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New York City traffic is rough on horses. PETA and Glee’s Lea Michele are calling attention to the conditions of the horses who pull carriages through NYC traffic everyday.

“Imagine for a moment that you’re forced to do hard physical labor all day, seven days a week—whether it’s sweltering hot or freezing cold outside,” Lea says. “At the end of the day, instead of relaxing on [an] easy chair or sleeping in a comfortable bed, you are locked in a tiny closet all night long.”

The horses suffer a miserable fate according to the organization: lung and respiratory diseases, leg ailments and very cramped stalls and living quarters. The accidents caused by the carriages or other motorists end in terrible injury to both humans and animals (see the PETA fact sheet here.)

Michele and PETA (among other organizations) are calling for a boycott of the rides.

Check out more info on the video below to find out why – it’s disturbing.

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