Patricia N Saffran, The Myth that Retirement for the Central Park Horses is Safe 

By Patricia N Saffran   The NY City Council remains committed to ending the Central Park horse drawn carriages, vote pending, although they have no provable reason for doing so. Allegations of abuse remain unproven. In addition, the recent unfortunate fatal accident of tourist Romanch Mahajan was the first such accident in the Park in 167 years. His falling from a carriage is probably the result of ConEd stray voltage in the ground making contact with the carriage horse Samson’s metal horse shoes. This faulty voltage, no matter how weak or strong,…