June 6: Rally in Defense of Horses Used, Abused, and Killed

by Stephanie Ernst · 2009-06-05 09:15:00 UTC
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Members of Horses Without Carriages International are hosting rallies in numerous cities tomorrow in a second international protest against the cruel horse-drawn carriage industry.

Cities that may be participating with rallies this weekend include the following (check the Web site and links for more info; it's not clear that all are hosting protests or are hosting them on this particular day):

  • U.S.: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, New York, Philadelphia, St. Augustine

  • Canada: Montreal, Victoria

  • Europe: Belgrade, Dublin, Florence, Rome, Vienna

  • Middle East: Tel Aviv

See also this earlier post: "End the Carriage-Horse Industry--and Bring on the Model Ts." And check out the documentary Blinders.

Stephanie Ernst wrote the original Animal Rights blog at Change.org until December 2009. She can now be found at Animal Rights & AntiOppression.
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