“Normally we would now have high season in spring,” says Christian Gerzabek, deputy district chief of Hietzing (ÖVP) and hobby coachman in the wages of the largest Viennese carriage operator, John Paul. Instead, a “total failure” is expected this season.
Critical voices
It speaks for the entire industry initiative though not. To “Fiakerbaron” Wolfgang Fasching, SPÖ district council in Simmering and with 14 horses a “medium-sized” entrepreneur, you didn’t even approach it. The Fiaker in short-time work doubts that smaller companies benefit from the campaign.
And you are also eyeing them from the animal rights side initiativewho, after the corona crisis, wants to work for loosening the 35-degree regulation (heat-free for horses from 35 degrees) is critical. “We would even be free of heat from 30 degrees,” says the four paws.
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