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Coalition to Ban Horse Drawn Carriages

Ban Horse Drawn Carriages in Rome

Target:
The Mayor of the City of Rome, Italy

POPULAR PETITION FOR THE ABOLITION OF THE "BOTTICELLE," OR,  HORSE DRAWN CARRIAGES OF ROME

To The Mayor of Rome

Considering That:

  • Today there is no need for the use of animals for transportation. Tourists have at their disposal many methods of transport that are comfortable, fast, equipped with accessories for every need, and decidedly more economical than horse drawn carriages. To continue to allow the exploitation of the horses used to pull the carriages is unjustifiable.
  • The horses are subjected to a continuous condition of suffering. They are forced to work under inhumane conditions. They are forced to pull heavy carriages every day (800-900Kg). They are made to move swiftly, up hills, along slippery and winding pavement. They have to do this alongside automobile traffic. The noise of the traffic terrorizes them. Serious results, including fatalities, have already happened.
  • Currently in Rome, the traffic conditions are crazy, and chaotic, along with the smog, makes this method of transportation not suitable for the city. Horse drawn carriages are without a doubt cruel to the horses.
  • The drivers are only interested in making the biggest profits from this industry, and not the wellbeing of the horses. (animals)
  • The risk of accidents is too high, because of the fearful and vulnerable nature of the animals, and the congested state of traffic in the streets of Rome.
  • The drivers continually disregard rules set up for the safety of horses, such as, but not limited to carrying more than the allowable number of people or weight, driving carriages during forbidden hours between 1pm to 5pm in the hottest months, and not traveling at a walk and not avoiding slopes.  As well, they do not carry meters aboard the carriages meaning they are not paying taxes like every other working citizen of Italy as their prices are not controlled.
  • THE CITIZENS AND VISITORS OF ROME HAVE SIGNED AND ARE ASKING:
  • Horse Drawn Carriages be abolished and permanently banned in Rome.
  • In the transitory stage, horse drawn carriages be limited to parks and gardens and forbidden on city streets.
  • There are proposals made for other means of employment for the carriage drivers, such as driving taxis, electric antique cars or pedicels, as in other European cities.

Signed,

The undersigned


PETIZIONE POPOLARE PER L%u2019ABOLIZIONE DELLE %u201CBOTTICELLE%u201D A ROMA

Al Sindaco di Roma Gianni Alemanno

CONSIDERATO CHE:

  •  Al giorno d%u2019oggi non vi %u8821lcuna esigenza che giustifichi l%u2019impiego di animali per il trasporto trasporto. Il turista pu%uDA43%uDF2FLI>
  •  disporre di molti mezzi di locomozione, confortevoli, rapidi, accessoriati per ogni esigenza, e decisamente pi?I>
  •  economici della botticella, senza che questo debba comportare lo sfruttamento ingiustificato di animali animali;
  •  I cavalli delle botticelle sono animali evidentemente sottoposti ad una condizione di sofferenza continua,
  •  essendo costretti a condizioni di lavoro sono disumane: l%u2019animale costretto a trainare tutti i giorni carichi
  •  pesantissimi (800-900 Kg) viene condotto lungo strade a scorrimento veloce, in salita, sulla pavimentazione
  •  scivolosa e sconnessa dei san pietrini, dove le automobili e il frastuono del traffico lo terrorizzano, con
  •  conseguenze gravi, quali incidenti spesso mortali, come gi%u0821vvenuto pi?te;
  •  Nella Roma odierna il traffico impazzito, il caos, lo smog, rendono questo mezzo di trasporto assolutamente
  • non idoneo alle sopravvenute condizioni di congestione della citt%u0823itt%u0BA0La botticella si configura pertanto come
  • una pratica del tutto anacronistica e senza dubbio crudele nei confronti dei cavalli cavalli;
  •  I vetturini sono esclusivamente interessati a trarre il massimo profitto da questa attivit%u0825 non si curano
  •  minimamente del benessere dell%u2019animale;
  •  Il fattore di rischio di incidenti %u8834roppo elevato e scaturisce dall%u2019incompatibilit%u0834ra la natura stessa di questi
  •  animali, paurosi e vulnerabili, e lo stato di congestione delle strade di Roma.

I CITTADINI CHE DI SEGUITO SOTTOSCRIVONO CHIEDONO:

  • Che venga abolita definitivamente l%u2019istituzione della cosiddetta %u201Cbotticella%u201D e che venga quindi vietato in tutto il
  • territorio del c comune di Roma il trasporto di persone a mezzo di carrozze trainate da animali omune animali;
  • Che al limite - come fase transitoria - questa pratica venga confinata esclusivamente in parchi e giardini;
  • Che vengano proposte ai vetturini delle occupazioni alternative (tax taxi o %u2018risci%uDA57%uDD72019 risci%uDA57%uDD72019, come in altre citt%u0825uropee) europee);

Aderiscono:

-          OIPA oipaitalia.com

-          AVA vegetariani-roma.it

-          Il Mio Cavallo ilmiocavallo.it

-          iVegan ivegan.it

-          LAC abolizionecaccia.it

-          LAV lav.it

-          LEAL leal.it

-          Le Code Felici codefelici.org

-          LIDA lida.it

-          NO alla CACCIA no-alla-caccia.it

-          Pet Village associazionepetvillage.it

-          Coalition Ban Horse Drawn Carraiges  http://www.banhdc.org/

POPULAR PETITION FOR THE ABOLITION OF THE "BOTTICELLE," OR,  HORSE DRAWN CARRIAGES OF ROME

To The Mayor of Rome

Considering That:

  • Today there is no need for the use of animals for transportation. Tourists have at their disposal many methods of transport that are comfortable, fast, equipped with accessories for every need, and decidedly more economical than horse drawn carriages. To continue to allow the exploitation of the horses used to pull the carriages is unjustifiable.
  • The horses are subjected to a continuous condition of suffering. They are forced to work under inhumane conditions. They are forced to pull heavy carriages every day (800-900Kg). They are made to move swiftly, up hills, along slippery and winding pavement. They have to do this alongside automobile traffic. The noise of the traffic terrorizes them. Serious results, including fatalities, have already happened.
  • Currently in Rome, the traffic conditions are crazy, and chaotic, along with the smog, makes this method of transportation not suitable for the city. Horse drawn carriages are without a doubt cruel to the horses.
  • The drivers are only interested in making the biggest profits from this industry, and not the wellbeing of the horses. (animals)
  • The risk of accidents is too high, because of the fearful and vulnerable nature of the animals, and the congested state of traffic in the streets of Rome.
  • The drivers continually disregard rules set up for the safety of horses, such as, but not limited to carrying more than the allowable number of people or weight, driving carriages during forbidden hours between 1pm to 5pm in the hottest months, and not traveling at a walk and not avoiding slopes.  As well, they do not carry meters aboard the carriages meaning they are not paying taxes like every other working citizen of Italy as their prices are not controlled.
  • THE CITIZENS AND VISITORS OF ROME HAVE SIGNED AND ARE ASKING:
  • Horse Drawn Carriages be abolished and permanently banned in Rome.
  • In the transitory stage, horse drawn carriages be limited to parks and gardens and forbidden on city streets.
  • There are proposals made for other means of employment for the carriage drivers, such as driving taxis, electric antique cars or pedicels, as in other European cities.

Signed,

The undersigned


PETIZIONE POPOLARE PER L%u2019ABOLIZIONE DELLE %u201CBOTTICELLE%u201D A ROMA

Al Sindaco di Roma Gianni Alemanno

CONSIDERATO CHE:

  •  Al giorno d%u2019oggi non vi %u8821lcuna esigenza che giustifichi l%u2019impiego di animali per il trasporto trasporto. Il turista pu%uDA43%uDF2FLI>
  •  disporre di molti mezzi di locomozione, confortevoli, rapidi, accessoriati per ogni esigenza, e decisamente pi?I>
  •  economici della botticella, senza che questo debba comportare lo sfruttamento ingiustificato di animali animali;
  •  I cavalli delle botticelle sono animali evidentemente sottoposti ad una condizione di sofferenza continua,
  •  essendo costretti a condizioni di lavoro sono disumane: l%u2019animale costretto a trainare tutti i giorni carichi
  •  pesantissimi (800-900 Kg) viene condotto lungo strade a scorrimento veloce, in salita, sulla pavimentazione
  •  scivolosa e sconnessa dei san pietrini, dove le automobili e il frastuono del traffico lo terrorizzano, con
  •  conseguenze gravi, quali incidenti spesso mortali, come gi%u0821vvenuto pi?te;
  •  Nella Roma odierna il traffico impazzito, il caos, lo smog, rendono questo mezzo di trasporto assolutamente
  • non idoneo alle sopravvenute condizioni di congestione della citt%u0823itt%u0BA0La botticella si configura pertanto come
  • una pratica del tutto anacronistica e senza dubbio crudele nei confronti dei cavalli cavalli;
  •  I vetturini sono esclusivamente interessati a trarre il massimo profitto da questa attivit%u0825 non si curano
  •  minimamente del benessere dell%u2019animale;
  •  Il fattore di rischio di incidenti %u8834roppo elevato e scaturisce dall%u2019incompatibilit%u0834ra la natura stessa di questi
  •  animali, paurosi e vulnerabili, e lo stato di congestione delle strade di Roma.

I CITTADINI CHE DI SEGUITO SOTTOSCRIVONO CHIEDONO:

  • Che venga abolita definitivamente l%u2019istituzione della cosiddetta %u201Cbotticella%u201D e che venga quindi vietato in tutto il
  • territorio del c comune di Roma il trasporto di persone a mezzo di carrozze trainate da animali omune animali;
  • Che al limite - come fase transitoria - questa pratica venga confinata esclusivamente in parchi e giardini;
  • Che vengano proposte ai vetturini delle occupazioni alternative (tax taxi o %u2018risci%uDA57%uDD72019 risci%uDA57%uDD72019, come in altre citt%u0825uropee) europee);

Aderiscono:

-          OIPA oipaitalia.com

-          AVA vegetariani-roma.it

-          Il Mio Cavallo ilmiocavallo.it

-          iVegan ivegan.it

-          LAC abolizionecaccia.it

-          LAV lav.it

-          LEAL leal.it

-          Le Code Felici codefelici.org

-          LIDA lida.it

-          NO alla CACCIA no-alla-caccia.it

-          Pet Village associazionepetvillage.it

-          Coalition Ban Horse Drawn Carraiges  http://www.banhdc.org/

To The Mayor of Rome

Considering That:

  • Today there is no need for the use of animals for transportation. Tourists have at their disposal many methods of transport that are comfortable, fast, equipped with accessories for every need, and decidedly more economical than horse drawn carriages. To continue to allow the exploitation of the horses used to pull the carriages is unjustifiable.
  • The horses are subjected to a continuous condition of suffering. They are forced to work under inhumane conditions. They are forced to pull heavy carriages every day (800-900Kg). They are made to move swiftly, up hills, along slippery and winding pavement. They have to do this alongside automobile traffic. The noise of the traffic terrorizes them. Serious results, including fatalities, have already happened.
  • Currently in Rome, the traffic conditions are crazy, and chaotic, along with the smog, makes this method of transportation not suitable for the city. Horse drawn carriages are without a doubt cruel to the horses.
  • The drivers are only interested in making the biggest profits from this industry, and not the wellbeing of the horses. (animals)
  • The risk of accidents is too high, because of the fearful and vulnerable nature of the animals, and the congested state of traffic in the streets of Rome.
  • The drivers continually disregard rules set up for the safety of horses, such as, but not limited to carrying more than the allowable number of people or weight, driving carriages during forbidden hours between 1pm to 5pm in the hottest months, and not traveling at a walk and not avoiding slopes.  As well, they do not carry meters aboard the carriages meaning they are not paying taxes like every other working citizen of Italy as their prices are not controlled.
  • THE CITIZENS AND VISITORS OF ROME HAVE SIGNED AND ARE ASKING:
  • Horse Drawn Carriages be abolished and permanently banned in Rome.
  • In the transitory stage, horse drawn carriages be limited to parks and gardens and forbidden on city streets.
  • There are proposals made for other means of employment for the carriage drivers, such as driving taxis, electric antique cars or pedicels, as in other European cities.

Signed,

The undersigned


PETIZIONE POPOLARE PER L%u2019ABOLIZIONE DELLE %u201CBOTTICELLE%u201D A ROMA

Al Sindaco di Roma Gianni Alemanno

CONSIDERATO CHE:

  •  Al giorno d%u2019oggi non vi alcuna esigenza che giustifichi l%u2019impiego di animali per il trasporto trasporto. Il turista pu
  •  disporre di molti mezzi di locomozione, confortevoli, rapidi, accessoriati per ogni esigenza, e decisamente pi
  •  economici della botticella, senza che questo debba comportare lo sfruttamento ingiustificato di animali animali;
  •  I cavalli delle botticelle sono animali evidentemente sottoposti ad una condizione di sofferenza continua,
  •  essendo costretti a condizioni di lavoro sono disumane: l%u2019animale costretto a trainare tutti i giorni carichi
  •  pesantissimi (800-900 Kg) viene condotto lungo strade a scorrimento veloce, in salita, sulla pavimentazione
  •  scivolosa e sconnessa dei san pietrini, dove le automobili e il frastuono del traffico lo terrorizzano, con
  •  conseguenze gravi, quali incidenti spesso mortali, come gi avvenuto pi volte;
  •  Nella Roma odierna il traffico impazzito, il caos, lo smog, rendono questo mezzo di trasporto assolutamente
  • non idoneo alle sopravvenute condizioni di congestione della citt citt. La botticella si configura pertanto come
  • una pratica del tutto anacronistica e senza dubbio crudele nei confronti dei cavalli cavalli;
  •  I vetturini sono esclusivamente interessati a trarre il massimo profitto da questa attivit e non si curano
  •  minimamente del benessere dell%u2019animale;
  •  Il fattore di rischio di incidenti troppo elevato e scaturisce dall%u2019incompatibilit tra la natura stessa di questi
  •  animali, paurosi e vulnerabili, e lo stato di congestione delle strade di Roma.

I CITTADINI CHE DI SEGUITO SOTTOSCRIVONO CHIEDONO:

  • Che venga abolita definitivamente l%u2019istituzione della cosiddetta %u201Cbotticella%u201D e che venga quindi vietato in tutto il
  • territorio del c comune di Roma il trasporto di persone a mezzo di carrozze trainate da animali omune animali;
  • Che al limite - come fase transitoria - questa pratica venga confinata esclusivamente in parchi e giardini;
  • Che vengano proposte ai vetturini delle occupazioni alternative (tax taxi o %u2018risci%u2019 risci%u2019, come in altre citt europee) europee);

Aderiscono:

-          OIPA oipaitalia.com

-          AVA vegetariani-roma.it

-          Il Mio Cavallo ilmiocavallo.it

-          iVegan ivegan.it

-          LAC abolizionecaccia.it

-          LAV lav.it

-          LEAL leal.it

-          Le Code Felici codefelici.org

-          LIDA lida.it

-          NO alla CACCIA no-alla-caccia.it

-          Pet Village associazionepetvillage.it

-          Coalition Ban Horse Drawn Carraiges  www.banhdc.org

-          Horses Without Carriages International

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We signed the "Ban Horse Drawn Carriages in Rome" petition!
# 1,100:
1:06 pm PST, Nov 23, Plaza Marine, France
# 1,099:
9:48 am PST, Nov 23, Robin Cochran, Georgia
Please stop the horrors. I will not travel to Italy until this is banished.
# 1,098:
9:44 am PST, Nov 23, Franca Roselli Hall, California
Sono romana e amo la mia citta' ma vedere ancora quelle carrozzelle tirate da dei poveri cavalli mi distoglie dalla bellezza della mia citta'. Bisogna crescere e imparare a rispettare gli animali, Roma questo non lo fa e me ne vergogno.
# 1,097:
7:21 am PST, Nov 23, ELISA RUBETTI, Italy
# 1,096:
5:56 am PST, Nov 23, Valeria Cervellati, Italy
# 1,095:
1:53 pm PST, Nov 22, Sheila Smith, United Kingdom
please dont have horse drawn carriages
# 1,094:
1:41 pm PST, Nov 22, Nickol Alkminh, Greece
this must be stopped!
# 1,092:
4:42 am PST, Nov 22, Suzanne Wikner, Greece
# 1,091:
2:07 am PST, Nov 22, Σταυρίδου Όλγα, Greece
# 1,090:
12:25 am PST, Nov 22, Kate Howden, Spain
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9:19 pm PST, Nov 21, Rhea Parsons, New York
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5:09 pm PST, Nov 21, Anne-Marie Monarovic, Australia
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5:06 pm PST, Nov 21, Kerri Zimmerman, Canada
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3:04 pm PST, Nov 21, Annick Leparque, Canada
# 1,085:
1:49 pm PST, Nov 21, Christophe Lepretre, France
# 1,084:
1:43 pm PST, Nov 21, Miriam DeVore, Kentucky
Get rid of the horse drawn carriages.
# 1,083:
1:39 pm PST, Nov 21, Ninetta Kalodouka, Greece
this is awful!
# 1,082:
1:37 pm PST, Nov 21, Evangelos Aragiannis, Greece
# 1,081:
12:21 pm PST, Nov 21, Liliana Castillo, Illinois
# 1,080:
11:54 am PST, Nov 21, Anne Hodgkinson, Spain
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9:08 am PST, Nov 21, Name not displayed, Greece
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8:08 am PST, Nov 21, Lambert Roger, Belgium
# 1,077:
7:29 am PST, Nov 21, Yarden Buzaglo, Israel
# 1,076:
4:47 pm PST, Nov 20, Joan E Loza Mobry, Wisconsin
"Animals Do Not Have A Voice Of Their Own. If We Do Not Stand Up And Speak For Them... Who Will?!"
# 1,075:
2:13 pm PST, Nov 20, Bridget Beck, California
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2:06 pm PST, Nov 20, Carpitella Julie, France
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1:36 pm PST, Nov 20, Frances Hester, New Jersey
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8:33 am PST, Nov 20, SHEILA VALLEJO, Puerto Rico
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8:26 am PST, Nov 20, Name not displayed, Australia
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7:23 am PST, Nov 20, Cheryl Janiszewski, Maryland
# 1,069:
7:05 pm PST, Nov 19, Name not displayed, United Kingdom
it breaks my heart when i learnt,let alone found out the details of how these horses are used in Rome. Its disgusting when I think that animals rely on us as human beings for care,trust & respect. When found out this is going on, felt ashamed to call myself part of the human-race,the so called "civilised" species on the earth.
# 1,068:
5:13 pm PST, Nov 19, Hannah Hh, Texas
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2:51 pm PST, Nov 19, Beverley Hall, United Kingdom
# 1,066:
2:34 pm PST, Nov 19, Sophie Hiebel nogues, France
STOP STOP STOP STOP
# 1,065:
10:55 am PST, Nov 19, Michael Lawson, United Kingdom
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9:04 am PST, Nov 19, Monika Risch, Germany
# 1,063:
7:31 am PST, Nov 19, Maria Fongaro, Italy
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2:35 am PST, Nov 19, Daniela Rossi, Italy
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10:12 pm PST, Nov 18, Erika Johansson, Sweden
# 1,060:
9:22 am PST, Nov 18, Nicola Clements, United Kingdom
# 1,059:
8:46 am PST, Nov 18, Amanda Yeates, United Kingdom
This is unesscery cruelty for human pleasure. Stop now!!!!!!!!!!
# 1,058:
6:33 am PST, Nov 18, Mirta Ritzu, Italy
Nella speranza che Roma insegni ad altre città come Firenze come amare e rispettare gli animali...
# 1,057:
2:13 am PST, Nov 18, Elisa Dolléans, France
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1:51 pm PST, Nov 17, Johanna Johansson, Sweden
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1:13 pm PST, Nov 17, Maria R Furbelli, Italy
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9:13 am PST, Nov 17, Name not displayed, Sweden
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8:13 am PST, Nov 17, Simone Sjölund, Sweden
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7:21 am PST, Nov 17, Josefine Johansson, Sweden
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6:50 am PST, Nov 17, Andrea Gröndahl, Sweden
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