A carriage horse dropped dead in the middle of the street yesterday morning on its way to Central Park. Animal activists are, unsurprisingly, up in arms. The incident reminded me of an article in the New York Times earlier this month that I never got around to posting. The model in the photo above is [...]

The ASPCA expressed their concern after two carriage horse collisions occurred this month, according to Gothamist.  The first accident occurred on May 1st, when “a horse pulling a carriage spooked and crashed at the intersection of Central Park South and Columbus Circle” after running across Central Park South against the traffic and “sideswiping several cars” [...]

The City Council overwhelmingly approved a new set of rules for horse-drawn carriages in the city on Wednesday, reports the New York Post.  The new measure requires each horse to get five weeks off per year for a break outside the city (currently there is no vacation requirement for horses), restricts horses from going south [...]