Activist, 93, Agitates and Inspires

Natasha Brenner is showing no signs of slowing down, but, at 93, this NYC-based animal rights activist is living each day like it’s her last – not for herself, but for the animals. It is her desire to help the animals that keeps her going strong. Of course, her plant-based diet helps.

At a party in Greenwich Village to celebrate her birthday, Ms. Brenner sat down with TheirTurn’s Donny Moss to share a few thoughts about her advocacy.

Like many activists, animal rights runs through Ms. Brenner’s veins, and she never misses an opportunity to advocate. When one of her sons said that NYC’s horse-drawn carriage trade should be better regulated, Ms. Brenner, who has been working for years on the campaign to ban them, put the cake knife down and set the record straight: “You can’t put horses in the streets with aggressive taxi drivers. How can you regulate that?”

Natasha Brenner protests horse-drawn carriages

The plight of the carriage horses is close to her heart because she, like other activists who live in NYC, sees them pounding the pavement day in and day out: “I’d really like to be here to celebrate when the horses are freed.” And her large circle of friends and fans in NYC would like to be right there with her.