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Saturday Was 'Day of the Horse' in Los Angeles

City of Los Angeles calls upon all citizens to recognize and appreciate the role of the horse in our history, heritage and economy.

 

  • Editor's Note: Chatsworth's annual Day of the Horse Celebration, sponsored by the Chatsworth Neighborhood Council, will be scheduled in April or May.

 

The City of Los Angeles has a large and diverse economy, with a wide array of unique cultural and economic needs. The horse is a living link to the heritage and history of the State of California and the United States of America, and particularly to the City of Los Angeles, and without horses, the economy, history, and character of the State of California and the United States of America would be profoundly different. 

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The presence of the horse continues to permeate our society from movie screens to open land to our own back yards, and horses are a vital part of our collective experience and, as such, deserve our protection and compassion.  However, increasing pressure from modern society, all horses, wild and domestic, rely on humans for adequate food, water and shelter, and today, horses play a vital role in the economy of the City of Los Angeles, the State of California and the United States of America.

The Congressional Horse Caucus estimates the horse industry contributes well over $100-billion to the American economy annually, and the University of California, Davis reports that California equine activities involve between 300,000 and 1 million horses in the State of California.  In 2004 the California State Legislature declared a “Day of the Horse”  to encourage all citizens to be mindful of the welfare of the horse and its contribution to our economy, heritage and history.  

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The City of Los Angeles hereby declares the First Saturday of  October 2011 as “Day of the Horse” in the City of Los Angeles and calls upon all citizens to recognize and appreciate the role of the horse in our history, heritage and economy.  Also, we recognize the long-standing and cross-cultural equestrian lifestyle and the need to preserve this lifestyle enjoyed by so many Los Angeles citizens who, every year participate and sponsor civic activities to celebrate and inform everyone about the vast contributions of the horse to the Southern California region and the entire nation.

-- Tom LaBonge, Councilman, District 4


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