From the Daily News:
A popular urban stable in Queens is being temporarily shuttered after city officials said an “alarming” number of horses died at the site, the Daily News has learned.
Six horses died in the last half of 2012 without “adequate explanation” at the Cedar Lane Stables, a city concession run by the Federation of Black Cowboys, Parks Department inspectors said.
Some horses were malnourished and housed without proper food and bedding, according to documents obtained by The News. One horse named Wyatt tried to eat its bedding of wood shavings in a stall with no water or hay.
The existing concession — a “rough board” arrangement — allows the federation to rent out about 50 stalls to individual horse owners for about $165 a month. But the cowboys are under no obligation to care for those animals.
Some owners who board at the stable hire caretakers to make sure their horses are exercised, groomed and fed. But others do not. Members of the Federation are also boarders at the stables.
4 comments:
Jail the stable owners and everyone that works there! Perhaps some animal-loving convicts will show them the same care and attention that they showed those poor animals.
Horses starving to death in Queens!! And no one that witnessed this called PETA, the ASPCA or the Humane Society. Everyone that saw and did nothing should be harshly punished!
It's inexcusable!!!!
When you look up Federation of Black Cowboys on the Department of State website, the address for Fred Brothers is ficticious. There is no such street in Queens as 277th Street. Makes one wonder what else is not quite right.
"The existing concession — a “rough board” arrangement — allows the federation to rent out about 50 stalls to individual horse owners for about $165 a month. But the cowboys are under no obligation to care for those animals."
- Put them in jail for murder.
These guys are the worst. The organization is a fraud that does nothing, and I mean nothing for the community. Giving pony rides is is not solving any social issues. This is nothing but a social club full of people who love to get spotlight just because they own horses in NYC... shame...
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