Animal rights activists lobbied City Council members who are undecided on banning horse carriages in New York City.

The union that represents Central Park horse carriage drivers has announced it would be open to a compromise that keeps the horses out of traffic.

Assemblyman David Weprin (D-Queens) has introduced a bill that would prohibit the city from issuing fewer carriage horse licenses than it did in 2013. It would also prevent the city from altering the application process or raising the fee.

Manhattan's carriage horse industry has corralled additional support from a host of organizations and the equine expert who served as the model for "The Horse Whisperer."

For veterinarians treating livestock in the field or making house calls to pets, traveling in vehicles outfitted with much of the equipment of a brick-and-mortar hospital is a given. Yet the legality of an essential component of mobile practice has been in question since 2012 when California veterinarians with mobile practices registered to their home addresses began receiving letters from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) warning that they were in violation of federal law for transporting controlled substances.

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