London’s runaway horses remind us that animals are workers too
- Written by Helen Wadham, Reader in Sustainability, Manchester Metropolitan University
The extraordinary sight of five horses galloping through London, sweating and covered in blood, caused the hashtag #Apocalypse to trend briefly on social media last week.
Colliding with vehicles and startling pedestrians, the military horses had been taking part in an exercise in the capital when they were spooked by noisy building works nearby....