This year, the King of Prussia Town Center chose to offer free carriage rides at "Winterfest" using a horse exploited by the notorious 76 Carriage Company. Horses are intelligent, sensitive individuals, not a marketing gimmick for a holiday event. We're calling on the King of Prussia Town Center to make 2019 the last year for this abusive holiday event and to adopt a compassionate policy banning animal attractions. 

Making horses pull oversized loads like carriages filled with people is cruel. Horses are forced to toil in all weather extremes, dodge traffic, and pound the pavement all day long. They may develop respiratory ailments because they breathe in exhaust fumes, and they can suffer debilitating leg problems from walking on hard surfaces.

Horses are sensitive and skittish animals. Animals and people have been seriously hurt—and even killed—when horses have become spooked and run amok.

There have also been countless incidents in which carriages have been hit by impatient or careless drivers. Accidents have occurred in nearly every city where carriage rides are allowed, including Philadelphia.

“There is no way that cities, with their exhaust fumes, hard road surfaces, and busy traffic patterns can provide a humane … environment for a carriage horse.”
—Veterinarian Holly Cheever
Abused ‘Til Their Dying Day