Demonstration Against Horse Drawn Carriages in Rome Sunday January 16th

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=121273704608260


Sunday, January 16 • 11:00am - 2:00pm
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Location Piazza San Marco
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Created By Horses Without Carriages International ROME

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More Info Centopercentoanimalisti sezione di Roma e il Partito Animalista Europeo organizzano un presidio contro le Botticelle di Roma.

Participa Horses Without Carriages International ROME

Appuntamento domenica 16 gennaio alle ore 11 a Roma, piazza di San Marco (a fianco di Piazza Venezia)

100% Animalisti Roma and The Partito Animalista Europeo have organized a demonstration against horse drawn carriages in Rome.

Horses Without Carriages International Rome will be participating.

The appointment is on Sunday 16th of January at 11am in Rome at Piazza di San Marco which is right next to Piazza Venezia.

Please Participate! Lets Make 2011 the year to end this cruel industry in Rome!!!

New Shocking Video by LAV

Last Monday, the 25th of October, LAV and 13 other animal rights organizations had a press conference at city hall in Rome and they presented this video showing not only this mistreatment of the horses in Rome, but the total disregard for the laws that have already been implemented. The WONDERFUL Minister of Tourism, Michelle Brambilla is for a total ban on this useless, cruel, and outdated industry. We at Horses Without Carriages International ROME say BRAVA to Ms. Brambilla. We also say BOOOOOOOOOO!! to the Pdl leader, Luca Gramazio, who has said publicly that Rome needs even MORE regulations, not abolition. Um, what we want to know is how can you say regulation and welfare work after seeing this totally blatant disregard for the weak welfare laws that already exist? Please email Luca Gramazio at: luca.gramazio@libero.it, segreteria@realtanuova.com

Demonstration Saturday November 6th Against Carriages in Rome

Time	Saturday, November 6 · 12:00pm - 3:00pm
Location	Piazza San Marco
Created By	Horses Without Carriages International ROME
More Info	Sabato 6 novembre, 100%animalisti organizza a Roma, dalle 12.00 alle 15.00, un presidio contro le botticelle. Appuntamento ore 12.00 in piazza San Marco (in fianco a piazza Venezia) Partecipate! http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=126850454035889&ref=mf Saturday, November 6, 100% Animalisti a Roma, from 12.00 to 15.00, a defense against the horse drawn carriage. Meet at 12.00 in Piazza San Marco (in next to Piazza Venezia) Get involved!

Photos of Horse Drawn Carriages in Rome

Birillo is one of many casualties of this cruel industry. Here he is dying after a traffic accident.

Horse that has Collapsed in Piazza Navonna

His name was Legoli, he was a champion. When they decided it was time for him to retired, they sold him to work as a carriage horse. He died afterone long hour of agony and pain after being hit late at night by a car. Please note that the law states that a horse cannot work for more than 6 hours a day. Why was he out so late at night?

Horse Carriage in Traffic

Horse dying in the streets of Rome: Birillo



How many more horses need to die or collapse before the mayor of Rome bans this outdated and cruel industry. When in Rome, please do not cause suffering to animals!

World Wide Petitions Against Horse Drawn Carriages

Please spend a few minutes of your time to sign these global petitions. Say no to a carriage ride!

Rome

Dublin

New York City

Chicago

Philadelphia

If you know of any others, please feel free to comment so I can link them here.

How the Horses Feel

This is a cartoon by Dan Piraro that I saw on Facebook for the events page for the 29th of June. OIPA and No Alla Caccia hosted an information table regarding le botticelle and had this enlarged. All the words in the world can't convey what he has in this simple cartoon. Imagine if you were an underweight horses forced to carry an overloaded carriage around the chaotic streets of Rome. Just the other day my friend saw a horses overheating and forced to stand in the sun with the carriage attached to him. She first complained to the driver, who promptly dismissed her as a puttana, or whore. Apparently if women in Rome make a man know the truth she is automatically labeled a witch or a whore. That is off subject, though. She then proceeded to to get the police involved, and they told her that if the horses is overheating, "Go buy it a gelato."

So even though there are welfarist laws, albeit not exactly protecting the horses, they are not enforced. If you are a tourist in Rome and considering a carriage ride, please reconsider. These drivers mistreat their horses. They are underfed, sometimes working up to 12 hours a day in the heat of the summer. They are forced to carry loads of up to 900 lbs. and sometimes forced to do so when lame. They don't spend their free time in pasture, but locked in stables. This year the horses are worse than ever. I see them everyday. Horses with cancers, sores on their legs, horses with pus in the eyes, and what really gets me, the fact that the horses all seem to be thinner than ever. The type of horses used in Rome are not draft horses, they are not bred for pulling heavy loads. regardless, Rome is covered in uneven cobblestones, and chaotic traffic full of scooters that spook the horses. Please, JUST SAY NO TO A CARRIAGE RIDE IN ROME!!

If you haven't already, please sign this petition.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/3/ban-horse-drawn-carriages-in-rome

New Laws: Nothing has changed

Recently the city of Rome announced new laws that were created to supposedly "protect the welfare of horses" in Rome. These new welfarist lies are a joke, and prove that only a ban will do. Even with these new laws, horses are not protected at all. I have seen each of the new restrictions broken on numerous occasions, because drivers in Italy know that the police can be bought, and will do nothing. Why bother citing a carriage driver when there are better things to do, for example, citing me as an illegal in Rome when I have permesso. They are simply filling the coffers, people.

Today was a "great" day for carriage drivers in Rome. While the Carabinieri were busy giving ME an illegal ticket for working, I saw horses running(against the law), more than 4 passengers(against the law), and passengers in the front with the driver(against the law).

Italy=Hell on earth for Horses.

If anyone has been to Rome lately, you would see that the majority of these horses are skin and bones at this point. Drivers, hay AIN'T expensive!! Some of the horses of tumors on their faces and are drving BLIND, with their faces totally covered up so clients don't see their suffering. Many have rotten feet. It is a disgrace. After all horses have done for human beings, they get treated like this?