Tuesday's
Horse
February 2017
Photos showed the horse first kneeling on the ground, and then fully splayed out on its side on the road. Carriage driver Chris Emanus put the horse, named Max, back to work on Monday, insisting he’d been cleared by a vet.
Confronting images of a horse said to be collapsing in Central Park last
week sparked cries for an investigation into the horse’s welfare Monday.
However the city advised the horse, named Max, had only tripped, and he was
due back at work.
New York animal rights group NYCLASS said bystanders reported that a white
carriage horse began breathing heavily before collapsing on the ground just
before 10 a.m. Tuesday Feb. 21 near Tavern on the Green in the park.
The group provided images of the incident it said was taken by eyewitnesses.
It believed the horse had just started its shift pulling carriages for the
day.
Photos showed the horse first kneeling on the ground, and then fully splayed
out on its side on the road.
Carriage driver Chris Emanus put the horse, named Max, back to work on
Monday, insisting he’d been cleared by a vet. Continue reading at NBC New
York »
COMMENT
Emanus claimed “the equine had simply tripped because he was wearing
horseshoes for the time in eight months after returning to the city from a
farm.”
Um, getting new shoes does not cause heavy breathing and collapse. This
should be investigated and his license taken away for lying and covering up
abuse if this should be so proved.
Thank you for everything you do for animals!
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