PETA releases damning report on filthy, illegal Victoria horse stables

MUMBAI: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India has just released reports on its latest investigations of filthy and decrepit Mumbai stables for horses used to pull carriages in advance of Thursday's Bombay High Court hearing for the case in which PETA and other NGOs are calling for a ban on Victorias in the city.

Shocking photos reveal horses - some of whom are injured, sick or severely malnourished - who are forced to stand in their own urine and faeces on trash-strewn floors.

High-resolution photographs from the reports are available here [https://www.filemail.com/d/gakuvzaxjbwwqbr ]. And the investigation reports can be downloaded from here: [https://www.filemail.com/d/qluzaxsxedgzdkr]

The inspection of Mumbai's three biggest stables at Kamathipura, Nariman Point and PD Mello Road, near the Dargah—all of which are unlicensed—were conducted by Dr Avinash S Patil, senior veterinary officer, Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai; Dr Manilal Valliyate, PETA India's director of veterinary affairs and co-opted member, Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI), a statutory body under the Ministry of Environment and Forests; and Dr Chetan Yadav, clinical quality assurance manager, Animal Rahat, an organization that provides relief to animals forced to work. Also among the inspection team was Sunil Havaldar, honorary animal welfare officer, AWBI, and senior animal welfare officer, Animal Rahat.

"These horses' suffering doesn't end after they're forced to pull heavy loads through Mumbai's dangerous streets all day including through the monsoon rains", says PETA's Dr Valliyate. "All they can look forward to at the end of grueling day of hard labor is being forced to wallow in filth in these despicable stables that don't even have licenses to exist."

The following are just a few of the inspectors' findings:

* Faeces and urine accumulated on the stable floors attracting flies with drainage either absent or blocked.

* Horses were tightly bound by their legs and heads, allowing them little or no movement, and forced to stand in their own waste on broken, uneven floors.

* Feed troughs and managers were also filthy and lacked fresh food.

* The water kept in open plastic containers was muddy, contaminated and unfit for drinking.

* Some horses were so malnourished that their bones were protruding; others were injured and otherwise debilitated with a body condition score of 'very thin'.

* Conditions apparently violate the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, hygiene and basic standards of animal housing and the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act, 1888 as the stables are not licensed by Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai. These stables were so atrocious that they present a threat to public health.

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