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Distressing footage shows the moment a horse collapsed on the street after being made to pull a wagon full of tourists in blistering heat.

The clip was shared by animal rights activist Julie Marie Cappiello earlier this week, and shows two adults working to free the horse from pulling the wagon after its collapse in Charleston, South Carolina.



It was originally filmed in 2017, with an official report explaining how it ‘stumbled and fell’ to the pavement. The horse in question, named Big John, was later pulled back up on his feet and recovered afterwards.


Charleston Carriage works, who employ Big John, insist they take great care of their animals, and that their health is regularly monitored.

But eyewitness Elizabeth Fort was unimpressed, and called for an unbiased examination into what happened to Big John.

A woman narrating the clip can be hear saying ‘Children on the carriage. The horse is down.

‘He should not be working. Unbelievable.’

The adults working to untie the horse appear to be heckled by a car driving past, with someone heard to say ‘Fuck y’all’ in response.

The horse was filmed collapsed on a street in Charleston, South Carolina, after pulling a wagon full of tourists. A woman filming the incident condemned the horse’s owners for making it work when it was clearly unwell (Pictures: Facebook)

Workers from the Charleston Fire Department can be seen arriving on the scene, with the woman filming urging well wishers to stop petting the horse and leave it alone.

The clip ends with the horse still laying on the street.

Temperatures in Charleston have hovered around 80F (30C) this summer.

Cappiello’s video has been shared 62,000 times, with thousands of commenters accusing the owners and people who rode on the wagon of cruelty.