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Advocates call for Central Park carriage horse ban ahead of driver’s animal abuse trial
NY Post ^ | 07/16/2024 | Nicole Rosenthal and Dorian Geiger

Posted on 07/17/2024 11:13:19 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Neigh-sayers galloped outside Manhattan Criminal Court Monday afternoon to call for a shutdown of the city’s carriage horse industry as a handler of a horse that died two years ago faced his first day of trial — or so they thought.

Ian McKeever, who is facing animal abuse charges in connection to the death of his carriage horse Ryder in 2022, was not able to appear in court Monday due to a scheduling conflict with his attorney, The Post learned.

Despite the adjournment, roughly 30 demonstrators remained in the scorching heat for the “Criminal Horse Abuse Trial for Ian McKeever” protest co-organized by non-profit NYClass (which has fought to ban or restrict carriage horses), PETA and Marine veteran-led Unbridled Heroes Project.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Local News; Pets/Animals; Society
KEYWORDS: abuse; advocates; centralpark; horse
Do these advocates have a point or not?
1 posted on 07/17/2024 11:13:19 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

again?


2 posted on 07/17/2024 11:13:46 AM PDT by xoxox
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To: All

3 posted on 07/17/2024 11:45:06 AM PDT by BipolarBob (First I was called a big fat lair and then showed a certain Lake of Respect.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

PETA is never right.

They are fake.

Communist front crap.


4 posted on 07/17/2024 11:56:32 AM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I wonder what these idiots know what happens to the horsies if they ban the carriages.


5 posted on 07/17/2024 12:36:20 PM PDT by kaktuskid
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Beefarino


6 posted on 07/17/2024 12:56:20 PM PDT by beethovenfan (The REAL Great Reset will be when Jesus returns. )
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