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Help Stop Horse Abuse in Israel
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Please write to the Chairperson of the Education, Culture, and Sports Committee in the Knesset, to the Minister of Education, Culture, and Sports, to the Minister of Transportation, and to the Mayor of Tel Aviv-Jaffa asking them to ban the use of horse-drawn carts to haul heavy loads through busy city streets.
Years ago, CHAI and Hakol Chai promoted the passage of regulations to protect horses and donkeys used to haul heavy loads, believing that requiring annual applications and fees to hold these animals, along with annual inspections by equine veterinarians, would solve the problem. Tel Aviv now has such regulations, but time has shown that they are not enforced.
At a Tel Aviv City Council meeting to address the problem of abused working animals, held at Hakol Chai's request, the city's own municipal veterinarian supported a ban, saying the city lacks the staff, financial resources, and facilities to monitor the condition of these animals, investigate reports of abuse, and seize, house and care for those abused for any length of time. Even when abused horses are seized, they are usually returned to their abusers the very next day.
Only a complete ban on horse-drawn carts in cities will prevent these animals from being abused.
Please write to the following:
Chairperson of the
Knesset
Education, Culture, and Sports Committee
Minister of Education, Culture,
and Sport
Minister of
Transportation Fax: 972-2-6663005 Email:
sar@mot.gov.il Mayor of Tel Aviv-Jaffa
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