horse manure
Hostility toward the Amish in Pennsylvania
Township supervisors in southern Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, heard a lot of opinions on Monday evening, August 5, about some proposed anti-Amish ordinances. Two different news accounts reported the substance of the ordinances, which seek to prevent the damage that the Amish horses allegedly cause to the roads and the even more common argument, that the […]
Horse Manure
People in some American communities don’t want to say they dislike the Amish, so they complain instead about the manure their horses drop while pulling their buggies into town. The latest horse manure fuss comes from Brown City, Michigan, a small community of about 1,300 people located on the eastern side of the lower peninsula […]
Viroqua, Wisconsin, Seeks Compromises with the Amish
The City Council of Viroqua, Wisconsin—in the news back in May due to citizen anger against droppings from Amish horses—seems to be making progress on the issue. A large crowd, more than 50 people, turned out at a special meeting to discuss with the Council the best ways to deal with the problem. Mayor Larry […]
Amish Horse Manure Threatens Wisconsin City
The citizens of Viroqua, Wisconsin, find manure on their city streets, dropped by horses pulling Amish buggies, to be offensive—and the city council is listening to their complaints. David Treptow, a resident of the city quoted in a news article last week, told the council that he is tired of shoveling horse manure off the […]
