Two Ailing Horses Used for Weddings Left for Dead in Delhi NCR—PETA India Facilitates Rescue

For Immediate Release:

30 April 2026

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Delhi NCR – People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals India (PETA India) recently stepped in to help two horses used for weddings left for dead by their “owners”: one in Mayur Vihar, Delhi, and the other in Kamla Nagar, Ghaziabad. In both instances, the horses had been used to haul carriages, had collapsed, and were left to suffer. PETA India worked with the Mayur Vihar Police Station, Delhi and Madhuban Bapudham Police Station, Ghaziabad, to facilitate the rescue of the two horses.

Upon being alerted to videos taken by concerned passerby of the ailing horses, PETA India’s Rapid Response Team dispatched immediate assistance to both locations. The horse from Mayur Vihar received on-the-spot treatment for several hours to stabilise her, and was then moved to a reputable sanctuary for further veterinary care and rehabilitation. With the support of a beat officer of the Mayur Vihar police station, the rescue was carried out smoothly.

The owner of the horse from Kamla Nagar, Ghaziabad, tried to claim her nearly 12 hours after leaving her on the street to suffer without any veterinary assistance. After filing a complaint with the Madhuban Bapudham Police Station, the owner relinquished the horse to Kannan Animal Welfare (KAW). KAW has since handed the horse over to PETA India for expert veterinary care, given the horse’s dire condition, and she was subsequently moved to a reputable sanctuary for close monitoring.

“Forcing horses to work on hard roads often leads to painful and irreversible conditions like osteoarthritis and ultimately collapse. PETA India encourages the use of luxury cars or other non-animal vehicles instead of horses for weddings,” says PETA India Cruelty Response Coordinator Ishani Rathee. “PETA India is grateful to Delhi Police, particularly Shri Manoj Balyan, Assistant Sub Inspector at Mayur Vihar Police Station, and Shri J. Ravinder Goud, IPS, Commissioner of Police, Ghaziabad, who ensured the horses were rescued from a life of suffering and exploitation.”

PETA India – whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to use for entertainment or abuse in any other way” – opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview. For more information about PETA India please visit PETAIndia.com or follow the group on X, Facebook, or Instagram.

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