Comments on: No water to lead carriage horses to in NYC? http://tuesdayshorse.wordpress.com/2008/02/12/no-water-to-lead-carriage-horses-to-in-nyc/ A Weekly Publication of The Fund for Horses Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:31:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: amanda404 http://tuesdayshorse.wordpress.com/2008/02/12/no-water-to-lead-carriage-horses-to-in-nyc/#comment-67 amanda404 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:16:26 +0000 http://tuesdayshorse.wordpress.com/?p=737#comment-67 Hello, Let me introduce myself, my name is Amanda Araim and I own Nottingham Shire & Carriage For HIre, based out of downtown Atlanta. We have been operating carriages in Atlanta since 2000 and currently run five carriages on the street. When I found the article online titled "No water to lead carriage horses to in NYC" I was appalled at the inaccuracy of your story regarding the carriage horses in Atlanta. To begin with, I was NEVER contacted about visiting our stable as you article indicates "we have been unable to get anyone in any of them." You must have skipped my company? Our office number is 404-622-0526, we always answer the phone unless we are on the other line, in which we return messages ASAP. Drivers can be found getting ready at our stable after 5pm daily and are used to folks stopping by to peek at the horses.. We have NOTHING to hide at our stable. In fact, you can easily see all our horses from the road in front of our property. Our horses roam on 2 acres in the city and graze hay at their leisure when not working during the day (the carriages don't operate until after 6pm). We have potential customers come out on a regular basis to personally pick horses and carriages for weddings. We have NEVER turned anybody away from coming to our stable. We are very proud of what we have and have nothing to hide or be ashamed about. Every single one of our street horses also competes in local draft horse shows as well as trail riding. Please check out our website, www.carriageforhire.com Each horse has their own page with a lot of pictures. As far as lack of regulation, you must not have researched very far into it or you would have found the Taxicab Bureau and Vehicles For HIre, a division under the Atlanta Police Department. Not only do the inspectors enforce our ordinances, they are also in charge of permitting drivers of horse drawn carriages. Here's a link to their site: http://www.atlantapd.org/Index.asp?nav=VFH&menu=6 The Taxicab Bureau has been enforcing the ordinances on the carriages since the 1980s.. Here's a link to our city ordinances, which have been established since the 1980s, with additions throughout the 1990s http://www.municode.com/Resources/gateway.asp?pid=10376&sid=10 Please note equine drawn ordinances starting at Article 2, Section 162, Division 7. I encourage you to read over our ordinances or even contact the Taxicab Bureau and Vehicles For Hire (404-658-7600) and ask them how often the inspectors are at the stables doing carriage and stable inspections, not to mention inspectors standing at our carriage stands on a nightly basis when we are on the street. We have some of the tightest enforcement of any city I have been to and it just shocks me how incorrect your article is when you state "they neither care about the horses nor regulate it in any way, shape or form insofar as we can ascertain.." Besides our city inspectors we see on a daily basis, we also have the GA Dept of Agriculture perform random inspections at the stables as well as the carriage stands downtown. If your story is true when you state that "none of the many people we have contacted at the city of Atlanta’s government offices have been responsive, and some have been downright rude, going so far as to hang up" I am very sorry, but unless you contact the right department I doubt you will get far. When you do call the Taxicab Bureau to report a problem you see, you will not get anywhere unless you have the carriage number and company name. There are several companies in Atlanta. Each carriage has a number on either side of the carriage and the rear of the carriage. Each company name and office number is listed on the rear of the carriage. If you have a complaint, you need to report the carriage number and company to the Taxicab Bureau at 404-658-7600. If it is after hours you can dial their non-emergency after hours number 404-658-6666. The Taxicab Bureau stresses that you must note the carriage number and company name in order for the bureau to review the complaints by a committee and possibly impact the license of the driver and company. We are trying very hard to get rid of the few "bad apples" that make the whole industry look bad. I beg you to please do your research before you print articles in the future. Please do not hesitate to call me personally if you have any questions or comments. Thank you, Amanda Araim Nottingham Shire & Carriage For HIre 556 Tift St Atlanta, GA 30310 404-622-0526 www.carriageforhire.com Hello,
Let me introduce myself, my name is Amanda Araim and I own Nottingham Shire & Carriage For HIre, based out of downtown Atlanta. We have been operating carriages in Atlanta since 2000 and currently run five carriages on the street.
When I found the article online titled “No water to lead carriage horses to in NYC” I was appalled at the inaccuracy of your story regarding the carriage horses in Atlanta.

To begin with, I was NEVER contacted about visiting our stable as you article indicates “we have been unable to get anyone in any of them.” You must have skipped my company? Our office number is 404-622-0526, we always answer the phone unless we are on the other line, in which we return messages ASAP. Drivers can be found getting ready at our stable after 5pm daily and are used to folks stopping by to peek at the horses..

We have NOTHING to hide at our stable. In fact, you can easily see all our horses from the road in front of our property. Our horses roam on 2 acres in the city and graze hay at their leisure when not working during the day (the carriages don’t operate until after 6pm).
We have potential customers come out on a regular basis to personally pick horses and carriages for weddings. We have NEVER turned anybody away from coming to our stable. We are very proud of what we have and have nothing to hide or be ashamed about. Every single one of our street horses also competes in local draft horse shows as well as trail riding. Please check out our website, http://www.carriageforhire.com Each horse has their own page with a lot of pictures.

As far as lack of regulation, you must not have researched very far into it or you would have found the Taxicab Bureau and Vehicles For HIre, a division under the Atlanta Police Department. Not only do the inspectors enforce our ordinances, they are also in charge of permitting drivers of horse drawn carriages. Here’s a link to their site:
http://www.atlantapd.org/Index.asp?nav=VFH&menu=6
The Taxicab Bureau has been enforcing the ordinances on the carriages since the 1980s..
Here’s a link to our city ordinances, which have been established since the 1980s, with additions throughout the 1990s http://www.municode.com/Resources/gateway.asp?pid=10376&sid=10
Please note equine drawn ordinances starting at Article 2, Section 162, Division 7.
I encourage you to read over our ordinances or even contact the Taxicab Bureau and Vehicles For Hire (404-658-7600) and ask them how often the inspectors are at the stables doing carriage and stable inspections, not to mention inspectors standing at our carriage stands on a nightly basis when we are on the street. We have some of the tightest enforcement of any city I have been to and it just shocks me how incorrect your article is when you state “they neither care about the horses nor regulate it in any way, shape or form insofar as we can ascertain..”

Besides our city inspectors we see on a daily basis, we also have the GA Dept of Agriculture perform random inspections at the stables as well as the carriage stands downtown.

If your story is true when you state that “none of the many people we have contacted at the city of Atlanta’s government offices have been responsive, and some have been downright rude, going so far as to hang up” I am very sorry, but unless you contact the right department I doubt you will get far.
When you do call the Taxicab Bureau to report a problem you see, you will not get anywhere unless you have the carriage number and company name.

There are several companies in Atlanta. Each carriage has a number on either side of the carriage and the rear of the carriage. Each company name and office number is listed on the rear of the carriage.

If you have a complaint, you need to report the carriage number and company to the Taxicab Bureau at 404-658-7600. If it is after hours you can dial their non-emergency after hours number 404-658-6666.
The Taxicab Bureau stresses that you must note the carriage number and company name in order for the bureau to review the complaints by a committee and possibly impact the license of the driver and company. We are trying very hard to get rid of the few “bad apples” that make the whole industry look bad.

I beg you to please do your research before you print articles in the future.
Please do not hesitate to call me personally if you have any questions or comments.
Thank you,
Amanda Araim
Nottingham Shire & Carriage For HIre
556 Tift St
Atlanta, GA 30310
404-622-0526
http://www.carriageforhire.com

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