LETTER: Didn’t like “unscientific” poll on carriage horses

To the editor:

I wouldn’t put too much stock in an unscientific online poll that accompanies a distressing story about a very rare carriage mishap.

Here in New York City, anti-carriage horse extremists routinely touted such polls as “proof” that 75 percent of NYC residents supported a carriage ban. Then in January 2014, Quinnipiac conducted a scientific poll, and discovered that in fact, by a margin of 3 to 1, New Yorkers support the carriage industry. That number hasn’t changed in the past year and a half over a half dozen polls. I strongly suspect that in reality the average Charlestonian loves their carriage horses and wants them to stay. They also know that the carriage horses there are very well cared for and heavily regulated.

— Christina Hansen, spokesperson, NYC carriage industry, Teamsters Local 553, Manhattan, N.Y.

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