Australian carriage driver repeatedly kicks downed horse

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Carriage Driver Shown Kicking Collapsed Horse
A carriage driver was caught on video kicking a horse in the head after it collapsed in the street in Melbourne, Australia. Warning: These details and images may be distressing.
by Drew SchwendimanPublished on 12/17/2019 at 2:00 PM
A carriage driver was caught on video kicking a horse in the head after it collapsed
in the street in Melbourne, Australia. Warning: These details and images may be distressing.

Krista Knight, a veterinary nurse, was walking by and recorded the incident on December 15. The driver can be heard yelling while he kicked the horse in the head, “Come on, get up! Get up!”

“Please stop kicking her, please,” said Knight.

Knight pleaded with the driver, begging them not to kick the horse named “Tuesday,” but the driver told her to go away.

“Do me a favor, do me a favor: Piss off,” the driver said to Knight.

“She’s not lazy, she can’t get up,” Knight said in response.