Report from Association against animal factories, VGT Austria

Slap in the face – Salzburg Fiakers prevent heat-free!

After our years of campaigns and dozens of actions and a great outcry in the population, the Salzburg municipal council passed a heat-free regulation for Salzburg from 30 degrees from summer 2021 in autumn 2020.

Background:
In December 2020, a heat-free rule from 30 degrees was unanimously passed in the Salzburg municipal council.
The value should be measured directly in the city center. The application was introduced by the Salzburg citizens’ list and will come into force in summer 2021.

😮 Now the decision turns out to be a zero number, the mayor refers to the small print: It was only decided to negotiate an amendment to the contract, “we could not force the horse cabs (“Fiaker”) to do anything” (!!!)

And despite the decision, they continue to extend at a sweaty 30 degrees plus. Anyone who forces his horses to do this pointless activity in such heat cannot claim to like horses.

This Fiaker horse died while driving at the Burgring in downtown Vienna- Image: Marcello Farabegoli

VGT campaigner Georg Prinz said:
“It is no longer possible to work with these “fiakers”. We therefore expressly request the city of Salzburg not to extend the contract with the horse cabs from 2023 onwards. “

Next Tuesday, June 22nd, we will again hold a rally in Salzburg from 4:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. directly at the Fiaker Stand place Residenzplatz, where signatures will also be collected for a new petition on the Fiaker ban in Salzburg.
✍ http://www.vgt.at/fiaker-salzburg
Please sign the petition and share it to many possible ones

https://vgt.at/actionalert/fiaker-sbg2021/index.php

https://vgt.at/presse/news/2021/news20210617mn_3.php

And I mean…These animals are only able to endure the noise and traffic of the city through the use of blinkers and often also ear plugs.
The long standing at the Fiaker meeting places with horses – which are in the natural so constantly in motion – is a great torture for their tendons and joints, let alone pulling the load on asphalt ground.
Many of these workhorses suffer from hoof diseases and joint problems, which will become massive with increasing age.

And even in their free time – if we can still speak of ‘free time’ with carriage horses- the horses usually lead a lonely and completely unsuitable life.
They work 365 days a year, their official working hours in winter are from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (at the 6-week Christmas market you can often see them until 8 p.m.), and in summer from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.

One thing is for sure: for carriage horses this traditional ‘customs’ means, and not only from the point of view of animal rights activists, a life-long torture!
At ‘Salzburg Info’ we read on the internet: “Today the “fiaker horses” are used exclusively for tourism and fun.”
Instead of fiaker horses  it would be more realistic to say “slaves”.
Because only slaves serve.

And that with the “fun”, that’s probably always been the language of the rulers and the slave owners

My best regards to all, Venus

The Jordanian government has made a groundbreaking decision: The regional authority for development and tourism for the Petra region has decided that 20 environmentally friendly electric vehicles should replace the horse-drawn carriages that previously used to drive tourist groups through the famous rock city.

We at PETA Germany and our international partner organizations welcome this animal-friendly step.

Electric vehicles are to replace tourist horse-drawn carriages

The decision of the Jordanian government is a groundbreaking step, which we hope will only be the first of many: In the future, electric vehicles will replace the tourist horse-drawn carriage rides through the archaeological park of the city of Petra.

In the past, tourists outraged by animal suffering had repeatedly turned to PETA.

Video recordings from PETA Asia show animal suffering and abuse: In addition to horses, donkeys and camels are also forced – often violently – to transport heavy loads and people over stony surfaces and slippery steps.

Due to public pressure, the electric vehicles will at least alleviate the suffering of the horses exploited in Petra.

“In the future, horses will no longer have to suffer from being forced to pull heavy people behind them – the new vehicles will take care of that and we hope that there will be further developments of this kind soon.” (Jason Baker, PETA Asia)

In October 2020, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism announced that it would ban tourist camel riding and horse-drawn carriages at the Giza pyramids.

We hope that these important decisions are only the first steps leading to exclusively animal-free transportation.

Donkeys and mules have to transport people up and down hundreds of steps

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