Who Speaks for the Carriage Horses: The Future of Animals in Our World

Jon Katz reveals the truth behind the controversy between the Central Park carriage trade and the politicians and organizations who call themselves supporters of animal rights. It documents a shameful failure of politics and media as it explores the reality of the lives of the carriage horses and the truth about working animals.

The book also takes a deeper look at the future of animals in our world. The modern-day animal rights movements seems to be removing animals from our lives more than protecting them, and the horses seem to have called on us to consider their fate in a wiser and more thoughtful way.

A portion of all proceeds will go to the fund to save the horses.


Jon Katz is an author and former journalist. He has published 29 books, a dozen about dogs, animals and rural life. He has worked for the New York Times, The Washington Post, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Boston Globe and has written for the Wall Street Journal, Rolling Stone, Slate and Wired. He lives on Bedlam Farm in upstate New York with his wife Maria Wulf, an artist and his dogs, donkeys, sheep, barn cats and chickens. His next book "Saving Simon: How A Rescued Donkey Taught Me The Meaning Of Compassion," will be published by Random House this September.