r/mumbai
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u/imzafreen
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Aug 31 '26
General Saw a horse at Dadar Chowpatty yesterday and I genuinely felt like crying
Yesterday I went to Dadar Chowpatty and saw one of the horses that people rent and ride there.
I honestly don't know how to explain it, but there was so much sadness in his eyes. He looked exhausted and so uncomfortable. And the thing that really broke me was the rope in his mouth. It looked like it was hurting or irritating his mouth, and he kept trying to move it away with his tongue, again and again, but he just couldn't.
I stood there watching and touching his face and I felt so fucking helpless.
He looked like he just wanted to be left alone.
I wanted to cry so so bad. I genuinely wanted to somehow take him away from there and save him, but what can I realistically do? I don't have the money, space, or means to take in a horse and properly look after him. And that feeling of knowing something is wrong but not being able to do anything about it is horrible.
I don't understand how this is still allowed. How is making an animal carry people around for entertainment, while it's visibly uncomfortable and trying to get the thing out of its mouth, not considered cruelty? It genuinely felt like one of the most obvious forms of animal cruelty to me.
:(( my babyy ๐ซ๐ซ๐ซ