PETA: "Ban Horse-drawn Carriage"

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THE the ANIMAL RIGHTS GROUP, PETA, SENT A LETTER TO EUREKA MAYOR VIRGINIA BASS TODAY, URGING HER TO BAN HORSE-DRAWN CARRIAGES IN THE CITY.  THIS COMES AFTER AN INCIDENT LAST SATURDAY IN OLD TOWN, WHERE A HORSE PULLING A CARRIAGE WAS SPOOKED AND THE DRIVER WAS THROWN ONTO THE CONCRETE CAUSING AN INJURY THAT SENT HIM TO THE HOSPITAL.
the driver HAS SINCE BEEN RELEASED AND HIS FAMILY SAYS THE HORSe, CINNAMON, iS JUST FINE.
IN THE LETTER, PETA writes, "FORCING HORSES TO PULL HEAVY LOADS IS CRUEL, AND IT’S ALWAYS AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN."  PETA SAYS SEVERAL CITIES IN THE U-S HAVE BANNED HORSE-DRAWN CARRIAGES, INCLUDING LAS VEGAS AND RENO.