A carriage driver in Melbourne has been blasted online after being filmed kicking a horse in the head after it fell over on the road.
The carriage hire service operates around the CBD and boasts “top quality professional service” and says the horses are treated with the “utmost care and respect”.
A video obtained by 7 News shows the carriage driver yelling obscenities at the horse as he tries to get it to stand back up.The driver became frustrated when the horse could not get back up. Picture: 7 News/Channel 7Source:Channel 7“Please stop kicking her. Please,” one woman says to the driver.“Love, I know what I’m doing. Get out of the way,” he says.
However, the driver’s employer Dean Crichton defended his actions and assured the media outlet the horses were well cared for.One bystander pleaded with the driver to not kick the animal. Picture: 7 News/Channel 7Source:Channel 7“We do our best. The horses are very well looked after.” “After seeing one of workers treat the horse named Tuesday after she fell was appalling, yet you support the worker for his treatment of the horse, kicking the horse and not caring that the horse couldn’t get up until it was detached from the carriage,” one person wrote.
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