The Diving Horse

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A diving horse is an attraction that was popular in the mid 1880s, in which a horse would dive into a pool of water, sometimes from as high as 60 feet up.
The shows received very strong criticisms of animal rights abuses, which contributed to the decline of its popularity after WW2. The horses sometimes dived four times a day, seven days a week. There are allegations of using prods, electrical jolts, and trap doors to get unwilling horses to dive.

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