The Gentle Barn in Santa Clarita is on a mission to take horses off the streets.
“It has all the magic and fairytale of a carriage without exploiting an animal,” Laks said.
While a horse carriage ride through Central Park remains a top tourist attraction… calls to end this longtime tradition continue to grow following this video of a horse collapsing on the streets of manhattan.She’s the founder of the Gentle Barn, which rehabilitates animals in Southern California, Missouri and Tennessee and they’re now raising funds for a New York location about an hour from Central Park.
“Horse lovers, horse rescuers and animal activists alike have really cringed at the sight of these horses with traffic rushing by on either side, standing on concrete, pulling on concrete and living in concrete buildings,” Laks said. That’s why the Gentle Barn developed this all-electric carriage featuring heating and air conditioning, even a stereo.“The drivers can surrender their horse to be rehabilitated and retired at the new Gentle Barn in New York,” Laks said. “And in exchange, get an electric carriage that will not only ensure their livelihood, but will most likely make more money.”
“I think when you talk to people who are going to NYC, that’s one of the things that they say, that they wanted to take a carriage ride through Central Park,” Chauncey Trask, a former New York resident, said. “All you have to do is look at those horses to know that they’re absolutely miserable.”“Can you imagine this in Central Park? Just moving along silently. It’s just a good feeling all the way around — magical, beautiful, and harms no one.
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