In a gruesome incident, social media rose up in anger, and a video clip showed the abuse of a horse in the US state of New York.
The news media and social media have exploded during the past hours, due to the accident of a horse-drawn cart colliding with a civilian car in New York, and the horse fell to the ground with the cart he was pulling.
While the horse tried to get up amid pools of blood that covered the place, someone was harassing, kicking and hitting it hard, which necessitated the intervention of some animal rights organizations.
Animal rights rise up and drivers disavow!
Officials demanded an immediate ban on horse carriages in the city, while carriage drivers repudiated the crime, describing it as a “single act.”
Social media was buzzing with the accident, amid strong condemnation of the driver’s behavior.
THIS is exactly why ALL horse-drawn carriages should be banned.
A horse and a car had a bloody collision in New York ???? You can see him frantically struggling to get up after the crash and his blood spilled on the sidewalk.pic.twitter.com/eEHZfyjOGX— UK MAP (@PETAUK) September 27, 2021
Edita Berncrant, executive director of animal rights group NI Class, stressed that this problem is not just about one horse, but years of torture and similar incidents in the city.
She also added that her team documented incidents of violence, malnutrition, cruelty and neglect against horses.
to the beginning of the nineteenth century
As for the rickshaw drivers, they had a different opinion, and considered that this accident is an individual one and does not represent their behavior.
It is noteworthy that horse carriages are one of the most important means of picnic in Central Park in downtown New York, and their use dates back to the beginning of the nineteenth century.
While there are no laws in the state prohibiting the use of horses to pull carts for tourists until today.