“Remove equestrian events from the Olympic Games.”
The statement from the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), a United States-based animal rights group, did not pull any punches.
“Horses don’t volunteer — they can only submit to violence and coercion. It’s time for the Olympics to move into the modern era.”
This was after a video emerged, two days before the 2024 Paris Olympics’ opening ceremony, of Great Britain’s three-time dressage gold medallist Charlotte Dujardin “excessively” whipping a horse during a coaching session four years ago.
Charlotte Dujardin, Britain’s joint-most decorated female Olympian, has been provisionally suspended & will not compete at Paris 2024.
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