{"id":21442,"date":"2014-01-04T20:04:43","date_gmt":"2014-01-05T01:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=21442"},"modified":"2014-01-04T20:04:43","modified_gmt":"2014-01-05T01:04:43","slug":"the-end-of-a-new-york-city-tradition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=21442","title":{"rendered":"The End Of A New York City Tradition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Horse-drawn carriage rides through <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Central Park\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=40.7833333333,-73.9666666667&amp;spn=0.1,0.1&amp;q=40.7833333333,-73.9666666667 (Central%20Park)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation\">Central Park<\/a> have been associated with <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"New York City\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=40.6641666667,-73.9386111111&amp;spn=0.1,0.1&amp;q=40.6641666667,-73.9386111111 (New%20York%20City)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation\">New York City<\/a> for about 100 years. Now those carriage rides are in danger. On Thursday, <a href=\"http:\/\/cnsnews.com\/mrctv-blog\/eric-scheiner\/nyc-aims-ban-horses-create-stable-electric-cars\">CNS News<\/a> reported that newly-elected New York City <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Mayor\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mayor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Mayor<\/a> <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Bill de Blasio\" href=\"http:\/\/advocate.nyc.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage\">Bill de Blasio<\/a> plans to replace the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Carriage\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carriage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">horse-drawn carriages<\/a> with <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Electric car\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Electric_car\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">electric cars<\/a>. The cars would be built with the look of <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Antique car\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Antique_car\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">antique cars<\/a> and would have a driver so that current carriage drivers would still have jobs. However, the article does not mention the horse owners and stable owners who would lose their jobs.<\/p>\n<p>The Mayor claims that horse carriages are \u201cnot humane\u201d and are cruel to the animals. The carriage owners are requesting that the Mayor take a tour of the stables where the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Horse\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Horse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">horses<\/a> are kept before he makes a decision.<\/p>\n<p>This is being reported as a &#8216;<a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Cruelty to animals\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cruelty_to_animals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">cruelty to animals<\/a>&#8216; issue. Since when is asking a horse to pull a carriage animal cruelty. If the concern is that the horses sometimes have to deal with vehicle traffic, it might make more sense to ban cars within Central Park and leave the entire park to the horses.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned. I am sure there is much more to come.<\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: none; float: right;\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_h.png?x-id=8b3ac183-e891-4118-a81b-479b9a7e2cce\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Horse-drawn carriage rides through Central Park have been associated with New York City for about 100 years. Now those carriage rides are in danger. 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