Rome pressed to ban tourist carriages after horse collapses

Lucrative botticelle business goes on despite pledges by succession of mayorsItalian leaders have been urged to stop “the unjustified exploitation of animals” after a horse collapsed as it pulled tourists through the narrow streets of Rome.The horse fell on the Via dei Condotti, a busy shopping street in the city centre, on 17 October after slipping on a manhole cover. The driver of the carriage allegedly ignored pleas from onlookers to have the horse checked by a veterinarian, choos