Cruelty to animals in Salzburg: Fiaker driver hits horse in the face VGT
VGT publishes shocking footage of animal suffering and brutality – the city of Salzburg must finally act!
Vienna (OTS) – Recently, the VGT the temporary non-compliance with rest days for Fiaker horses and that again Driving on unauthorized routes documented. The extensive video material that has now been published urgently requires that the horses in the city are not adequately secured and that the contract between the Fiaker companies and the city of Salzburg must not be extended in March 2023.
die shocking video footage show horses with stress symptoms such as foaming at the mouth, nervous chewing, ears laid back and tongue pushed out. Some horses show abrasions from mismatched harnesses and lame horses have also been documented. On other horses, the neck strap is buckled so tightly that it presses them in uncomfortably. Furthermore, horses with tied tails were sighted and dangerous slipping on smooth cobblestones and manhole covers could be observed. Other scandalous recordings by the VGT show animal abuse such as the bridles being roughly yanked and a horse being hit by the Fiacre in public. The VGT will file a complaint.
Prof. Dr. Rudolf Winkelmayer, veterinarian and former official veterinarian, confirms: “Fiacres in the center of a city are a grotesque anachronism in the 21st century, which, especially in Salzburg, also contradicts a controllable claim to culture. On video recordings, the horses show, among other things, foaming at the mouth, nervous chewing, ears laid back and tongues pinched. This suggests considerable stress and excessive demands, which is highly relevant to animal welfare.
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Physical and mental stress on Fiaker horses can be traced back to numerous causes. In addition to the restriction of movement, the long standing at the stand and the changeless driving always the same routes, the city noise, the hot temperatures, the hard asphalt and the traffic make things difficult for the horses. The health problems are also aggravated by too frequent work assignments and missing rest daysthe VGT was also shockingly documented recently.
Georg Prinz from the VGT is shocked: “It is unbearable to see how the horses suffer every day in the city and the city does not intervene. This cruelty to animals “tradition” urgently needs to be stopped. It is intolerable that the magistrate does not act. We urgently demand that the contracts between the city and the Fiaker companies are not extended in March 2023! The horses have suffered enough.
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The VGT demands:
- Immediate statement from the magistrate and order of all consequences against the Fiaker companies
- Immediate veterinary care for horses with health problems
- Compliance with the rest days for Fiaker horses
- No extension of the contract between the city and the fiakers in March 2023
die Petition for a ban on carriages in Salzburg already signed by more than 20,000 people.
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