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Glee Star Speaks Out Against Carriage Horses, Again
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Jen Carlson
Published Jan 4, 2011
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Lea Michele for PETA in 2008, and 2011
Glee star Lea Michele is the latest to face to grace PETA's campaign to end carriage horses in NYC. The poster she appears in sports plenty of the tween-friendly hot pink color, and urges: “Help put horse-drawn carriages out to pasture." In bold lettering it declares: "horses don’t belong in NYC traffic.” The ad will be seen on bus kiosks around the city, thanks to a donation from Manhattan Mini-Storage.
Michele—who was born in the Bronx—has performed in a number of Broadway musicals. In fact, when she starred in Spring Awakening in 2008 she was also speaking out against carriage horses for PETA. Below, see her new video where she aims to expose the industry... and where we're pretty sure she calls tourists fat:
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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