HORSE DIVING: show or cruelty?

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Horse diving is an attraction that was popular in the mid-1880, in which a horse would dive into a pool of water, sometimes from as high as 60 feet.

 On 7th February 2012, in Atlantic City, at the Steel Pier park, there was a re-making of this famous 'show' and this aroused the activists that started protesting for animal rights.
We can easily understand that this 'tradition' reflects a cruel action against horses that are obviously not used to jumping and diving from that height.

 What do you think about this? 

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