toobfreak
Tungsten/Glass Member
At least in Chicago it would seem. Come January 1st, after the horse having served for thousands of years pulling the noble carriage, scenes likes these much like the Drive-In and the Circus may now fade into history like most every other good thing progressives get their hands on.
What is the problem you ask? Such carriages enjoy a very limited market. Mostly tourists (tourism!) and people like newlyweds and kids on a prom night. Yet some think they are just tying up Chicago's busy streets nevertheless! Worst, they see them as a danger. Look out! Don't hit that horse with your speeding car!
It seems, what it really comes down to is the animal activists who feel it is just cruel and unusual punishment to force the horse to breathe bus fumes.
But it is perfectly OK for you to breath them.
Such a shame. It is this very sort of thing that most lends real charm to a city like Chicago or NYC. Especially around Christmas time. What could be a greater delight than to go riding around town by the clippity-clop of a horse-drawn carriage?
Worse, I'm sure these horses look forward to being productive. Having a job, a purpose. Going out each day and taking people for rides. Olde World Charm. What will become of them? Spend their days standing around in a barn? And never mind putting the operator out of his business.
Perhaps some of this can be saved by moving the horses just outside the city away from the fumes and worst of the traffic. Maybe that could placate the animal activists wishing to 'save' the animals. But then, they will be away from a great many of their customers, and the very sights people come to see.
End of the road for Chicago’s horse-drawn carriage industry
What is the problem you ask? Such carriages enjoy a very limited market. Mostly tourists (tourism!) and people like newlyweds and kids on a prom night. Yet some think they are just tying up Chicago's busy streets nevertheless! Worst, they see them as a danger. Look out! Don't hit that horse with your speeding car!
It seems, what it really comes down to is the animal activists who feel it is just cruel and unusual punishment to force the horse to breathe bus fumes.
But it is perfectly OK for you to breath them.
Such a shame. It is this very sort of thing that most lends real charm to a city like Chicago or NYC. Especially around Christmas time. What could be a greater delight than to go riding around town by the clippity-clop of a horse-drawn carriage?
Worse, I'm sure these horses look forward to being productive. Having a job, a purpose. Going out each day and taking people for rides. Olde World Charm. What will become of them? Spend their days standing around in a barn? And never mind putting the operator out of his business.
Perhaps some of this can be saved by moving the horses just outside the city away from the fumes and worst of the traffic. Maybe that could placate the animal activists wishing to 'save' the animals. But then, they will be away from a great many of their customers, and the very sights people come to see.
End of the road for Chicago’s horse-drawn carriage industry