VIDEO. New York: A horse-drawn carriage collapses in the middle of the street in the heat

The debate on the ban on tourist carriages resumes in New York. This Wednesday August 10th under scorching sun and 31+ degrees as per report Huffington Post a horse collapsed on the streets of the big apple.

In the video, a horse harnessed to a carriage collapses onto the roadway. The driver of the vehicle gets out and tries to lift the animal, shouting “Get up!” and hitting him repeatedly.

The NYPD is immediately contacted. When she arrives at the place, she tries to water the horse with a hose and gives him ice, to cool him down since her discomfort is due to the scorching temperatures. Almost an hour after the fall, the animal manages to recover to the applause of the tourists.

The horse was moved to a private stable and examined by a veterinarian. He announced that the animal probably suffered from equine protozoal myeloencephalitis, a neurological infection that can cause imbalances in animals.

A fall that reignites the debate against horse-drawn carriages

ON Nbc New YorkEdita Birnkrant, deputy director of NYCLASS, an organization that campaigns for an end to horse-drawn carriages, said, “We are calling on the city council, the mayor, to ban this disgusting animal abuse.”

The animal rights organization (PETA), believes on Twitter that “horses have no place in big cities where they are constantly in danger from cars, people or even the weather”