Hopefully NYC will now finally pass Ryder’s Law (named after another carriage horse who died in 2022) and stop this abuse for good.
Following Deniz’s tragic death, Ryder’s Law is being reintroduced.
New York City — this is the moment.
To recap, on Tuesday, a 16-year-old carriage horse named Deniz collapsed and died in Central Park while still attached to the carriage. The union says he was examined by a vet in March and found fit for duty. He will now be taken to Cornell University to determine what happened.
Deniz is the second carriage horse to die in Central Park in less than ten months. A bill called Ryder’s Law — named after that 2022 horse — would have banned horse-drawn carriages in New York City and replaced them with electric alternatives. But that bill was defeated.
What do you think about horse-drawn carriages?
Would you like to see Ryder’s Law passed?