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The beautiful idea has turned into controversy. The municipality of Rouen (Seine-Maritime) wanted to set up a school bus line aboard a horse-drawn carriage, from the start of the 2020 school year. But a couple of citizens oppose the project and make it heard, reports The Parisian.

This idea was supported by elected Greens and the Cheval en Seine association. Two anti-species activists, Manu Tritz and his companion, Stessy, accuse elected officials of not having studied the question of animal welfare.

THANK YOU 🙂 for signing and sharing this petition in favor of horses.
The place of a horse cannot be in the middle of urban traffic.😟 https://t.co/FcYcxGJytM

- Geinjou Temple (@LiseTemple) January 4, 2020

Horses in the middle of the exhaust

The couple, domiciled in the neighboring town of Sotteville-lĂšs-Rouen, launched an online petition on the MesOpinions website. If he ensures understanding and sharing the authorities' desire to find non-polluting transport alternatives, but they also invite elected officials to "review their position" for the well-being of horses.

"How can we just imagine for a moment that the two horses planned could flourish in an urban environment, in the middle of traffic?" Asks Manu Tritz. The couple are demanding outright abandonment of the equibus project, which could be replaced "by a bicycle", according to him.

An electrically assisted horse-drawn carriage

Elected ecologist Jean-Michel BĂ©rĂ©govoy, project leader, nevertheless ensures that the issue of animal welfare has indeed been taken into account. “The carriage, suitable for transporting children, will be light and have electric assistance. And the horses will be housed in excellent conditions, ”he pleads.

But for the anti-species activist, this is not enough. “Without going so far as to speak of animal suffering, we can undoubtedly speak of discomfort. Pulling a carriage for a horse is not natural. ” A position that seems to be shared by several thousand citizens, since to date, the petition has already gathered more than 34,000 signatures.

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  • Animals
  • Horse
  • School
  • Society
  • Rouen