As a person who's met police horses and a few of their riders, I can say the horses are very content. They're specially chosen and trained to deal with the situations they end up in. And-at least where I live-they have an incredible stables. They have constant care available to them.
I don't know much about carriage horses, so I won't go into that.

As a person who's met police horses and a few of their riders, I can say the horses are very content. They're specially chosen and trained to deal with the situations they end up in. And-at least where I live-they have an incredible stables. They have constant care available to them.
I don't know much about carriage horses, so I won't go into that.

Here is how I see it, if they ban carriage driving and police horses, I see a lot of slaughter trucks and full auctions in the near future. That is all I'm gonna say on that subject.

Here is how I see it, if they ban carriage driving and police horses, I see a lot of slaughter trucks and full auctions in the near future. That is all I'm gonna say on that subject.

I think police horses are in an entirely different situation. The police realise the job is high stress and the horses are well taken care of with frequent holiday time. They are needed for things like crowd control and to placate strained neighbourhoods. An officer on a horse is more maneuverable than one in a car, and can get from A to Z faster than an officer on foot or a bicycle. Police horses are necessary and are exceptionally well cared for. They are also retired long before they become too jaded.

On the flipside carriage horses spend long days in the freezing cold or extreme heat, standing around on hard asphalt and concrete, dragging a heavy cart full of screaming families through noisy and polluted streets. London gave up carriages when motor cars became popular, and for good reason. Carriage horses do not serve a useful function except to provide entertainment for bored tourists. The amount of accidents they cause or are involved in is growing and it is completely unneces

I think police horses are in an entirely different situation. The police realise the job is high stress and the horses are well taken care of with frequent holiday time. They are needed for things like crowd control and to placate strained neighbourhoods. An officer on a horse is more maneuverable than one in a car, and can get from A to Z faster than an officer on foot or a bicycle. Police horses are necessary and are exceptionally well cared for. They are also retired long before they become too jaded.

On the flipside carriage horses spend long days in the freezing cold or extreme heat, standing around on hard asphalt and concrete, dragging a heavy cart full of screaming families through noisy and polluted streets. London gave up carriages when motor cars became popular, and for good reason. Carriage horses do not serve a useful function except to provide entertainment for bored tourists. The amount of accidents they cause or are involved in is growing and it is completely unnecessary to have them in the city. There's nothing stopping people catching the train out to the outskirts to go on a farm ride in a place where the horses have paddocks and clean air and lots of space if they really want to ride in a carriage.