.Cianjur - The incidence of a horse wagon falling and lying in Cianjur, West Java went viral on social media. Many netizens condemned the treatment of the coachman who was considered too exploiting the horse to exhaustion and fall. According to the information collected by detik.com, the viral incident occurred in the Jalan Mangunsarkoro room in front of the PUPR Cianjur Office, Wednesday (13/1/2021) afternoon. The wagon horse, which was thought to be exhausted, immediately fell and collapsed in the middle of the road. Luckily the passenger carriage survived the incident.
However, the horse that lay for a few minutes in the middle of the road caused traffic jams. "The horse suddenly fell. It didn't go berserk first. Immediately fell and lay in the middle of the road. The crew was carrying passengers, but that's okay and immediately assisted by residents," said Eki Rizki (28), one of the witnesses. He admitted that he also felt sad when he saw the coachman who awoke his horse poorly. In fact, according to him, the horse had been whipped several times. "Many residents also reminded them not to be too hard on the horse. The problem was that it had been seen being whipped and the face was slightly slapped," he said. According to him, after the horse returned, the wagon immediately left. "Immediately go again. Looks like earlier the horse was tired so it immediately fell," he explained. The incident was also reposted by the Instagram account @jakartaanimalaidnetwork. Until 17.00 WIB, the post had been watched 35,748 times and received thousands of comments. In its post, the account writes its comments in English and Indonesian.
"These horses are worked till death and collapse on the streets, This happens all the time and it's not acceptable !!!A civil society won't allow this to happen, when is the local government going to take action and tackle this long neglected issue ? Our team is on the way to check the horse!
This is always the case and it is unacceptable !! A civilized society will not allow something like this to happen. When will the local government take action to stop a problem that has been neglected for too long? ".
