A frightening scene, which testifies to the suffering of animals in the face of heat, occurred in Manhattan on Thursday, August 11, reports the Huffington Post. Ryder, a 14-year-old draft horse, simply collapsed in the heat wave New York. It is the animal protection association, PETA, which has published these sad images on Twitter. In addition to the video that quickly went viral, PETA also posted a message: “This horse collapsed while pulling a carriage in New York, possibly from heatstroke, and was down for over an hour.” adding that: “Horses have no place in big cities where they are constantly endangered by cars, humans, weather conditions, etc.”
31 degrees in New York
The high temperature in New York, nearly 31°C on Thursday, August 11, is one of the factors that could have caused the animal to fall. In addition to this collapse, the horse was then whipped by the driver of the carriage who simultaneously ordered him to his feet. There was nothing they could do, Ryder was unable to get up and the situation lasted more than an hour under the gaze of many onlookers. While the temperature can partially explain the animal’s discomfort, horse-drawn carriages are also implicated.
BREAKDOWN: This horse COLLAPSED while pulling a carriage in New York, possibly from heat exhaustion, and was down for over an hour.
Horses don’t belong in big cities where they are constantly in danger from cars, humans, weather conditions and more. pic.twitter.com/vXBVRJRjPB
— MAP (@map) August 10, 2022
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Carriages criticized
The incident helped reignite a debate about the use of horse-drawn carriages in the Big Apple. The mayor of the city, Bill de Blasio, had already tried to ban this custom, used above all by tourists. Even associations other than PETA have denounced the mistreatment suffered by the carriage horses. The horse first saw a pillow placed under its head before screaming for help and being taken to a vet who examined it.
According to the union of coachbuilders, the Transport Workers Union, the condition of the horse would be justified above all by a neurological disease caused by a parasite, myeloencephalitis from equine protozoa, underlines Western France. City police officers said, “The NYPD takes the health and well-being of our furry friends in New York City seriously, and we’re glad our horse officers were able to help.”
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