Progreso en Verde has blasted Palma City Council of Palma for allowing horses to continue pulling carriages in the streets of the city when an orange alert for high temperatures has been issued by the State Meteorological Agency, Aemet.
Horses pulling carriages in searing heat in Palma
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Seeing these horses sweating and pulling around four people in a carriage in searing heat upsets me to the core. Its not just in Palma, I have recently seen the carriages in Alcudia also. Tourists need to be educated not to hire the services of the Horses. If there was no demand, it would stop. I totally agree that the people who own the Horses and carriages should be given another opportunity. Electric Tuk Tuks would be a novel and interesting addition to see our beautiful capital city.
Bullfighting and horse drawn carriages in searing heat, Spain obviously do not care about animal welfare to continue abusing them in this way.
I totally agree with Mr B. Stop this madness now. But don´t just make a law to ban it, as that probably means these animals will be abondoned or suffer even more. Give the people who run the carriages another opportunity, so they can at least earn a living. That is good and responsable governing.
The decision makers don’t care about animal welfare. Only their own interests. This island is a disgrace with the animal abuse and lack of animal welfare laws and regulation. It’s medieval.
A moment of pleasure for a tourist and a lifetime of misery for the horse. Disgusting, barbaric treatment of animals. STOP IT NOW PERMANENTLY.