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Stop the Reopening of the Cruel Diving Horse Show
  1. Signatures
    73,148 out of 75,000
    Petitioning
    1. President of Atlantic City Steel Pier (+ 15 others)
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      • President of Atlantic City Steel Pier (Anthony Catanoso)
      • Executive Director of NJ Amusement Association (Kimberle R. Samarelli)
      • Legal Counsel to NJ Amusement Association (Lary I. Zucker)
      • Government Relations (Ed McGlynn)
      • Steel Pier (Sharon Franz)
      • Jersey Shore Beach & Boardwalk (William Gehlhaus)
      • Hoban Consulting (Bob Hoban)
      • Jenkinson's Pavilion (Frank Storino)
      • Atlantic City Convention & Visitors Authority (Jeffrey Vasser)
      • Casino Reinvestment Development Authority
      • President, Chamber of Commerce (Joseph Kelly)
      • Steel Pier (Lorna Ambrose)
      • Council Vice-President (Steven Moore)
      • Council President (William Marsh)
      • Steelman Partners (Steelman Partners)
      • Mayor (Lorenzo Langford)
  2. Created By
    Jennifer Mishler
    Jacksonville, FL
About this Petition Petition Letter Petition Updates
How We Won

Feb 16, 2012

After worldwide condemnation of a proposed horse diving act in Atlantic City, horse advocates are now celebrating the announcement that there will be no horse diving at Steel Pier this summer.

Jennifer, the woman who created the online campaign, says, "I knew we had a chance to stop Steel Pier from reopening the diving horse shows, but I didn't know in less than two weeks 50,000 people would sign the petition and get this shut down. Thanks to everybody who signed and shared the petition and kept contacting! We did it!!"

The Editorial Board of the Star-Ledger, New Jersey's largest newspaper, chimed in to say that "no one wants to buy bathtub hootch or dodge bullets from Al Capone on the Boardwalk today. The horse-diving act belongs in the same ash bin of history. We’re glad the owners of the Steel Pier came to the same conclusion." http://bit.ly/yhVEiy

The diving horse show at the Atlantic City Steel Pier was shut down in the 1970's, but the event is set to return this summer. Riders mount horses and then dive from the tall pier into the water below. This dangerous and cruel event is terrifying for the horses and causes injury to both the animals and their riders. There is plenty of summer fun to be had at the pier without harming these horses. Please ask Atlantic City Steel Pier President Anthony Catanoso, the New Jersey Amusement Association (where he is a Director), and others in a position of influence to cancel plans to bring this event back after so many years.

Why People Are Signing
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Stop the Reopening of the Cruel Diving Horse Show at Steel Pier

Greetings,

I just signed the following petition because I care about animals.

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To Whom It May Concern,

I am writing to you today to ask you to cancel plans to reopen the diving horse show at the Atlantic City Steel Pier this summer.

The event was shut down in the 1970's and I hope that you will not bring a cruel and outdated show back to the Steel Pier in 2012. There are many ways for people to have summer fun at your pier without events that involve terrifying and harming animals. Riders mount these horses and then dive from the tall pier into the water below, which has caused serious injury to both the horses and riders.

Please show compassion and cancel plans to reopen the horse diving show.
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Sincerely,

[Your name]

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