MOSCOW, 29 Sep – RIA Novosti. City Council of Chicago voted to ban horse-drawn carriages in 2021, according to Lonely Planet.
Authorities will stop issuing new licenses to transport operators from January 1, 2021, the current license shall not be prolonged.
the Number of horse-drawn carriages in Chicago with years of declining. Currently issued 10 licenses, each worth $ 500 a year.
Activists for animal rights say that the transportation industry — the cruelty to the horses. It is believed that animals suffer from poor working conditions, need to drag overcrowded carriages and is constantly in the metropolis, to move on solid surfaces.
in Addition to Chicago’s ban on the use of horse-drawn carriages entered Montreal, salt lake city, Key West, Florida, and Camden in new Jersey, Biloxi, Mississippi.
