Demonstration in Israel against the use of cart horses and donkeys

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On Monday, June 8,

2009, dozens of Hakol Chai protestors carrying signs saying " Horses and

donkeys are not vehicles, " " Animals are not cars, "

" Carriages and carts are a dead trend, " " They're

hurting; don't you care? " and " Stop Animal Abuse "

blocked the entrance to Tel Aviv's City Hall to protest the Mayor's refusal to

ban the use of horse-drawn carts in the city. These animals are overworked,

made to carry heavy loads beyond their capacity through busy city traffic, not

provided with veterinary care, and forced to stand in the hot sun without water

or shade. Often beaten and starved, eventually they collapse in the street, and

animal groups are asked to move them out of the way.

 

Hakol Chai is the Israeli sister charity of Concern

for Helping Animals in Israel (CHAI), www.chai-online.org

 

For more information and photos about this event, which was part of the Second International

Action Against the Horse-Drawn Carriage and Cart Trade, see:

http://www.chai-online.org/en/campaigns/horses/campaigns_horse_event_8june09.htm

 

Elaine

Aronoff

Web Developer, CHAI (www.chai-online.org)