How could you treat an animal like this?
This is the heartbreaking moment a horse drops to the floor after becoming exhausted from pulling tourists in 32°C temperatures.
The grey mare was pulling a wooden carriage through the streets of Manilla City in the Philippines when it collapsed.To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser thatWitnesses said the horse started to stagger but rather than being helped by its driver it was whipped.He said: ‘It looked like the horse was over-fatigued because of the heat and pollution in the city. She was thin and tired.
The horses are used by tour guides in the Intramuros district of the capital, a former stronghold of Spanish colonisers in the 1700s. Rose Santos who lives in the city and witnessed what happened said carriage owners often overwork their horses. She said: ‘The horse was tired. I could see her struggling. The rider in the carriage tried to keep her going but she gave up.The horse fell to the ground moments after dropping off some tourists
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