A vacation camp in Brazil had the particular idea of taking a horse as a canvas for the children to paint on. In response to a cruel act, citizens and organizations demonstrated in defense of animal rights.
The activity took place at the Riding School of the Sociedad Hípica
The case
This month, a controversial school activity that consisted of painting a white horse generated repudiation reactions in Brasilia, the capital of Brazil, after the NGO Orden de Abogados do Brasil (OAB), shared the photo of the animal completely painted by children on their social networks.
This particular activity occurred in the winter vacation colony of the Riding School of the Equestrian Society, when the children’s tutors assigned them to paint a horse that was in the place with different colors. At the end of the activity, the quadruped was fully painted.
The fact was shared through social networks
reactions and response
Last Sunday, July 22, the lawyer Ana Paula Vascocelos, a member of the NGO OAB, denounced the incident through her Facebook account, calling it “absurd”, and thousands of people have reacted, including the authorities in charge of the animal rights in Brazil.
Through local media it was learned that prosecutors from the Brazilian Institute of the Environment (Ibama) went to the establishment to evaluate the activity and, now, the colony must present the educational plan that justified painting the horse.
In response to the avalanche of complaints, Muriell Marques, head of marketing for the Riding School of the Equestrian Society, stated that the paint is not harmful to the animal or to children. “The horse was calm, he was not stressed.” However, submitting it to several children to color it is not an appropriate activity for the animal.
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