The City Council approved a plan to phase them out by 2030, ending a dramatic two-year fight between animal rights activists and carriage operators.
We've set a goal to raise $90,000 by Dec. 31 and we need your help to do it. Your support during our year-end campaign will help power our independent reporting in 2025 and beyond.San Antonio City Council approved a plan to phase out horse-drawn carriages from city streets on Thursday, making it the first Texas city to approve such a ban.
The carriages — which have been permitted in San Antonio since 1865 — are expected to be off the streets completely by Jan. 1, 2030. “I did not have enough information to see that this will be done equitably and fairly in three years,” Viagran said., the issue has sucked up countless hours of debate at City Hall and drawn an overwhelming response from advocates on both sides of the issue.asking the public for input on how to address the issue drew a record 50,700 responses — split nearly evenly between those who wanted the carriages to stay and go.
“Cruelty doesn’t have to always be present in order for something to be still considered exploitation,” said Carter Graham, who signed up to speak in favor of the ban at Thursday’s council meeting. “They are still being viewed as a use, a means for profit, a symbol of entertainment and vanity, not as the sentient individuals that they are.”
“I beg of you to see what will happen to all these small businesses if you do this, not just my family, but countless families, the families that fix our wheels, the families that we buy our hay from,” said Devon Vaniman, a carriage driver who spoke in opposition to the ban on Thursday. Patterson said the carriage company owners have engaged Attorney General Ken Paxton in their effort to make the case that San Antonio is“We’re hoping that Paxton will take action on this,” Patterson said.
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