Local activist wins award for spearheading Chicago horse-drawn carriage ban

Chicago carriage horses and old man. GETTY IMAGES.

PETA Press Release (April 29, 2020) — CHICAGO. A Hero to Horses Award is on its way from PETA to Jodie Wiederkehr—the executive director of the Chicago Alliance for Animals and founder of the Partnership to Ban Horse Carriages Worldwide—for leading the charge to end the use of horse-drawn carriages citywide, which the Chicago City Council did in… Continue reading Local activist wins award for spearheading Chicago horse-drawn carriage ban