- A horse pulling a wedding carriage collapsed with heat exhaustion in Italy
- Tragic footage captures the stallion lying prone after being overcome with heat
- The groom can be seen trying to lift the horse and tend to the stricken nag
- An Italian animal rights charity are now threatening to file a lawsuit
A bride and groom’s special day took a tragic turn when the horse pulling their ornate wedding carriage collapsed with heat exhaustion.
The happy couple had arrived in style on their big day in the back of the decorated cart pulled by the white stallion.
But the glamorous wedding took a tragic turn when the horse collapsed outside the church in the small Italian mountain town of Borgetto, near the city of Palermo in Sicily.
A bride and groom’s special day took a tragic turn when the horse pulling their ornate wedding carriage collapsed with heat exhaustion, outside the church in the small Italian town of Borgetto
A video shows the animal lying on the ground while the groom attempts to help it up.
The smartly dressed driver of the carriage can be seen attempting to move the horse. Other members of the wedding party, dressed in traditional attire, can be seen also attempting to help.
Traffic through the town was blocked off by the stricken horse and the ornate carriage, which had been decorated with feathers.
It is believed that the horse fell to the ground in exhaustion after being exposed to the blazing sun.
He is thought to have just climbed a steep stretch of road pulling the bride and groom behind him.
The horse was allegedly pulling a weight of 400 kilograms when it collapsed in the middle of the street.
The horse was allegedly pulling a weight of 400 kilograms when it collapsed in the middle of the street leading an Italian animal rights charities to threaten to file a lawsuit
Shocking video footage shot from a neighbouring flat was later posted onto the internet.
And Italian animal rights charities are now threatening to file a lawsuit in relation to the case.
A spokesman for the Italian Nucleus Operational Protection of Animals said: ‘We have already written to local authorities to ask them to confirm the current conditions of the horse.’