After horse's death, Royal Palace of Caserta imposes stop on carriage service

End of horse-drawn carriage service at the Royal Palace of Caserta. The service, which was entrusted to the T.N.T. cooperative, has ceased and will not resume: the decision following the death of a horse shortly before 12 a.m. last August 12 during its hours of service. The Royal Palace of Caserta has made it known that the elements that emerged after the tragic death, prevent the continuation of this activity within the Vanvitellian complex. The assessment, the institute again points out, also stemmed from the news of alleged serious wrongdoing in the performance of the service.

In recent days, it had in fact emerged from the ingadines conducted by the Municipal Police of Caserta and the State Police that the deceased animal was not authorized for the service. “The images of that poor horse lying on the pavement of the Royal Park were a blow to the heart for all of us,” Caserta Mayor Carlo Marino wrote on Facebook the day after the tragedy. “Our Municipal Police,” he added, “immediately started, in support of the State Police, administrative investigations that revealed some irregularities starting with the most important fact: the deceased horse was not the one authorized for transport. The holder of the administrative authorization of the carriage was illegally circulating with an animal different from the one communicated to the municipality and the Asl.” It turned out from the first analysis that the horse had a very high temperature at the time of death: the cause could therefore have been an illness due to exertion under the sun.

A meeting with representatives of the cooperative will be held at the Reggia today, while a discussion with the Animal Rights Guarantor is scheduled for tomorrow, with whom the museum will initiate a dialogue on the human-animal relationship within the Vanvitellian Complex. Indeed, the museum hopes for future projects and a balanced and sustainable approach to environmental issues.

“The Museum Institute,” reads a note from the Reggia, “has the important role of proposing and promoting cultural and social experiences, in accordance with its mission. It has no powers of control, nor competence, over authorizations or licenses. The Royal Palace of Caserta is an Institute of the State. A place of culture, knowledge and the construction of critical thinking. It is unacceptable that activities within it can be characterized by illegality.”

“The Directorate of the Royal Palace of Caserta, installed last July,” the statement continues, “has undertaken in this first year a profound work of renewal, encountering not a few resistances. It was intended from the outset to impart an eco-sustainable and respectful turn to the management of the entire Vanvitellian Complex. Efforts are constant and daily to settle long-standing issues never before addressed. The invitation is to avoid easy instrumentalization and proclamations, with a view to a healthy system of relationships and the values of ethics and mutual respect.”

After horse's death, Royal Palace of Caserta imposes stop on carriage service

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