Animal rights group urges Victoria council to ban horse-drawn carriages
VICTORIA — A ride in a horse-drawn carriage through the Victorian-era neighbourhoods of British Columbia’s capital city is a time-honoured tourist draw, but an animal rights group wants the businesses hobbled.
Jordan Reichert of the Victoria Horse Alliance said the group will ask city council on Thursday to phase out the industry by the end of 2017.
“It’s animal exploitation, using animals for profit to entertain tourists,” he said in an interview on Wednesday.
“The horse carriages are operating on borrowed time at this point. It’s not what is going to cause the city to ban them. It’s when the city is going to ban them.”