Pets & Animals >
Animal Rights & Issues
RSS FeedShould horse-drawn carriages be banned from US cities?
Title endorsed in part by:
Results so far:
| Yes | 18% | 48 votes | Total: 263 votes | |
| No | 82% | 215 votes |
Write now
Invite a writer™-
1 of 5
by Gloria Allen
Carriage-drawn horses should absolutely be banned. Not just in US cirties, but everywhere. The amount of suffering and abuse that these once majestic creatures endure daily is t...read more
-
2 of 5
by Liz Roberts
We are not living in Nineteenth Century America where there are no cars and very little threats to horses. We are living in a the animal unfriendly world of the Twenty-First . O...read more
-
3 of 5
I know that the U.S. towns are built for cars and traffic intensity is often a problem, despite their wide and straight roads and the abundance of car parking; now, cars are muc...read more
-
4 of 5
by DaveC
Horse drawn carriages should definitely be banned from US cities for a variety of reasons but primarily for the humane treatment of animals. I myself enjoyed seeing horse drawn ...read more
-
by Niranjan
Definitely horse drawn carriages have to banned from cities across United States. There are large amount of pain and sufferings, including some dangers are involved in horse dra...read more
Join the Debate now.
Write your point of view.
-
1 of 9
When people talk about a blanket, all-inclusive ban on anything, it often is the result of their not having considered every aspect or occasion of whatever it is they want to ba...read more
-
2 of 9
Horse-drawn carriages should definitely NOT be banned from U.S. cities. Horses are work animals, not hot-house plants. As someone who spent decades as a farrier, indeed who sp...read more
-
by Joanne Owen
Want a trip back in time? Take a ride in a horse-drawn carriage through Central Park in spring or, through the streets of Denver round the holidays. Visit Old town San Diego an...read more
-
4 of 9
by Starla Ross
Our family lives in rural America, in a small picturesque town depicted in magazines. Every late November, as part of our Christmas holiday tradition, my husband and I take o...read more
-
5 of 9
Why would anyone want to ban horse drawn carriages from the US cities? What do I find in any city of considerable size? How about streets and thoroughfares chock full of motor v...read more
-
6 of 9
by M. L. Kiser
No, horse drawn carriages should by no means be banned from US cities. Especially when we have people in America who think Congestion Pricing is a solution to our pollution and...read more
-
7 of 9
by Bill Whitney
I think that it would be a damn shame if PETA or some of these activists were able to get something that would ban our horse drawn carriages from the streets of some of our citi...read more
-
8 of 9
by J. Swaney
Horse drawn carriages are what I like to call a renewable resource. I not only would never consider banning them but encourage that the Government actually subsidize them. Th...read more
-
9 of 9
by Kim Sharpe
Are you serious? Why would we ban horse drawn carriages? What would be the reasoning behind such an act? I've never known them to cause any problems whatsoever. And they are...read more
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
Difference of opinion? Debate now.
- Animal Rights & Issues
- Which will end first in the US: Elephants being used in the circus or animals being used to test cosmetics?
- Is spaying/neutering animals a crucial part of controlling the country’s animal over-population problem?
- Have 'Animal Rights' gone too far?
- Schools should ban animal dissection
- Should caged birds have their wings clipped?
- The Humane Society: Genuine critter concerns, or power trip in the name of pets?
