Questions remain after dead horse found in downtown Atlanta

atlanta news first ^ | 04 07 2025 | Adam Murphy

[Openurmind]

“This used to be a fad in Dublin, Ireland maybe thirty years ago. People would keep horses in sheds and ride them around town.”

When I first went to Az to set up the property where we were moving to I hit a Del Taco drive through right in downtown. Gave my order and pulled around to the pick up window, as I came around the corner there were two Equestrians on horses ahead of me at the drive through pick up window. Not unusual at all in Az. :)

[MeanWestTexan]

There are, indeed, plenty of zombies in Atlanta.

Epicenter CNN.

They tried to find brains, but were disappointed and so have to wander the city.

You can spot them by their Act Blue shirts.

[MeanWestTexan]

She just wanted to eat the horse.

[Magnum44]

Wasnt just a fad. It was a way of life. I spent a week in Shannon back in the late eigthies (with a cute Irish lass) and the coal for the home heater/stove was delivered daily by horse and cart. In the morning silence and fog, you could hear the hooves clopping on the cobblestone road from the bedroom...

[No name given]

What a foolish idea.

[moviefan8]

Does the horse have a name?

[stevio]

Apparently. Did I need the “/s” in that post?

[MeanWestTexan]

You clearly don’t own horses if you think anything about them is not expensive.

We have them for actual ranch work and they are, by far, my most expensive employees.

[9YearLurker]

To subject the horse to that—or to note how cruel it was?

[digger48]

CNN headquarters still beating the Signalgate dead horse?

[lee martell]

“..authorities placed a white tarp over the horse..”

“..they were trying to give it food and water..”

**Based on the sequence of these statements, it almost sounds like they were trying to feed food and water to a dead horse, now under a white tarp! It’s a well known fact that most horses display a greatly reduced appetite after they have died.

[alstewartfan]

Well, the psychologist told that rancher that he could either have a live cow or a dead horse.

[ridesthemiles]

COULD HAVE BEEN ANY NUMBER OF FACTORS.

A HORSE CAN HAVE A HEART ATTACK & GO DOWN IN SECONDS.

[al_c]

Dead horse in Atlanta, you say?

[No name given]

To subject the horse to that treatment.

[HIDEK6]

It looks like the horse is dead.

[Cold Heart]

The horse suffered and died because of unaclimate change.

[pierrem15]

Sounds like someone bought a horse at auction with no trailer, didn’t “look the horse in the mouth”, bought a poor animal on its last legs, tried to ride it to a barn somewhere, and the poor beast expired on the way.

[9YearLurker]

Agreed!

[Tom Tetroxide]

Horsing around, obviously!