12.08.2022 11:26 3.114
Disturbing video: carriage horse Ryder collapses in the middle of the road
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By Emma Black
New York – They are horrible pictures: That Coach horse Ryder collapses in the middle of the street, completely exhausted. The videos of the terrible minutes go into the USA just gone viral and fuel the discussion about horse-drawn carriages again.
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Completely exhausted and dehydrated, carriage horse Ryder collapsed on a New York street. © Montage: Screenshots/Twitter/Voters for Animal Rights
Emaciated and overheated, 14-year-old carriage horse Ryder collapsed in the middle of a New York street.
In one of the Twitter videos of the incident, coachman Ian McKeever is seen brutally hitting the horse, pulling the bit and whipping the reins. Meanwhile, he kept yelling at the animal to get up.
When the NYPD arrived at the scene, officers immediately began spraying Ryder with cooling water. A policeman found a pillow for the exhausted horse.
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Owner and driver McKeever, on the other hand, relaxed when the police arrived and put his feet up in the carriage while Ryder convulsed in agony on the hot pavement.
It took a whole 45 minutes for the horse to get away with the help of the officers could get up again.
Ryder was taken to a private stable for further medical care, eh NBC New York reported. Articles in numerous US media show him standing upright and spoiled by carrots and hay.
McKeever then had to pull the remaining carriage through the streets of New York himself. A certain irony, as some Twitter users noted. Now the man can experience for himself what it’s like to pull a carriage weighing several hundred kilos in temperatures above 30 degrees.
The animal’s collapse and the driver’s reaction reignited the debate about horse-drawn carriages in New York.
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Ryder is said to have been ill before
When the called vet checked the animal’s vital signs, he noticed Ryder’s unusual gait and diagnosed protozoal myeloencephalitis, or EPM for short, a parasite from infected opossum feces that afflicts more than half of all horses on the East Coast.
With this neurological illness, Ryder could have retired long ago.
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Twitter videos of the incident
Discussion about horse-drawn carriages reignited
Electronic carriages are not only a good substitute for hard-working horses, they also protect the environment. (Iconic image) © DPA
New Yorkers for Clean, Livable, and Safe Streets (NYCLASS) — a group campaigning against horse-drawn carriages — has already responded to the incident, calling on the city council to ban the practice.
Queens City Councilman Robert Holden, 70, has introduced a bill that would see horse-drawn carriages replaced by electric vehicles by June 2024.
Councilor Holden told opposite US media: “The time has come. This is the 21st century. We should not have horses that serve people only for their pleasure.”
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The carriage drivers, however, have challenged the ban, saying the horses are groomed to strict standards that represent “the strictest carriage regulations in the country.”
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Under current New York City statutes, carriage horses may not work more than nine hours in any 24-hour period and must be given five weeks of vacation or time off in a horse stable each year.
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Titelfoto: Bildmontage: Screenshots/Twitter/Voters for Animal Rights
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