The project to replace all the horse-drawn calandrias (carriages) operating in the Guadalajara city center with electric-powered surrogates has been on hold for the last two years due to legal complications, Mayor Pablo Lemus explained this week.
The initiative was started in 2015 by Enrique Alfaro, then mayor of Guadalajara and now governor of Jalisco, after years of lobbying by animal rights activists who argued the horses were not treated properly and frequently abused. During Alfaro’s term, 16 of the horse-drawn carriages were removed from service and replaced by electric units.
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