Victoria Carriages In Mumbai

A Supreme Court bench consisting of Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice M.M. Sundresh on Monday dismissed an appeal against the ban imposed by the Bombay High Court on horse-drawn Victoria carriages.

The Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday launched electric Victoria carriages at his official residence in the presence of transport minister Anil Parab and tourism minister Aaditya Thackeray.

Three unfit horses used to pull Victoria Carriages at Marine Drive in Mumbai were rescued after a complaint was filed by officials of PETA and an NGO with local police.

Overworked, poorly fed and forced to pull carriages - giving rides to hundreds of people every day - five 'Victoria' horses in Mumbai have been hospitalised. The horses have large wounds and protruding rib cages and pelvic bones, a sign of their poor health.

Overworked, underfed and forced to haul carriages in Mumbai, giving rides to hundreds daily. Working under these grueling conditions, four Victoria horses in Mumbai have now been hospitalised over severe injuries. The horses were starving, dehydrated and had raw wounds across their body.

Victoria carriages in Mumbai will be off roads in one year, as the Bombay High Court has ordered a ban on horse carriages, which operate in areas like Nariman Point as tourist attractions.

Observing that the horse-drawn carriages, famously known as 'Victoria' carriages, plying in the city were "illegal and violative of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act", the Bombay High Court today directed theBrihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to completely ban them after a year.

A Supreme Court bench consisting of Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice M.M. Sundresh on Monday dismissed an appeal against the ban imposed by the Bombay High Court on horse-drawn Victoria carriages.

The Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday launched electric Victoria carriages at his official residence in the presence of transport minister Anil Parab and tourism minister Aaditya Thackeray.

Three unfit horses used to pull Victoria Carriages at Marine Drive in Mumbai were rescued after a complaint was filed by officials of PETA and an NGO with local police.

Overworked, poorly fed and forced to pull carriages - giving rides to hundreds of people every day - five 'Victoria' horses in Mumbai have been hospitalised. The horses have large wounds and protruding rib cages and pelvic bones, a sign of their poor health.

Overworked, underfed and forced to haul carriages in Mumbai, giving rides to hundreds daily. Working under these grueling conditions, four Victoria horses in Mumbai have now been hospitalised over severe injuries. The horses were starving, dehydrated and had raw wounds across their body.

Victoria carriages in Mumbai will be off roads in one year, as the Bombay High Court has ordered a ban on horse carriages, which operate in areas like Nariman Point as tourist attractions.

Observing that the horse-drawn carriages, famously known as 'Victoria' carriages, plying in the city were "illegal and violative of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act", the Bombay High Court today directed theBrihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to completely ban them after a year.