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#10134

Drivers, horses to go hungry over port ban

Horse and carriage drivers in Hania, Crete, yesterday threatened to go on hunger strike and starve their animals after the city’s port authority banned them from providing rides to tourists along the waterfront.

The decision to evict the drivers was made following an accident on Friday night in which a startled horse dragged its carriage into the sea and drowned. Five people had to be rescued from the water by onlookers.

However, as the drivers protested in front of the prefecture yesterday, they said the authorities were just using the accident as a pretext to force them away from Hania’s historic Venetian port.

The drivers said that if authorities had not reversed their decision by this morning, they, and their horses, would go on a hunger strike. They said they would then burn their carriages in the port.

>>]www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_politics_100016_25/07/2006_72466]>> Quelle[/url]

[Anonym]

#10591

Jassu Herbert !!
Das ist aber ein sehr erschütternder Bericht.Ich bin fassungslos.Sind im Mai noch mit dem Familientraditionsgespann durch Chania gefahren.Das arme leidtragende Pferd.Aber Gott sei Dank sind keine Menschen ums Leben gekommen.

Gruss Haui

[Knossos]

#10974

kann nur Haui beipflichten. Das ist ja eine furchtbare Nachricht. Das arme Tier…. :'(
LG Knossos :'(

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#11290

HORSE AND CARRIAGE
Drivers allowed back to Hania port

Horse and carriage drivers were yesterday allowed back into the Venetian port of Hania, Crete, after having been banned from the area on Monday. The port authority evicted the drivers after a horse drowned and five people were rescued from the sea on Friday following an accident. However, the authority yesterday renewed the drivers’ licenses after they went on a hunger strike and protested outside the prefectural headquarters in Hania.

>>]www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_politics_100020_26/07/2006_72519]>> Quelle[/url]

[Lotar25]

#11565

Es ist unglaublich. Diese Kutschen haben niemanden gestört. Kinder waren von den Pferden begeistert und die Fahrer haben damit auch ihre Mark gemacht. Alles war legitim. Dann sollte man doch besser die Scooter aus dem Hafen verbannen. Aber dafür ist die Polizei vermutlich zu langsam.

Gruß

Lotar

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