I was at the Quick Chek Festival of Balloons this past Friday in Readington, NJ. Out in the open field with the sun beating down on us, it felt like it was over 100 degrees outside, and at moments it was almost too unbearable to be out there. Around 5pm I came across Marshal Steve's Pony Rides. At that hour the heat and sun were still relentless, and out in the field it had to have been over 90 degrees. I was appalled not only to see these ponies working in such heat, but also to see these poor animals enslaved, miserably chained to a circular contraption that forced them to walk in circles with their heads pulled down for hours on end.

I looked up Marshal Steve's Pony Rides website http://marshalstevesponyrides.com, and this circular Pony Wheel seems to be their main attraction which they rent out for parties and events. They have a 6-Pony wheel which accommodates 120 rides per hour and a 4-Pony Wheel which accommodates 80 rides per hour. Each pony periodically gets a break to eat and drink water, but these ponies are not put on this planet to provide humans with rides and entertainment, and certainly not at such an inhumane expense. Marshal Steve's Pony Rides needs to be shut down. Their brand of Pony Rides is no kind of existence for these innocent animals. Chained to a wheel and forced to walk in a circle for hours on end in the heat is no way to treat any living creature.

Please sign my petition to ask US Senator from New Jersey and known Vegan, Cory Booker, New Jersey Representative, Frank LoBiondo, New Jersey State Senator, Jim Whelan, New Jersey State Assemblyman, Chris A. Brown, and New Jersey State Assemblyman, Vincent Mazzeo to force Marshal Steve's Pony Rides to end their practice of Pony Wheels or shut down altogether, and please pledge not to ride any pony rides as animals are not here for our entertainment.