A controversial video shows police officers trying to cool down a working horse with water and ice after he collapsed on a New York City street. NBC News’ Steven Romo reports on how animal activists are sounding the alarm over whether the popular tourist attraction of horse-drawn carriages should be banned.
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People who call this animal abuse are the actual animal abusers.
Like peta who abuses animals.
Ryder has only known hard work and not love all his life. He was a work horse for the Amish, who are notorious for mistreating their horses, sent to a slaughterhouse but was rescued to be a carriage horse and now this happens. Please send Ryder to a sanctuary, Help End Horse Slaugher
Check all the horses for "EPF" , see what you find.
Sounds like victim blaming.
Pets need to be made illegal, all living creatures deserve freedom.
Omg😔🐴❤ Lord poor horse beating him and he was poisoned by possum droppings that tells me the horse is kept in inhumane inhabitable conditions🙏🏾
Like come on man it’s common sense !! My pets are always taken care of befor I do anything for myself especially in the heat of summer ! Soon as I get up it’s all about them then me . Show your animal the respect & care they deserve !This was cruel ! 🤦🏻♂️
😢 this is not ok
Human beings don't deserve the planet that carries us..
We don't need to have these beautiful animals used like this.
We had a serious heatwave across the nation last week, dangerous temperatures with lots of humidity which is not healthy. NO animal should’ve been outside in that heat let alone working in that heat!! This son of a b** needs to be fired and every horse drawn carriage should be shut down. I hope Ryder the horse is healthy, loved and protected. He deserves to retire in air conditioning bliss
I have never been more proud of the people that cared.
Yes, this is tramatic but people care and that changes everything.
Bless the beasts and the children
That's not acceptable to make suffer an animal like this , repugnant
The lack of sympathy the man showed for the horse tells you all you need to know. He didn't care at all, just wanted the horse to get back up and make him some money. I'm curious to know what "retiring" means
This needs to end there’s no need for it
Put this animal abusive business to its end now!
This is not the same city, when horses were needed. Of course there needs to be oversight, of all animals. Fines are useless, if abuse is habitual. What happens to the horses after their service?
Take note!
St. Louis stopped doing them because it was too hot for them, and this was years ago they stopped. People have been wanting them to stop much longer ago and not just for the heat but because of dangerous traffic. It is not safe to have horses do this in big cities.
They need to better monitor what's happening with these animals. When they were used as "working" horses in city limits, the city was still just a town and not coated in black top. Maybe, suspend them for the summer or only do them at night. And maybe feed them. That horse was too thin