The question arises as to whether the use of fiackers in a big city is still up to date, he said on Monday to “Vienna Today”. “You should think about it, really for reasons of animal welfare, whether you should expose a horse to this stress,” said the minister. He would welcome a debate on whether Vienna could do without Fiacre altogether, he said.
He pleaded for this discussion to be independent of the question of when the horses will be released from the heat. In Vienna, there is a heat driving ban for Fiaker from 35 degrees Celsius. The city is aiming for the teams to be allowed to take a break from 30 degrees. However, there are disagreements between the federal government and Vienna as to who could legally implement this.
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