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FoA celebrates end of carriage horse trade, acknowledges there is more work ahead

In an historic move that Friends of Animals is applauding, the New York City Council, led by Speaker Julie Menin, will vote Oct. 22 to ban the carriage horse trade, finally ending the exploitive industry that’s imprisoned horses since 1858 when Central Park opened. FoA will join bill sponsor Council Member Christopher Marte, who reintroduced […]

News on October 16, 2026

FoA celebrates end of carriage horse trade, acknowledges there is more work ahead

News on October 16, 2026

BREAKING NEWS: Legislators strike deal to ban NYC horse carriage industry

News on October 14, 2026
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News on October 13, 2026

Switzerland’s fur sale ban regulates atrocities instead of abolishing them

In Our View on October 8, 2026

Two more CT towns adopt policies to ban anticoagulant rodenticides

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Colorado: Vote NO on Amendment 83 this election season

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