Although the horse is now on the mend, the incident reignited calls for the city to ban horse-drawn carriages in New York City.
Videos showing a horse collapsed in the middle of the street during rush hour and police watering down the fallen horse had animal rights groups protesting outside of City Hall on Thursday.
One video shows the carriage driver whipping Ryder with the reins, and then smacking the horse while saying,"Get up." 911 was called, according to the NYPD, and mounted officers were filmed spraying the horse with water. "EPM is a neurological disease caused by a parasite found in possum droppings," Donohue told CBS News. A high percentage of horses in the U.S. are exposed to the parasite, he said, though"only a very few develop symptoms, sometimes months or years after exposure."
Ryder was rescued in April after his Amish owner no longer wanted him for transportation, Donohue said.
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