I had stumbled onto an impact of horses in cities that doesn't get mentioned as often as the manure problem: their deaths and their carcasses. Instead of being

I had stumbled onto an impact of horses in cities that doesn't get mentioned as often as the manure problem: their deaths and their carcasses. Instead of being lovingly cared for and gently used, horses used in urban transport apparently were badly treated and lived briefly. And their use left the streets a very unwelcome place for pedestrians. This wayback link[1] comes from the Wikipedia article on horse cars [2] [1] https://web.archive.org/web/20140124204000/http://www.uctc.net/access/30/Access%2030%20-%2002%20-%20Horse%20Power.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20140124204000/http://www.uctc.n... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horsecar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horsecar