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04/25/2024 at 8:37 p.m.
Several British army horses caused panic in the streets of London this Wednesday April 24. During the run two of them were injured. They are in a worrying state this Thursday.
In the aftermath of the mayhem, the British held their breath. Two army horses which wandered the streets of London this Wednesday April 24 are between life and death, according to local media.
Despite the surgical operations, “Vida” and “Quaker” are still in “serious condition” this Thursday. The day before, five equines from the Household Cavalry fled, frightened by a falling piece of concrete in the center of the British capital.
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One of them was covered in blood
All “have been recovered,” the military says on X, adding that three of them “are doing well.” Unfortunately, on the other hand, “two of the injured hairs were operated on last night and are in “relatively serious condition”, added Secretary of State for Defense James Cartlidge on the British channel Sky News.
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The two horses, one of which was covered in blood, had been seen galloping through the streets of London the day before. Several of our colleagues across the Channel described particularly dangerous scenes as the two animals tried to make their way between cars, bicycles and pedestrians.
Associations are stepping up
Among the witnesses to the mayhem, a taxi driver told the local press that he felt a violent impact while he was sitting in his car, then saw “three or four horses” gallop away, leaving his vehicle dented and stained. bloody and with broken windows.
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Shortly after the accident, animal protection groups urged military forces to stop using horses for parades, saying like the British NGO Animal Justice Project on X that “horses do not belong to us” .