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Stewart's Daughter Seeks Ban on Carriages
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Posted on 01/12/2006 10:18:21 AM PST by SmithL
New York -- Martha Stewart's daughter and "Apprentice" co-star, Alexis Stewart, has written Mayor Michael Bloomberg a letter urging him to support a citywide ban on horse-drawn carriages.
In a letter written on behalf of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Stewart said she was upset by a recent accident involving a horse that ran into vehicular traffic while pulling a carriage home from Central Park.
The carriage driver was seriously injured. The horse, which hit a car, was euthanized.
"As evidenced by this catastrophe," Stewart wrote in the letter, dated Tuesday, "horse-drawn carriages aren't just cruel to the horses who are forced to work long hours in extreme weather conditions while walking on hard pavement and inhaling exhaust fumes all day long; they are equally dangerous to riders, drivers, pedestrians and motorists."
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: horse
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She's full of horsesomething.
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posted on
01/12/2006 10:18:22 AM PST
by
SmithL
To: SmithL
Don't forget Kramer feeding the horses beffaroni.
To: Semper Paratus
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posted on
01/12/2006 10:20:58 AM PST
by
saveliberty
(Proud to be Head Snowflake, Bushbot and a new member of Sam's Club)
To: Semper Paratus
Rusty?
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posted on
01/12/2006 10:21:10 AM PST
by
EX52D
(Happy New Year Freepers!)
To: SmithL
Hey Alexis, if the horse wasn't pulling a carriage and working chances are it would be glue by now. A fate worse than death?
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posted on
01/12/2006 10:21:46 AM PST
by
ABN 505
To: Semper Paratus
what ever you do, dont strike a match.
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posted on
01/12/2006 10:24:28 AM PST
by
Vaquero
("An armed society is a polite society" Robert Heinlein)
To: SmithL
Martha must be very proud. She raised her kid with money, privilege, the best schools, the best of everything, and all she produced was . . . another moonbat.
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posted on
01/12/2006 10:24:50 AM PST
by
colorado tanker
(I can't comment on things that might come before the Court, but I can tell you my Pinochle strategy)
To: SmithL
In a letter written on behalf of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, That's all I needed to read.
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posted on
01/12/2006 10:26:41 AM PST
by
RepoGirl
("Ow! My eye! I'm not supposed to get jigs in it!" Lenny Leonard)
To: SmithL
"horse-drawn carriages aren't just cruel to the horses who are forced to work long hours in extreme weather conditions while walking on hard pavement and inhaling exhaust fumes all day long"I think somebody's been inhaling a few too many "fumes"...
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posted on
01/12/2006 10:26:51 AM PST
by
inquest
(If you favor any legal status for illegal aliens, then do not claim to be in favor of secure borders)
To: SmithL
it would be funny if the carriage owners had a counter appeal to ban Alexis Stewart
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posted on
01/12/2006 10:27:11 AM PST
by
saveliberty
(Proud to be Head Snowflake, Bushbot and a new member of Sam's Club)
To: SmithL
cruel to the horses who are forced to work long hours in extreme weather conditions
Sounds like illegal aliens.
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posted on
01/12/2006 10:27:33 AM PST
by
HEY4QDEMS
(Learn from the past, don't live in it.)
To: SmithL
Wonder how many horses she has owned in her life? She sounds like an expert.
To: GSWarrior
Probably like Buffalo Wallow Woman from 'Little Big Man'
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posted on
01/12/2006 10:29:08 AM PST
by
Vaquero
("An armed society is a polite society" Robert Heinlein)
To: SmithL
This is what happens when children have ultra rich parents in a liberal environment - jsut asinine.
To: GSWarrior
It's just a little bit ironic that Stewart has chosen to opine about the "mistreatment" of carriage horses when (I think it was a recent Vanity Fair article) documented that her mother has horses that aren't allowed to run outside during daylight because it would affect their coloration.
To: SmithL
No, no - PETA's on to something here. I think we should feed these horses to homeless! Where is PETA's compassion for NYC's homeless?!
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posted on
01/12/2006 10:33:08 AM PST
by
wvobiwan
(It's OUR Net! If you don't like it keep your stanky routers off it!)
To: SmithL
Okay. Horses that aren't profitable any more will likely be put down that much sooner.
Does PETA really think about their idiocy?
(Notice they don't care about the hack driver, who does everything the horse does and sweeps up its droppings to boot...)
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posted on
01/12/2006 10:33:32 AM PST
by
atomicpossum
(If I don't reply, don't think you're winning. I often just don't bother to argue.)
To: HEY4QDEMS
"in extreme weather conditions"Caused by global warming, which is caused by people using too many cars and not enough horses.
That oughta mess with her mind a little. ;-)
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posted on
01/12/2006 10:34:33 AM PST
by
inquest
(If you favor any legal status for illegal aliens, then do not claim to be in favor of secure borders)
To: HEY4QDEMS
doing the work American horse's won't.
To: SmithL
Alexis Stewart is a ding-dong!
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posted on
01/12/2006 10:35:08 AM PST
by
MarineBrat
(Talk is cheap because supply exceeds demand.)
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