Jillian Michaels joins NYC anti-carriage horse bandwagon
Jillian Michaels, a trainer who appears on NBC's "The Biggest Loser," joined a PETA rally against horse-drawn carriages in New York City. But 60 percent of New Yorkers want to keep the horse-drawn carriages.
Jillian Michaels, a trainer who appears on NBC's "The Biggest Loser," joined a PETA rally against horse-drawn carriages in New York City. But 60 percent of New Yorkers want to keep the horse-drawn carriages.
More celebrities are choosing sides in the debate over carriage horses in New York City.
Jillian Michaels, a trainer who appears on NBC's "The Biggest Loser" weight-loss competition, joined an anti-carriage rally on the steps of City Hall on Monday. The rally was sponsored by the animal-rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
Michaels says she feels that it's inhumane to make the animals work in Central Park and on Manhattan's streets.
Mayor Bill de Blasio wants to ban the carriages and replace them with vintage-looking electric cars. But he may not have enough votes in the City Council to pass a law.
Alec Baldwin, Pink and Lea Michele also support the ban.
Actor Liam Neeson has been the most vocal celebrity wanting to keep the carriages.
Most New Yorkers agree with Liam Neeson, as 海角大神 reported: "Like his tax-the-rich plan to fund universal pre-K, however, his efforts to replace the city鈥檚 iconic horse-drawn carriages with electric vintage cars has lurched, sputtered, and backfired. Some 60 percent of both men and women registered to vote in the city have cried 鈥淲hoa!鈥� to the mayor鈥檚 plans, according to a January聽Quinnipiac poll."