene.

February 12, 2011/Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Four April 19, 2010/Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Five people, including a 3-year-old girl, were injured after people were injured—including one man whose ear they were hit by a horse running through a park. The was partially ripped off—and five horses were injured horse had been giving rides at a winter carnival. The when a car crashed into a horse-drawn carriage, operator later found the horse lying on a sidewalk. triggering a chain-reaction crash involving two other The toddler and another bystander were taken to the carriages. hospital, and two others were treated at the scene. April 16, 2010/Atlanta, Georgia: Four riders were November 3, 2010/New York, New York: A horse seriously injured—one critically—when the carriage in was hit by a city bus in midtown Manhattan during which they were riding was totaled after a car ran into rush hour. Witnesses say the horse looked it. traumatized, but after the carriage driver exchanged words with the bus driver, the carriage continued on April 10, 2010/New Bern, North Carolina: At least its way. three people were transported to the hospital after a car rear-ended a horse-drawn carriage that was being October 3, 2010/Palm Springs, California: A horse operated by Carolina Carriage Tours. The collision was injured after a car smashed into the carriage she pushed the carriage into the horse, causing the horse was pulling. to bolt. The horse was also injured.

July 31, 2010/Eureka, California: The driver and April 10, 2010/Anchorage, Alaska: A drunken driver owner of Old Town Carriage Co. was hospitalized crashed her pickup truck into a horse-drawn carriage. with serious injuries after the horse who was pulling the carriage got spooked—possibly by a passing February 13, 2010/Fort Worth, Texas: The driver of skateboarder—and took off running. The carriage a horse-drawn carriage sustained a fractured eye crashed into a parked car and a wooden post, tossing socket, three broken bones in his back, a bruised the driver to the ground. One passenger complained lung, and a shoulder injury after his carriage was hit of leg pain, and the horse, Cinnamon, also sustained by a car in a hit-and-run collision. injuries. Incidents Involving Horse-Drawn Carriages

January 23, 2010/Mesa, Arizona: A man was carriage and taking off at a full gallop. The driver was seriously injured and two horses were hurt after a injured after being pulled to the ground while trying to barking dog startled four horses while they were regain control. pulling a carriage. The front two horses took off running, and the back two horses stumbled and were October 8, 2009/Charleston, South Carolina: A dragged along with the carriage approximately 75 feet horse pulling a carriage for Carolina Polo and down the street. The driver sustained serious road- Carriage Co. fell after his leg became caught in the rash injuries, some down to the bone. The back two carriage. The horse sustained abrasions but was put horses also sustained road rash. A motorcycle driver back to work the next day. was also injured when he had to lay down his motorcycle in an attempt to get out of the way of the September 23, 2009/Chicago, Illinois: Two drivers out-of-control rig. who had worked for J.C. Cutters Horse Drawn Carriages were convicted of mistreating horses. Six December 27, 2009/Canandaigua, New York: A horses were seized earlier in the year after animal- horse was euthanized and four people were injured control officers repeatedly found horses who were after a car hit a carriage from behind and all four coated with dirt and whose hooves were covered in passengers were ejected. Two were airlifted to a local manure as well as horses who were living in stalls in hospital. The carriage was demolished. which manure was mixed with hay. The city had previously denied J.C. Cutters’ application for a 2009 December 27, 2009/Sacramento, California: A car license to conduct carriage rides. struck a horse-drawn carriage from behind, upending the carriage and snapping it in half. The two riders September 19, 2009/New York, New York: A cab were treated at a hospital after they and the driver plowed into a horse-drawn carriage near Central were ejected from the carriage. The horse sustained Park. Both drivers were taken to the hospital. leg injuries. August 29, 2009/Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: A December 25, 2009/Covington, Ohio: A car crashed horse was injured after crashing and falling to the into a horse-drawn carriage, injuring the carriage ground. The carriage collided with a pole. driver and destroying the carriage. According to police, the carriage driver sustained a “fairly severe August 29, 2009/Québec, Canada: Three children head injury” and was taken to the hospital. A were ejected from a runaway carriage and sustained passenger sustained minor injuries. This was the minor injuries after a team of ponies panicked and second carriage accident in Covington in one week. took off down the street during a community parade. The cart hit a car, throwing the driver under the rig December 23, 2009/Covington, Ohio: A horse who and severing his leg below the knee. was pulling a carriage was startled and took off, flipping the carriage and ejecting the driver. The horse August 29, 2009/Salt Lake City, Utah: A horse who broke free and ran through the neighborhood before was pulling a carriage containing a family of seven being recaptured. became startled and ran down the street before being stopped. The driver exited the rig, but the horse December 15, 2009/Stanley, Virginia: Fourteen became frightened again and took off, dragging the people on a holiday ride in a horse-drawn carriage driver until he was forced to let go while the horse were hurt when a car slammed into the carriage, continued running. A police officer riding a bike ejecting the driver and causing the horses to run 100 attempted to intervene, but his bike became tangled yards before hitting an electric pole. All 14 people with the carriage and he fell down while trying to stop were taken to the hospital, including one who had to the animal. The carriage came to a stop two blocks be airlifted. later when it hit a parked car. Both the driver and the police officer sustained minor injuries, and the December 6, 2009/Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: A carriage and the officer’s bike were both totaled. horse who was pulling carriages for holiday rides was startled by a bus and took off down the street, hitting August 7, 2009/Santa Barbara, California: Several a parked car and injuring the driver, who was standing people were injured during the city’s Old Spanish nearby. Days Fiesta parade when a horse pulling a carriage got spooked, ran out of control for nearly two blocks, November 20, 2009/Beachwood, Ohio: A horse who and collided with another carriage. Both horses was pulling a carriage got spooked by a high school collapsed, and one lost consciousness and received band and ran through a barricade and over a curb, aid from a veterinarian before reviving. colliding with two cars before breaking away from the Incidents Involving Horse-Drawn Carriages

August 6, 2009/Savannah, Georgia: A horse pulling of him. A 9-year-old passenger was thrown to the a carriage for Historic Savannah Carriage Tours got street, and his 8-year-old friend clung to the side of spooked, ran into traffic, and was hit by a car. A dog the rig as the horses dragged it down the street. traveling in the carriage was injured and was taken to a veterinarian for treatment. One horse sustained injuries, and the driver was also slightly injured. After the carriage was righted, the August 1, 2009/Portland, Oregon: A 23-year-old horses took off again, pulling the empty carriage. horse pulling a carriage in a wedding procession died after falling and breaking his leg. May 6, 2009/Mineral Wells, Texas: A horse pulling a wagon in a rodeo parade bolted, injuring the driver July 4, 2009/San Antonio, Texas: A horse got and damaging a house and at least two parked cars. spooked by a bus’s air brakes and took off running Bystanders were forced to run into a yard for safety, through the downtown streets. The driver was thrown and a woman positioned her car between a mother from the rig, and the horse broke free of the carriage with her baby and the horse, who was bolting toward and ran away. Later that day, the same horse lost them. balance after the carriage hit a curb on the way back to the barn, causing the rig to flip over. The driver was April 24, 2009/Pratt, Kansas: A man died and his ejected. wife was injured after a wheel came off the carriage in which they were riding and spooked the horses. The July 2009/Charleston, South Carolina: Charleston carriage went off the road, into a ditch, and up an officials issued the Carolina Polo and Carriage Co. six incline before overturning. The man sustained a chest citations for various issues, including providing its injury that punctured his lung, and he died during horses the lowest quality feed and hay, submitting surgery. His wife sustained a sprained ankle. The altered medical records, and using bleach to clean couple was conducting a “test run” in preparation for stalls (urine in the stalls produces ammonia, which, an upcoming wedding ceremony. when mixed with bleach, can create toxic gas). The city issued five more citations after the company failed April 12, 2009/Logan, Utah: The driver of a horse- to meet deadlines to bring the operation up to code. drawn carriage was hospitalized after the carriage went off the road and tipped over. July 2009/St. Augustine, Florida: A case was settled for an undisclosed amount for a 2002 accident April 3, 2009/Nebraska City, Nebraska: A horse in which a Buffalo, New York, woman sustained pulling a carriage ran out of control and hit a curb, serious neck and wrist injuries when a carriage that damaging a vehicle. was changing lanes was struck in the side by a drunk driver. The carriage seat in which the woman and her March 26, 2009/Charleston, South Carolina: A husband were sitting broke loose and flipped horse pulling a carriage with Classic Carriage Tours backward. Co. was startled by the sound of construction machinery and ran down the street “at a high rate of June 8, 2009/San Francisco, California: A horse speed.” The driver had to veer the horse and carriage pulling a carriage got spooked, threw the driver out of to the side of the road in order to avoid hitting the rig, and ran over him before taking off down the pedestrians. The carriage overturned, bending a stop street near Fisherman’s Wharf. After being stopped sign completely over onto the sidewalk. by a passerby, the horse broke free and ran down the Embarcadero, knocking at least two bicyclists to the March 23, 2009/Salem, New York: A horse pulling a ground before being stopped. The driver died after carriage that held eight to 10 passengers became spending two weeks in a coma. frightened and ran down a steep embankment. A 9- year-old boy was injured when the carriage June 3, 2009/Mackinac Island, Michigan: The driver overturned, and he was airlifted to the hospital. The of a carriage on Mackinac Island was injured after he other passengers sustained minor injuries. was run over by his own rig after his horse got spooked by a dog. February 14, 2009/Waseca, Minnesota: Two horses pulling a carriage during Waseca’s Sleigh and Cutter May 23, 2009/Morristown, New Jersey: A man was Days Parade broke free and took off down the parade taken to the hospital with broken ribs, severe scrapes, route. Witnesses reported that the driver was thrown and bruising when two horses pulling a carriage in a into the street and was believed to have been taken to parade got spooked and took off running. The man a nearby hospital. One woman sustained a foot injury, was thrown against the curb, was kicked, and became and a parked city truck was damaged. pinned under the carriage when it tipped over on top Incidents Involving Horse-Drawn Carriages

January 17, 2009/Eureka Springs, Arkansas: A November 28, 2008/Little Rock, Arkansas: Six horse died of a heart attack while pulling a carriage people, including two children, were injured when a for Southern Pride Carriage Tours. bus struck a horse-drawn carriage owned by Little Rock Horse and Carriage Co. The carriage driver January 2009/Charleston, South Carolina: A sustained a broken neck and had to have a steel carriage with the Palmetto Carriage Co. hit the rear plate, an artificial bone, and four screws inserted into bumper of a police car. The carriage driver told police her neck. Her right arm is partially paralyzed. A 7- that the horse got spooked by a puddle of water. year-old girl was blinded in her right eye. Doctors were unsure whether the damage to the girl’s eye would be permanent.

November 28, 2008/Rhinelander, Wisconsin: Horses pulling a Santa Claus in a carriage at a holiday event were startled by the lighting of a Christmas tree. Still harnessed to the carriage, the horses bolted, ran over a man, collided with two light poles, and briefly ran loose in the city. The man was transported to a hospital. At least one parked vehicle was damaged.

October 18, 2008/Charleston, South Carolina: A horse with Classic Carriage Co. was startled when the rubber around one wheel of the carriage came off. The horse dashed between two parked cars, causing damage to the front bumper of one of the vehicles and overturning the carriage. The driver, who was thrown to the ground, sustained head injuries and was taken to the hospital.

October 4, 2008/Portsmouth, Rhode Island: Horses pulling a carriage at a sporting club got spooked and galloped into a wooded area where the carriage struck a wall and tipped over. Three passengers were injured.

August 31, 2008/Brooklyn, New York: Two horses waiting to pull a wedding carriage panicked when the pole that connected them to the carriage snapped. December 18, 2008/Fountain Inn, South Carolina: A car struck a horse-drawn carriage. The driver One of the carriage drivers was thrown from the reported that he didn’t see the carriage in time to stop. buggy and landed on the windshield of an occupied Lincoln Town Car. The reins broke as the other December 15, 2008/St. Augustine, Florida: A carriage driver tried to steer the running horses, who speeding car hit a horse-drawn carriage belonging to eventually stopped when they encountered a light Avalon Carriage Services, causing the carriage to pole in their path. A man who was found under the crash into another carriage. The accident spooked carriage was taken to a nearby hospital, and one of several horses. One horse bolted, causing a carriage the horses was treated for injuries. to collide with a light pole. The accident caused several thousand dollars in damages. July 24, 2008/St. Augustine, Florida: Three passengers in a horse-drawn carriage were treated December 6, 2008/Fountain Inn, South Carolina: for minor injuries at a local hospital after the horse One person was thrown to the ground and taken to made a sharp U-turn, flipping the buggy. The driver the hospital after a car ran into the back of a horse- also sustained minor injuries, and the horse sustained drawn carriage owned by Classic Carriage Co. Two scrapes and scratches. other passengers later reported back injuries.

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July 8, 2008/Memphis, Tennessee: A pickup truck December 13, 2007/Thomasville, Georgia: A horse plowed into a horse-drawn carriage that was waiting who had pulled carriages for years at the city’s annual for passengers, flipping the carriage over and tearing Victorian Christmas event got spooked and bolted it in half. The carriage driver was taken to the hospital. while pulling a carriage with six passengers, then ran The horse was knocked to the ground and sustained into a tree and a guy wire. The driver was pulled scratches on his legs. across the carriage’s dashboard when the horse’s harness came loose and broke. Passengers with April 12, 2008/Cincinnati, Ohio: A horse pulling a minor injuries and a woman who experienced a panic carriage tossed the driver and galloped along a attack were treated at the scene. The horse sustained sidewalk. Some of the four adult passengers jumped a broken neck and other serious injuries and died as out of the carriage, and some fell out. The horse then a result of the accident. dragged the overturned carriage at least another half- block before police stopped the animal. One December 8, 2007/St. Augustine, Florida: A car ran passenger sustained a head injury, the driver into the back of a horse-drawn carriage belonging to sustained a back injury, and minor damage was done the St. Augustine Transfer Co., pushing the carriage to a building. into two parked cars. The crash spooked the horse, who took off running. The horse continued to run March 9, 2008/Waynesboro, Tennessee: A man when the carriage front broke, freeing him from the died after the horse-drawn carriage in which he was carriage. The drivers were thrown from the carriage riding was struck from behind by a car, throwing him and were badly bruised. from the carriage. The victim’s daughter, the horse, and the carriage were knocked approximately 25 feet September 14, 2007/New York, New York: A horse off the road. The impact also killed the horse. who got spooked by a street performer’s drum ran nearly a block along the sidewalk before slamming March 2008/Charleston, South Carolina: According into a tree and sustaining fatal injuries. The horse’s to news reports, someone struck the wheel of a panicking caused a second horse—who was still horse-drawn carriage, spooking the horse and attached to a carriage—to dart into traffic and collide sending the carriage racing down the street. The with a car. carriage sustained approximately $2,500 in damage. August 17, 2007/Cincinnati, Ohio: A taxi hit the January 19, 2008/Charleston, South Carolina: A back of a carriage, knocking the carriage driver and horse with the Old South Carriage Co. got spooked two passengers out of the buggy. The horse—with the and ran off, knocking an employee to the ground and carriage in tow—bolted and ran into a moving vehicle. dragging the carriage around a corner, where it broke The horse sustained a gash on one leg, and the driver a restaurant window. was taken to the hospital with a leg injury.

January 9, 2008/Charleston, South Carolina: Six August 3, 2007/Mackinac Island, Michigan: A tourists in a carriage owned by Old South Carriage horse-drawn carriage operated by Gough Livery Co. were injured after a loose bridle slipped over the crashed through a fence, fell approximately 6 feet ears of the horse who was pulling their carriage and down an embankment, and hit a tree after one of the the horse became startled. The horse ran and horses pulling it got spooked, which caused both dragged the carriage until it hit a curb, shattering a horses to run. The impact threw the driver and two wheel. Three of the passengers were thrown from the passengers from the carriage, and all three were carriage as it fell on its side. taken by ambulance to the island’s medical center for treatment. One of the passengers blacked out and December 29, 2007/Farmington, Pennsylvania: needed 30 staples to close an injury to his scalp; the Five people, including two children, were injured when other passenger sustained a bruised kneecap and they were thrown to the ground after the horse-drawn broken bones in her feet. The driver broke her femur, carriage in which they were riding overturned. An and one of the horses received stitches. adult woman and a young boy were pinned under the carriage. All five were taken to hospitals for treatment. July 29, 2007/Roanoke, Virginia: Three people, including a 4-year-old girl and a 15-year-old girl, were December 16, 2007/Kansas City, Missouri: Two hospitalized after being thrown from a runaway horse- horse-drawn carriages collided at an intersection, drawn carriage. The carriage’s two horses bolted, and causing injuries to several people. the driver lost control. The carriage ran over the 15- year-old’s leg. Incidents Involving Horse-Drawn Carriages

July 4, 2007/New York, New York: A frightened a police trailer to her stable, where she died early the horse who was pulling a carriage bolted and collided next morning. with a taxi on Central Park South. A motorcyclist abandoned his bike in order to avoid the horse. The May 20, 2006/Chattanooga, Tennessee: A horse cab driver was treated for injuries at the hospital, the pulling a carriage got spooked by buses and collided horse sustained several gashes on one leg, and the with a car that was stopped at a traffic light. The horse cab sustained significant front-end damage. reared up, stomping on the roof of the car, shattering the back window, and crushing the trunk and hood. June 17, 2007/Council Grove, Kansas: A car The horse sustained leg injuries. crashed into the back of a horse-drawn carriage, and a second car crashed into the back of the first car. May 5, 2006/New York, New York: A horse pulling a carriage through Manhattan got spooked and ran Two people were taken to the hospital for injuries. amok, narrowly missing several vehicles before The horse was euthanized because of severe injuries. colliding with and overturning a moving car. The driver of the car was hospitalized, and witnesses claimed June 9, 2007/St. Augustine, Florida: Five that the horse sustained an open neck wound. passengers jumped out of a carriage when a horse bolted and ran for several blocks. Two people were April 28, 2006/New York, New York: A young horse injured, including one who was taken to the hospital who was being trained to pull carriages suddenly got and treated for injuries. spooked and bolted, colliding with a 71-year- old bicyclist in Central Park. The bicyclist was June 2, 2007/New York, New York: A spooked hospitalized. The carriage driver jumped out of the horse who was pulling a carriage was hit by an SUV vehicle during the incident and injured his knee. at an intersection after the horse galloped away from the driver. When the horse fell, the carriage broke January 2, 2006/New York, New York: A horse who loose, was propelled into the air, and landed on the was pulling a carriage in Manhattan suddenly bolted curb, barely missing pedestrians. and collided with an automobile. The horse was pinned under the car and was later euthanized April 30, 2007/Blacksburg, Virginia: Two horses got because of severe injuries. The carriage driver was spooked when the carriage they were pulling hospitalized in critical condition with a fractured skull, sideswiped a curb. They bolted and ran at least a and two men in the car were also seriously injured. half-mile. A 73-year-old man and his daughter were thrown out of the carriage. The man was airlifted to September 30, 2005/Boston, Massachusetts: A the hospital. horse who was being used to pull carriages in downtown Boston collapsed in the street, where the April 13, 2007/New York, New York: A horse who animal, according to reports, “clapped the pavement was pulling a carriage was hit by a taxi at Grand Army with [his or her] hooves trying desperately to stand Plaza. up.” More than two hours passed before a veterinarian arrived. April 9, 2007/Indianapolis, Indiana: A collision with a van threw a carriage driver to the ground and sent a June 22, 2005/Chicago, Illinois: A spooked horse driverless carriage racing through downtown reared up, overturned the carriage he was pulling, Indianapolis with two passengers trapped inside. The and threw the driver into the street. The horse driver was knocked unconscious, and both galloped down the street, hitting at least one car passengers were taken to the hospital and examined. before he was stopped. One witness said, “He was A bystander who jumped into the carriage from a really scared, scared to death, you could see it.” The moving taxi was credited with saving the passengers’ driver went to the hospital with a broken leg. lives. May 14, 2005/New York, New York: Two horses September 14, 2006/New York, New York: After broke free from their carriage after a hit-and-run collapsing in Central Park, Juliet, a horse who had collision with a van. The driver was thrown from the pulled carriages in New York City for almost two rig and landed on his head. decades, was whipped repeatedly by a carriage driver who was trying to get her to stand up. A horrified crowd gathered and begged the carriage driver to stop beating her. Juliet was eventually hauled away in Incidents Involving Horse-Drawn Carriages

September 5, 2004/Brewster, Massachusetts: Two August 8, 2003/Apple Valley, California: The driver people were hospitalized with life-threatening injuries of a horse-drawn hearse lost control of the horse after several passengers were thrown from a horse- during a practice run and jumped from the rapidly drawn carriage at a state park on Cape Cod. Two moving carriage. The horse and carriage ran into a other riders sustained less serious injuries. wall and some cacti. The driver broke both of his arms and one of his legs. The horse received stitches to the September 5, 2004/Hamilton, Virginia: A horse who face and had to have cactus spines removed. was pulling a carriage was impaled and killed by a piece of the buggy after it was hit by a car. Two other July 14, 2003/Covington, Ohio: Horses who were horses sustained scrapes, and a fourth horse pulling a carriage got spooked and caused the sustained leg injuries. carriage to topple over onto the carriage driver. After the carriage was righted, the driver continued on, only August 28, 2004/Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania: A to be fatally injured when the horses toppled the horse who was pulling a carriage was severely injured carriage again just a few blocks later. after being struck by a hit-and-run driver. April 28, 2003/Honolulu, Hawaii: A horse-drawn December 22, 2003/Kansas City, Missouri: The carriage that was carrying tourists flipped over, driver of a horse-drawn carriage that carried six slightly injuring three of its nine passengers. The passengers was hospitalized with a broken leg after horses got spooked and toppled the wagon, spilling his carriage was involved in an accident. the passengers and driver onto the road.

November 30, 2003/Louisville, Kentucky: The December 4, 2002/St. Augustine, Florida: A vehicle driver of a horse-drawn carriage was injured after a crashed into a horse-drawn carriage, ejecting the car “clipped” the back of the rig. The accident was at guide and two riders. The driver of the vehicle who hit least the third involving horse-drawn carriages in two the carriage was charged with driving under the years. Two horses were killed in 2002 after vehicle influence, and police cited the carriage driver for accidents. pulling into the car’s path. The riders were taken to the hospital. October 27, 2003: An article in Fortune magazine detailed the financial costs of animal-related traffic October 30, 2002/Pennsylvania: An article in The accidents (including horse-drawn carriage accidents). Patriot-News reported that there were 371 horse-and- The article said that the accidents cause $1.2 billion in buggy crashes in Pennsylvania from 1996 through damage annually, according to the Insurance 2000, which resulted in 18 deaths and 442 injuries. Information Institute. October 11, 2002/Belding, Indiana: The parents of a October 25, 2003/New York, New York: Four people 4-year-old boy who was killed while riding in a horse- got the “scare of their lives” when a horse who was drawn carriage filed a wrongful death lawsuit against pulling a carriage suddenly bolted down the street and the carriage service and the city of Belding. The boy, barreled into another carriage, causing both rigs to flip his siblings, and his mother were riding in a Christmas over. Four people were treated for injuries. carriage event when a horse got spooked, reared up, and bolted. The boy was run over after he was thrown October 5, 2003/Las Vegas, Nevada: An article in from the carriage. The parents filed a lawsuit, seeking the Las Vegas Review-Journal about transportation more than $1 million. issues in the city recounted an accident in which a team of horses who were pulling a carriage bolted July 8, 2002/Madison, Wisconsin: After the and threw two passengers, leaving one in a coma. occupants of a passing car threw firecrackers at a The county subsequently banned horse-drawn horse who was pulling a carriage, the animal broke carriages. free and raced through 10 blocks of traffic before stopping. At one point, a passerby jumped into the September 5, 2003/Beaufort, Pennsylvania: A carriage but was thrown when the horse swerved and woman was injured while attempting to board a horse- the carriage struck a curb. drawn carriage. The horse got spooked and started running, dragging the woman more than 100 feet January 22, 2002/New York, New York: A horse through a parking lot. who was pulling a carriage through traffic became frightened and bolted. The carriage became wedged between two cars, damaging both of them as well as other vehicles. The horse had to be tranquilized, and Incidents Involving Horse-Drawn Carriages

it took the efforts of several people to free the animal August 27, 2000/New York, New York: A horse- and the carriage. drawn carriage that was turning a corner in Central Park tilted past its balance point and suddenly 2002/Louisville, Kentucky: A 17-year-old horse slammed onto its side. Four tourists were strapped to named Pam and a 7-year-old horse named Della backboards and were taken by ambulance to a were killed in separate vehicle-related accidents. nearby hospital.

December 8, 2001/Belding, Indiana: A 4-year-old April 26, 2000/New York, New York: A horse in a boy fell out of a horse-drawn carriage when the carriage-ride stable escaped and ran down the street, animal who was pulling the carriage bolted. The boy creating havoc as drivers slammed on their brakes to was run over by the carriage and died soon after at an avoid hitting the animal. A traffic control officer area hospital. Another passenger sustained minor avoided serious injury by jumping back when the injuries. City officials said that the horse had gotten horse came within 3 feet of her. The horse narrowly spooked by a passing car. The carriage company missed being hit by a bus. suspended operations after the incident. March 30, 2000/Pullman, Washington: Three November 26, 2001/New York, New York: A taxi students were injured (one seriously enough to collided with a horse-drawn carriage in Central Park, require hospitalization) and a horse was badly injured startling the horse and injuring the carriage driver. when the animal bolted down city streets for “no obvious reason.” July 27, 2001/Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: A spooked horse ran amok in downtown traffic. The December 24, 1999/Charleston, South Carolina: A carriage collided with two cars before it tipped over horse collapsed and lay moaning in the street for and struck a third vehicle. The carriage driver, one of several hours before a veterinarian arrived to the car’s occupants, and the horse were injured. euthanize the animal.

July 13, 2001/Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: A horse December 24, 1999/Dover, Delaware: One person broke free from a carriage in downtown traffic. The was partially paralyzed and two others were injured carriage then ran into three cars before falling over. after a truck ran into the carriage in which they were riding. Two tourists, who jumped out of the carriage just before it toppled, were taken to a nearby hospital for December 13, 1999/Sarnia, Ontario, Canada: treatment. This accident and the one on July 27 in During pre- Christmas festivities, a woman was which a carriage in Philadelphia collided with two cars dragged to death when the horses she was unhitching prompted a member of the mayor’s Animal Advisory after a wagon ride bolted. The woman became Committee to voice concerns about horse-drawn entangled in a harness and was killed when she was carriage operations. He stated, in part, “Horses and thrown into a hydro pole. The woman had spent the traffic like this don’t mix.” day offering rides at a city park. Just three weeks earlier, another pair of horses had run amok in Sarnia, December 1, 2000/Old Bridge, New Jersey: Several denting cars. members of a wedding party were injured when a horse stumbled and the carriage that they were riding December 7, 1999/Eastham, Massachusetts: in crashed onto its side. The horse trampled the Twenty Christmas festival participants were injured carriage driver, who was critically injured. A 6-year-old when a pickup truck rammed into the horse-drawn boy was taken to a nearby hospital for evaluation, and wagon that they were riding in, tipping it over. Some others sustained cuts and bruises. of the riders, including several small children, became trapped beneath the wagon. November 2000/New York, New York: A horse who was pulling a carriage broke free, bolted, and collided November 27, 1999/Holland, Pennsylvania: A man with a car while galloping down the street. The horse was injured when his horse-drawn buggy collided with tripped and fell to the ground, injuring a leg. a car. Both vehicles sustained damage.

September 18, 2000/Chicago, Illinois: A horse who November 24, 1999/New Orleans, Louisiana: Three had bolted from a wedding in Lincoln Park after being horses escaped their barn and ran through the streets stung by a bee broke free from the carriage after it of New Orleans before one struck a bus and broke its became wedged between two cars. The horse and a windshield. pedestrian were injured. Incidents Involving Horse-Drawn Carriages

August 10, 1999/Helen, Georgia: The driver of a October 13, 1998/Sheridan, Indiana: One man was carriage was dragged along the ground and sustained injured when a train whistle spooked his horses. The injuries after a spooked horse ran away from the horses ran at full speed through three four-way–stop carriage while giving rides in downtown Helen, intersections before finally slamming into a tree. Georgia. Police officials were not certain what had spooked the horse. July 20, 1998/Duluth, Minnesota: Two carriages carrying passengers and drivers overturned. August 5, 1999/New York, New York: A runaway horse who was pulling a carriage jumped onto the July 10, 1998/Markesan, Wisconsin: Four people sidewalk, injuring two elderly pedestrians and hitting a were injured after a horse got spooked. car. April 29, 1998/New York, New York: A horse broke July 4, 1999/Salt Lake City, Utah: A horse who was the halter, ran into a busy street, and was killed by an pulling a carriage at Heritage Park ran amok; nine oncoming car. The driver of the car was treated for people were hospitalized following the incident. back injuries.

June 28, 1999/New York, New York: A hit-and-run January 17, 1998/New York, New York: A spooked driver crashed into a horse-drawn carriage, breaking horse ran wild, overturning the carriage that he was the driver’s jaw and sending the horse galloping down pulling. the street. The horse was later hit by an oncoming car. 1998/New York, New York: A horse ran amok in Times Square. Two passengers jumped to safety just May 30, 1999/Baltimore, Maryland: A horse who seconds before the carriage that the animal was was pulling a carriage was killed by an oncoming car pulling slammed into a light pole. after the driver ran a red light. Another horse pulling a carriage got spooked by the incident and ran for eight November 24, 1997/New York, New York: A blocks, injuring a passenger. runaway horse in Central Park struck and injured a pedestrian. The carriage also damaged a car. April 7, 1999/Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Two horses who were pulling carriages collided, throwing November 18, 1997/Dallas, Texas: Passing three passengers 10 feet into the air and out into the motorcycles spooked a horse, causing the animal to street. crash into a vehicle. The driver was thrown from the carriage, and the horse sustained a cut that required April 4, 1999/Orlando, Florida: A speeding car hit a stitches. carriage that was being pulled by a horse, prompting the terrified animal to run through the streets, injuring September 12, 1997/Mechanicsville, Maryland: A four bystanders. woman and her three children were injured when a van collided with their horse-drawn carriage. The February 19, 1999/Cincinnati, Ohio: Four people, spooked horse broke free and ran a quarter-mile including three children, were injured when a truck before being killed by a car. The family was airlifted to collided with the carriage in which they were riding. a local hospital for treatment.

January 8, 1999/New York, New York: A horse was September 4, 1997/New York, New York: An elderly fatally electrocuted while pulling a carriage. woman was seriously injured and eight other people were hurt when two carriages overturned after the 1999/Apple Valley, California: A horse pulling an horses who were pulling them got spooked by a old-fashioned hearse got spooked and ran through a passing car. parade, injuring two people and damaging four vehicles. August 12, 1997/Boston, Massachusetts: A horse who was pulling a carriage had to be euthanized after December 14, 1998/Milwaukee, Wisconsin: A horse the carriage was hit by a truck. The horse’s body was who was pulling a carriage was hit by a car and punctured by shattered wooden shafts. The driver sustained serious injuries. Police killed the horse with was hospitalized with a fractured ankle and other four shotgun blasts. The carriage driver sustained injuries. The driver of the truck left the scene without neck and back injuries. The driver of the car was also stopping. treated for injuries. Incidents Involving Horse-Drawn Carriages

July 2, 1997/Kingsport, Tennessee: A newlywed April 29, 1994/New York, New York: Following an husband and wife were injured when a car rear-ended error in a horse’s diet, the animal experienced severe the horse-drawn carriage in which the two were riding. cramps and had to be euthanized after collapsing in Both riders were hospitalized, and one sustained Central Park. serious injuries. December 19, 1993/Plantation, Florida: Two horses May 1, 1997/New York, New York: A horse who was who were pulling a wagon ran out of control, injuring pulling a carriage tripped and died while struggling to all 12 people on board. One of the injured riders was get up. run over by the wheels of the wagon and was hospitalized in serious condition. Both horses December 20, 1996/Kansas City, Missouri: A sustained serious cuts to their legs. pregnant horse collapsed in the middle of a street while pulling a carriage and later died. The horse was November 23, 1992/Salt Lake City, Utah: A horse believed to have been going into labor. who was pulling a carriage was struck from behind by a car and was thrown to the ground along with four November 11, 1996/Cocoa Beach, Florida: passengers. The panicked horse bolted down the Newlyweds who were riding in a horse-drawn carriage street and was hit by another car. were injured when the carriage was rear-ended by a car. The couple and the driver of the carriage all September 9, 1991/Cleveland, Ohio: A horse who required treatment at a local hospital. The horse was pulling a carriage bolted and collided with a car, sustained a broken leg and was euthanized. falling on the car’s roof. The driver of the car and the horse were both killed. October 1996/Dallas, Texas: A horse who was pulling a carriage ran into a crowd. Eleven people September 9, 1991/Houston, Texas: Two people were injured. were hospitalized when the horse-drawn carriage in which they were riding went out of control and hit a June 4, 1996/Branson, Missouri: A 10-year-old boy police car. The horse sustained extensive injuries. was killed when a horse-drawn carriage overturned, The driver of the carriage said at the scene, “[H]e’s a throwing 11 passengers to the ground. hard horse to control,” because he had already been hit by cars on three previous occasions. 1996/Denver, Colorado: Two horses who were pulling a carriage got spooked and took off down the August 25, 1991/New York, New York: A horse had street for six blocks before crashing into a light pole. to be euthanized after suffering from crippling leg The passengers leaped off the carriage before it cramps. crashed. One horse sustained a broken eye socket, and the carriage was destroyed. May 15, 1990/New York, New York: A horse who was pulling a carriage was fatally injured in Manhattan May 7, 1995/New York, New York: Twelve children after becoming trapped between a bus and a car. and four adults were injured when a horse who was powering a ride at a carnival “went berserk,” throwing December 4, 1989/Kansas City, Missouri: The passengers off the ride and running over them. driver of a carriage was injured after the horses bolted and collided with four parked vehicles and a car that October 31, 1994/Frederick, Maryland: Seven was stopped in traffic. people were injured when the horse who was pulling the carriage in which they were riding bolted down the September 4, 1989/Baltimore, Maryland: A driver of street. The carriage sideswiped five cars before it a horse-drawn carriage was killed when the carriage overturned and the passengers fell out. was hit by a car.

October 1994/Dallas, Texas: A driver was killed August 1, 1989/Columbus, Ohio: A horse took off when a car slammed into her carriage. down the street, pulling a driverless carriage behind him. The owner of the carriage said, “When a horse August 22, 1994/Branford, Connecticut: Thirteen gets spooked, you have to let him run until he stops.” people were injured when two horses who were The business had been involved in at least three pulling a carriage got spooked and took off down the other accidents since it began operating in 1981. street, crashing into a parked car.

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May 23, 1988/New York, New York: A horse who was pulling a carriage fell into a hole in the street.

November 9, 1986/New York, New York: Frightened by a passing car, a horse took off down the street and crashed into a building.

December 9, 1985/New York, New York: Two horses who were pulling a carriage got spooked by a passing car and ran out of control. Four people were injured and a car’s windshield was smashed when one of the horses jumped onto the hood. The horse was euthanized.

May 10, 2018

The Honorable Sean Murphy, Mayor of Telluride The Honorable Todd Brown, Mayor Pro Tem Town Council Members

Dear Mayor Murphy, Mr. Brown, and Town Council Members,

I'm writing as a longtime Telluride resident and a veterinarian for PETA—and on behalf of our more than 6.5 million members and supporters worldwide, including more than 81,000 in Colorado—to urge you to reject the ordinance that would allow horse-drawn carriage rides in Telluride.

Despite claims from those who profit from them, horse-drawn carriages don't represent a nostalgic trip back to bygone days—they're cruel to the horses, and they pose a serious threat to both animals and humans. As you know, horses are forced to pull oversized loads and breathe in searing exhaust fumes, and they often suffer from serious leg and hoof ailments caused by pulling heavy weight on hard pavement.

Horses and traffic can be a deadly combination. Skittish, sensitive, and easily "spooked," most horses aren't comfortable working among cars and trucks. Many accidents, injuries, and even deaths have occurred after horses became startled and ran amok. Telluride also has a large population of dogs, who could easily startle the horses. This would be disastrous, as pedestrians, children, or dogs could be trampled, not to mention the fate of the horse.

May we please hear that you'll reject this ordinance and keep cruel horse-drawn carriages out of Telluride? Thank you for your time and attention.

Sincerely,

Dr. Christine Capaldo Foundation to Support Animal Protection