Re: “It’s time to end reign of city's horse-drawn carriages, Isitt says,” March 11.
Just another example of a council member who has kowtowed to a group of squeaky wheels. Has this councillor or his group of activist followers ever considered what might happen to these horses if they are not doing the job they are bred and trained to do?
I can assure you they won’t be kept as hay-burning ornaments, and to suggest that they are possibly mistreated is slanderous and an insult to the owners. I was fortunate enough to grow up in the real world with these workhorses. I had the wonderful life experience of being in the woods with my grandfather and his workhorses as he and these incredible creatures pulled huge logs out to be loaded on trucks. With no more than a clicking sound of Gramps’ tongue, a loud blast through their nostrils, muscles bulging, they would pull. Every morning when he called them from pasture, they would enthusiastically come running to be harnessed.
Contrary to what Coun. Ben Isitt or his supporters might think, these magnificent animals are happiest when they are put to task and would prefer this to a life of endless boredom, staring at a farm gate that will never open again.
David Van Egmond
Victoria
