tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64332865056222215192024-03-13T15:11:13.511-04:00Anti-Calèche Defense CoalitionThose who see the invisible, can do the impossible.Mirella Colalillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10819407626955368218noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433286505622221519.post-78228092662732403502017-01-19T09:19:00.000-05:002017-04-09T16:52:08.193-04:00Farewell, sweet Adelia<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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On the night of New Year’s Eve 2016 Adelia died in her box stall alone and hurting. They say it was a colic. We say it was years of abuse that led to her death. She was an old horse, over 25 years spent serving humans. And like most caleche horses, she was not granted a retirement, instead she worked to death. She was driven by a coachman nicknamed Pyscho Phil, and we understand why after witnessing his violent tantrums and screaming in the ears of sweet Adelia as she pulled and did the best she could to serve her master...</div>
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Just a few days before Christmas, Mayor Coderre had announced a $500,000.00 + $90,000.00 investment into the caleche industry. The public doesn’t know this, but that public money will not be used to build a stable but a tent for the horses! It will also be employed to dress the coachmen in fancy uniforms, which they’ve stated they will refuse to wear. Must we remind the Mayor that the current bylaw already requires them to wear a uniform among many other more relevant things?</div>
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So what’s in it for the horses you might ask? Absolutely nothing. The bylaws will continue to not be enforced. All will remain the same. No improvement or protection for the horses’ well-being.</div>
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In the meantime Adelia died. MAPAQ and the City inspectors were not aware of her death until we informed them just like many other horses that have die unreported. </div>
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Adelia had been sick for years. She had many physical injuries, caused by her work pulling caleches and standing in a narrow box stall, where a cable once provoked a deep wound in her leg. She was rehabilitated at <span class="_4yxp">a rescue</span> and then returned to work.</div>
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We don’t understand why an old and suffering horse was not retired. Who is to blame for this? I’d say first and foremost the City of Montreal, guilty of negligence and responsible for allowing these sensitive animals to be perpetually abused.</div>
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While three caleche horses, Ulysses, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/anticalechedefensecoalition/photos/a.146863098727910.39266.146858198728400/893686527378893/?type=3&theater">Blanko (the horse who spooked in Place d’Armes jumping a bench in 2015),</a> and the very frail Charlie, were rescued in 2016, Adelia unfortunately was not one of them.</div>
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Farewell, sweet Adelia.</div>
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Mirella Colalillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10819407626955368218noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433286505622221519.post-86368800915715570882017-01-15T22:30:00.000-05:002017-01-20T17:56:10.049-05:0016 Dead Horses (2009 - 2015)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />For those who
remain convinced that the Calèche industry is built on the premise
of keeping Montreal’s history and heritage alive, who are drawn by
its romantic appeal, who believe in the carefree happy life of a
working carriage horse, let us invite you behind the scenes and into
the reality of a working carriage horse. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Behind the charm and
romanticism falsely fabricated by decorated and colorful carriages,
and horses bringing smiles to children’s faces who feed them
carrots, lies the essence of the life of a horse exploited by an
unmerciful industry; an industry which believes in cutting corners to
maximize profits, which also manipulates sentiments, evades the
system, and obscures the unsavory activities. The death of a horse is
tragic. It is also inevitable. Horses get sick and pass on. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The manner in which a
sick or dying horse is handled is what needs to be exposed to the
unsuspecting or uniformed. This report is a history of the horses
that have died at the Montreal stables since 2009. It is up to you to
draw your conclusions.<a href="https://www.facebook.com/notes/anti-cal%C3%A8che-defense-coalition/16-dead-horses-2009-2015/1054396561307888">
</a></span></span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/notes/anti-cal%C3%A8che-defense-coalition/16-dead-horses-2009-2015/1054396561307888"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Read
more here.</b></span></span></span></a><br />
Mirella Colalillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10819407626955368218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433286505622221519.post-49776864113741440782015-10-25T17:38:00.002-04:002017-01-20T17:58:22.908-05:00Maximus, one of the many sick carriage horses<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: black;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">"We really set up
a way to be able to monitor more attentively the health status of
animals ...." declared by Anie Samson during the commission
session on Oct. 6 2015.<br />The horse is Maximus and he has not been
in good shape for a long time.<br />Watch and share the commission
session. (see the mark of 12:00 - 26:00 - 41:16)
</span></span><a href="http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fr/video-audio/archives-parlementaires/travaux-commissions/AudioVideo-61507.html"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fr/video-audio/archives-parlementaires/travaux-commissions/AudioVideo-61507.html</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />Please
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">"On a vraiment
mis en place une maniere de pouvoir surveiller de façon plus
attentive l'état de santé des animaux...." déclaré par Anie
Samson lors de la séance de commission le 6 octobre 2015.<br />Le
cheval s'appelle Maximus et il n'a pas été en bonne forme pendant
une longue période.<br />Regardez et partagez la séance de
commission. (voir la marque de 12:00 - 26:00 - 41:16) </span></span><br />
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DE CALECHE DANS LA VILLE!</span></span><br />
<br />Mirella Colalillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10819407626955368218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433286505622221519.post-91459392761277116612012-04-29T13:19:00.000-04:002017-01-20T17:59:29.998-05:00The city is no place for a horseDEMO AGAINST THE HORSE-DRAWN CARRIAGES IN MONTREAL<br />
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On Saturday,
May 5th 2012, 1h00 pm, Hôtel de Ville, 275, rue Notre-Dame, Montreal,
join the Anti-Caleche Defense Coalition to make sure that this unsafe
and inhumane industry<br />
has no future in this city.<br />
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Imagine if there were children as there often are in the calèche in yesterday's incident. <span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">Read article & view video: </span><a href="http://montreal.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20120428/mtl_horse_120428/20120428/?hub=MontrealHome">http://montreal.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20120428/mtl_horse_120428/20120428/?hub=MontrealHome</a><br />
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<br />Mirella Colalillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10819407626955368218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433286505622221519.post-66391837598148594102012-04-04T05:13:00.001-04:002012-04-04T05:19:11.570-04:00Have a Calèche-free Easter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6W4km0mdJJI/T3wPLh7xqtI/AAAAAAAAAO4/l3V0xflyiqA/s1600/Jessie_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6W4km0mdJJI/T3wPLh7xqtI/AAAAAAAAAO4/l3V0xflyiqA/s400/Jessie_1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> Jessie is one of the 65 calèche horses in Montréal</span><br />
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I hope you enjoy your Easter with family and friends and will allow our animal friends to do the same.Mirella Colalillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10819407626955368218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433286505622221519.post-70999782363880987912012-02-12T20:43:00.003-05:002012-02-12T21:01:57.851-05:00The Campaign to Ban the Carriage Trade in Montréal<div style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: small;">Anne Streeter is an unstoppable activist who campaigned endlessly for many years to get a ban on the calèches in Montréal. She co-founded "</span><span style="font-size: small;">Action </span><span style="font-size: small;">Anti-Calèche" in the late 80s which has now joined forces with the "Anti-Caleche Defense Coalition". The following account of her activism to end the carriage trade in Montréal proves that getting results requires devotion, consistency and patience. Thank you Anne & Jean!</span></div><div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div></div><div style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: small;">“</span><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Jean LeMarquand and I formed Action Anti -Caleche in 1989 and</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><i>organized our first demonstration that August in Old Montreal. We</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><i>appeared at City Hall and over the years petitioned three different</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><i>mayors (Dore, Bourque & Tremblay). Every summer we leafletted on</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><i>weekends - educating tourists and encouraging them not to support the</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><i>industry.</i></span><br />
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By-law 5405 pertaining to the carriage trade, mainly dealt with the<br />
condition of the carriages, comportment of the drivers, routes etc.<br />
There was virtually nothing in it for horses except that they should<br />
not work more than nine consecutive hours. This was completely<br />
ignored. We clocked horses doing double shifts, from noon until early<br />
the following morning!<br />
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Over the years our pressure managed to upgrade the by-law twice.<br />
Licenses were reduced from 65 to 25 and the temperature limit was<br />
reduced from 32 to 30 celsius. These were significant gains under the<br />
circumstances but we always lobbied for a ban.<br />
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This has been a discouraging exercise as the trade is so ingrained in<br />
Montreal. However, there is light at the end of the tunnel. The horse<br />
barns and trade take place in an area of the city that is rapidly<br />
becoming gentrified. Real estate is expensive and development is on the move.<br />
The carriage owners could conceivably truck their horses in daily but<br />
that would be an expensive operation that probably doesn't make much<br />
economic sense. </i></span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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might not have a carriage trade within five years. Here's hoping!”</i></span></div><br />
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Their natural habitat is anywhere they have once roamed wild: prairies, forests, mountains, grasslands, steppes.</span></span></span></div><div style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div align="LEFT" style="border: medium none; color: white; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">***</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Join us on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/anticalechedefensecoalition?sk=wall" style="color: #cc0000;">Facebook!</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">And don't miss the film <a href="http://www.savingamericashorses.org/home.html" style="color: #cc0000;">"Saving America's Horses" </a></span></div>Mirella Colalillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10819407626955368218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433286505622221519.post-76717087810937163642011-07-23T14:58:00.008-04:002011-07-24T09:18:52.826-04:00Calèches Working in the Heat<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The calèches were out and working today at 1 p.m. -- it was already 31°C and the humidex at 43%. It felt like 37°C. The Police and the inspectors have been informed and hopefully serious action will be taken towards the drivers. As I was taking these pictures, I was verbally assaulted by the drivers and an owner. It's appalling to know that these horses are in the hands of such violent and vulgar people. If they were hoping to discourage me, it didn't work -- now I'm even more driven.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;">1)TAKE THE NUMBER OF THE CALECHE (it's on the plate at the back of the caleche)</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: small;">2)CALL THE POLICE 911</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: small;">3)CONTACT THE EMERGENCY NUMBERS (you'll find them on the right of this blog)</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: small;">4)TAKE PICTURES AND VIDEOS (send them to the emails on the right and to us as well)</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"> Thank you! </span></b>Mirella Colalillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10819407626955368218noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433286505622221519.post-78202565286677870922011-07-01T22:39:00.007-04:002011-07-04T03:22:32.186-04:00Horses Jazzed Up for the Fest<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzD-YKdNsZ-PDr1L_z8dLidPAES_8ZPZ3g3-4k91t4ni9BnCds5ov9fjqeDV_4-0RrSIt7iSpGNUAzl3PKYdQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Filming this video today was heart-breaking, as you can see. Yet, this is how the horses are fed -- with a bucket hanging over their heads. Not to mention I was in the calèche pick-up area for a while and no water was in sight the whole time.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Furthermore, the horses are being over-worked more than usual this week-end, as many tourists swarm the city for the Jazz Fest. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dx93ARqlhSHD9vT_oYC9xAY5gJ3C69FAPbEgaO61LEh2WkmPbclFO7nG5RQJzBzhzGQrD7gIpuI_Hut3SR_2A' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It's even more saddening to see that the children are not being taught by their parents how abusive this industry is. <a href="http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=c89111ad-df61-48fc-ab54-9a2538490f91&k=80064" style="color: red;">But actually put them in danger should the horse get spooked</a><span style="color: red;">.</span> In this case they could be flung out and injured at the least, as has occurred in the past.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Also notice that the by-law allows not more than 1 person per seat. There are more than that in this calèche and even more in the one passing by in the background.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Please, if you witness anything speak up, takes pictures, videos and send them to us. Thanks! </span></div>Mirella Colalillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10819407626955368218noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433286505622221519.post-25471925715264931942011-06-08T19:07:00.005-04:002011-06-09T01:46:07.169-04:00The by-law needs to be changed<div class="separator" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-G2vfhgVV7M0/Te_ijno8kwI/AAAAAAAAAKk/zWGxJ7ajfy8/s1600/2_une8_2011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-G2vfhgVV7M0/Te_ijno8kwI/AAAAAAAAAKk/zWGxJ7ajfy8/s200/2_une8_2011.JPG" width="200" /></a><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">These are some pictures and a video that I took today in Old Montréal. Click on them to view</span>.</span><br />
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">It was very hot and humid this afternoon in Old Montréal - the temperatures reached and exceeded </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">30°C</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: small;">between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. although it felt like </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">40°C with the humidex.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">1) <u>the temperature in Old</u><u> Montréal exceeds that of Dorval.</u> Which means when it's </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">30°C in Dorval, it's a least a couple of degrees higher in Old Montréal...just like today.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2) and that </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> the humidex is not even factored in. </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">The by-law obviously needs to be changed for the horses' well-being. Luckily, few tourists were in sight </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">and none were lined up for a calèche ride</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"> due to the high temperatures.</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">The picture on the flyer is of the calèche horse, Jim, euthanised on the streets of Québec City in July 2010. <a href="http://www.qctonline.com/cal-che-horse-collapses-apparent-exhaustion" style="color: red;">It was not the first time</a> that Jim collapsed due to extreme fatigue.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">June 4th is </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="hP" id=":1tu">Horses Without Carriages Internatio<wbr></wbr>nal Day.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="hP" id=":1tu">Please help spread the awareness by forwarding the flyer above </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="hP" id=":1tu">to everyone!</span></span></div>Mirella Colalillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10819407626955368218noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433286505622221519.post-90686243717920146112011-03-26T00:09:00.002-04:002011-03-26T13:47:50.695-04:00Song for Horses<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-VxZ_q2KXRdg/TY4mt0nSqmI/AAAAAAAAAJ4/XyMvb5XH35s/s1600/willie-nelson.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="170" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-VxZ_q2KXRdg/TY4mt0nSqmI/AAAAAAAAAJ4/XyMvb5XH35s/s320/willie-nelson.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Willie Nelson, along with many family members, has released a song to help horses through the Animal Welfare Institute. Willie wrote on the AWI website, “I’m a little prejudiced when it comes to horses. I have always loved them. I currently have about 68; 25-30 were rescued directly from slaughter. I got involved 8 years ago, when AWI first made me aware that American horses are being slaughtered and shipped overseas for human consumption. It’s a shame horses – or any animal – be treated this way when horses are the foundation of America. Horses were a way to travel to get to where we are today, and it is our job to protect them.” (Source: <a href="http://www.awionline.org/ht/d/sp/i/11223/pid/11223" target="_blank">AWI.org)</a><br />
The proceeds from the 99 cent song to help the horses and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qut3nsVvf5M&feature=player_embedded" style="color: red;">halt the roundups</a><span style="color: red;"> </span> will go to AWI. It can be purchased on <a href="http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/williethenelsonfamily" style="color: red;" target="_blank">CD Baby</a>, and <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/wild-horses-single/id426559687#" style="color: red;" target="_blank">Apple iTunes</a>.Mirella Colalillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10819407626955368218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433286505622221519.post-49971241384745113912011-02-27T17:23:00.021-05:002011-02-27T20:23:09.365-05:00Modernization not carriage industry revival!<div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="fr"><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">A recent article on a local paper suggests that the horse-drawn carriage industry needs revival. Montréal does not need to revive the horse-drawn carriage industry but to revive its image as a modern city. It is not <b>1861</b> anymore and horses, these sensitive creatures who have served humankind since the dawn of time, do not belong in the traffic where they are easily spooked by the noises and overworked for tourism. There is <u>nothing</u> romantic about an industry based on exploitation!</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="fr"><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"><br />
</span><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="fr"><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Below is the article and <a href="http://www.arvm.ca/component/content/article/75-les-carnets-de-manon/595-un-heritage-a-preserver-cochers-caleches-et-chevaux-dans-le-vieux-montreal.html?directory=183" style="color: #cc0000;">here</a> is the original in French.</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="fr"><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Please leave them a comment on the paper's website opposing their "revival plans".</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="fr"><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #ea9999; font-family: inherit;"><u><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">A heritage to preserve : coachmen, carriages and horses in Old Montreal</span></b></span></u></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #ea9999; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">I pass by the horse-drawn carriages everyday. I hear them happily passing under my window. I love to hear the sound of the lovely horse trots.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #ea9999; font-family: inherit;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #ea9999; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Therefore, I wanted to know more about their presence in our neighbourhood. One nice Sunday in January at sunset, the coachwoman has us warmly seated in the carriage. We are the typical winter calèche goers: skaters of Bassin Bonsecours returning to their cars, parents with their children discovering this ancestral locomotion system, lovers taking a romantic ride. Everyone is there: we talk about working as a coachman, the love for the horses, the current state of the industry, and of its role in the historic character of Old Montreal. A pleasant conversation which confirms the information already obtained as part of my research on the subject.</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #ea9999; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">About forty horses criss-cross the neighbourhood. <span class="hps"><span lang="EN">They</span></span><span class="shorttext"><span lang="EN"> </span><span class="hps"><span lang="EN">are</span></span></span><span class="shorttext"><span lang="EN"> </span><span class="hps"><span lang="EN">housed</span></span></span><span class="shorttext"><span lang="EN"> </span><span class="hps"><span lang="EN">mostly</span></span></span><span class="shorttext"><span lang="EN"> </span><span class="hps"><span lang="EN">in</span></span></span><span class="shorttext"><span lang="EN"> </span><span class="hps"><span lang="EN">three</span></span></span><span class="shorttext"><span lang="EN"> </span><span class="hps"><span lang="EN">stables</span></span>, </span>Lucky Luke and Écurie de Montréal enr., both located southwest of the city, and the Horse Palace, <span class="hps"><span lang="EN">nestled</span></span><span class="shorttext"><span lang="EN"> </span><span class="hps"><span lang="EN">in</span></span></span><span class="shorttext"><span lang="EN"> </span><span class="hps"><span lang="EN">Griffintown</span></span></span><span class="shorttext"><span lang="EN"> </span><span class="hps"><span lang="EN">since</span></span></span><span class="shorttext"><span lang="EN"> </span><span class="hps"><span lang="EN">1862</span></span>. At the</span><span lang="EN"> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">request</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">of the owners,</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">the</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">number</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">of</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">licenses</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">for carriages</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">from 2006 to</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">2010 decreased</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">from 48 to 24</span></span>. Unfortunately</span><span title="Click for alternate translations">,</span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">the</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">decrease</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">in the number</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">of</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">carriages</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">did not increase</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">the</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">traffic</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">or</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">revenue</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">for each</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">of the drivers</span></span><span title="Click for alternate translations">,</span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">"</span></span><span title="Click for alternate translations">since it is</span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">often</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">after</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">seeing</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">a</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">carriage </span></span><span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">circulate</span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">that people</span> decide to go for a ride</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">.</span></span><span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">"</span></span></span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #ea9999; font-family: inherit;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #ea9999; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="hps"><b><span lang="EN">Projects</span></b></span><b><span lang="EN"> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">to</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">revive</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">this</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">heritage</span></span></span></b><span lang="EN"><br />
<span class="hps"><span title="Click for alternate translations">All</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">interviewees</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">complained</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">that</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">the</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">coach</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">industry</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations">is <span class="hps">deteriorating,</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">especially</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">in Old</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">Montreal</span></span><span title="Click for alternate translations">.</span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">But</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">all is</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">not lost</span></span><span title="Click for alternate translations">, plans</span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">to</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">give</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">new life to</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">this</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">heritage</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">are emerging</span></span><span title="Click for alternate translations">.</span></span> <span class="hps">For</span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">example</span></span><span title="Click for alternate translations">,</span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">the</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">Foundation</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">of</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">the Horse Palace</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">of Griffin</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">was</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">created</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">in</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">2009</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">in</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">order</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">to save</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">this</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">industry, witness</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">of the</span> carriages</span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">in the</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">district</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">southwest</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">of</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">Montreal</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">for over</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">a</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">century</span></span><span title="Click for alternate translations">.</span> <span class="hps">It seeks</span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">to</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">acquire all</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">of the</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">buildings</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">offered for sale</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">by its</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">owner</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">recently</span> turning eighty</span>: <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">the house of the</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">mid-nineteenth</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">century</span></span><span title="Click for alternate translations">,</span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">the</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">old</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">inn</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">for travelers</span></span><span title="Click for alternate translations">,</span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">the</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">stables</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">in</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">use</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">for nearly</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">150</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">years</span></span><span title="Click for alternate translations">.</span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">It</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">plans</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">to</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">restore everything</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">and</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">add</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">a</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">museum</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">on </span></span><span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">the</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">history of</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">the working-class neighborhood</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">of Griffin</span></span><span title="Click for alternate translations">.</span> <span class="hps">The</span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">horses</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">will</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">then</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">enjoy</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">a more</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">operational </span></span><span title="Click for alternate translations">environment <span class="hps">after</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">spending the day</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">drawing</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">carriages</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">in</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">Old</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">Montreal</span></span><span title="Click for alternate translations">.</span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">A metamorphosis</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">that</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">is required</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">because</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">everything is</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">in</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">bad shape</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">yet</span></span><span title="Click for alternate translations">.</span></span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #ea9999; font-family: inherit;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #ea9999; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="hps"><span lang="EN">Another</span></span><span lang="EN"> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">project,</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">still</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">on</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">the</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">drawing board</span></span><span title="Click for alternate translations">,</span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">do</span>es</span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">not leave indifferent.</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">It</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">aims</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">to</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">create a</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">recreational</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">center</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">in honor of</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">the</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">horses in</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">the</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">Old</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">Port</span></span><span title="Click for alternate translations">: this is</span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">one of the</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">proposals</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">under consideration in</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">the redevelopment</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">of the</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">Pointe</span></span><span title="Click for alternate translations">-du</span><span class="atn"><span title="Click for alternate translations">-</span></span><span title="Click for alternate translations">Moulin</span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">and</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">the Silo</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">No.</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">5</span></span><span title="Click for alternate translations">, a relic</span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">of</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">the early</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">twentieth</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">century and</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">the</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">glorious past</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">of</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">a grain operation</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">in the port</span></span><span title="Click for alternate translations">.</span></span> <span class="hps">The</span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">multifunctional complex</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">is</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">proposed</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">based</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">on</span></span><span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps"> sharing</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">the</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">love of</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">horses</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">and concern</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">for</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">their</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">protection</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">as</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">heritage</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">for the image</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">of</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">Montreal</span></span><span title="Click for alternate translations">.</span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">As an indication</span></span><span title="Click for alternate translations">,</span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">it</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">would include</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">a</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">stable</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">open</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">to the public</span></span><span title="Click for alternate translations">,</span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">an</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">amusement park</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">with</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">rides for</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">children,</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">a</span></span><span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps"> museum exhibiting</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">carriages and</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">recounting</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">the</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">history of the</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">evolution</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">of the</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">presence of</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">horses</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">in</span></span><span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps"> our</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">landscape</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">since</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">their</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">first appearance</span></span><span title="Click for alternate translations">,</span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">the</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">circulation</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">of</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">horse trams</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">in</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">Montreal</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">in</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">1861</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate 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<span style="font-size: small;"><span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps"> </span></span></span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #ea9999; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="hps"><span lang="EN">Meanwhile</span></span><span lang="EN">, <span title="Click for alternate translations">attending <span class="hps">the fate</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">of these</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">projects,</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">why</span></span> <span class="hps">not</span> take</span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">a</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">horse-drawn carriage</span></span> ride <span class="hps">for</span><span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps"> Valentine's Day</span></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="hps">...</span></span></span> </div>Mirella Colalillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10819407626955368218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433286505622221519.post-83507482704901999882010-12-04T15:29:00.007-05:002010-12-06T15:45:50.485-05:00Horses Without Carriages International Day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yeovH29O_vQ/TPqkdLssm2I/AAAAAAAAAJM/diVMIk-_Ju8/s1600/jakarta.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yeovH29O_vQ/TPqkdLssm2I/AAAAAAAAAJM/diVMIk-_Ju8/s1600/jakarta.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This picture was taken December 3, 2010 in South Jakarta. JAAN is now preparing for surgery to help this horse. </span><a href="http://jakartaanimalaid.com/blog/2010/12/03/suffering-of-carriage-horses-continue-warning-disturbing-image/" style="color: #cc0000;"><i style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Read more and take Action!</i></a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Horses Without Carriages International Day</i> was created to bring together the cause of the carriage horses around the globe by making our voices stronger as we ask for this industry to be banned for good.</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></div>Mirella Colalillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10819407626955368218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433286505622221519.post-56919486695666037692010-11-05T22:06:00.018-04:002017-01-20T14:24:09.065-05:00Car or Calèche?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Strolling through Old Montréal, which is not so old after all, you would not expect to see horses pulling carriages, often loaded with tourists beyond the limit. You especially would not expect that in 2010 a calèche driver would go so far as to sponsor them with a t-shirt! Cars are harmful to the environment just as much as the carriages are harmful to the horses, but even more so… If the horses were free to choose, they certainly would not be working in the traffic for 9 hours a day or more and live in miserable conditions. Unfortunately they are slaves to an industry whose sole interest is to exploit them for profit.<br />
Many would debate that this is natural for the horses, it’s what they were meant for... it’s their job. The truth is that humans have decided that this be their job and it’s up to us humans to give them back their true nature...their freedom.<br />
Horses in Montréal are “luckier” than their colleagues in NYC or Rome, as the industry here is not so institutionalized, but also thanks to the activism of <i>Anne Streeter</i> and <i>Jean LeMarquand</i>, who have fought endlessly for twenty years to improve their quality of life. We will finish off what they started. All animals should have the right to be free.</div>
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