Emaciated horses!

Horse carts have been part of Dhaka for ages. It was once a major means of transport. Nowadays you'll only see them on the DU campus on special occasions and in Gulistan every other day. Recently, you might have noticed that many firms are using horse carts to publicize their products. Well that's not really what I want to talk about….a question for all of you….Are we blind??
Yes, we have all seen horse carts but did we ever notice the condition of the horses? Most of them are badly bruised and weak! But yet the person sitting on the driver's seat and even the passengers never seem to notice that. Even if they do I wonder why they are so ignorant. All over the world large horses are used for pulling carts but in Dhaka the horses are well below average size! They are overworked, ill-fed and literally uncared for. The owners are eating with the money earned by these horses but yet they are so reluctant to feed these horses properly. Anyone who has seen well bred horses abroad or the police horses in Dhaka would know that our cart horses don't even look like horses anymore!
If you look back to history you'll see that Dhaka once had very well-bred horses. There was a racecourse beside Ramna Park. It was a big event for everyone. Even people from Kolkata used to come here to take part and see the races. Owning horses was a symbol of aristocracy. Owning horses and owning the usual farm animal is not the same thing --horses require a lot more in every aspect. Then after independence horse racing was banned because it was a form of gambling. So there ended the tradition of breeding horses in Dhaka. The only ones left apparently went to the wrong hands and now their descendants can be seen having to struggle to pull a cart full of people, twenty times their weight. Although I have only talked about Dhaka, the condition of privately owned horses in other parts of Bangladesh is as bad or even worse. If you look at our neighbour India, you'll be amazed to see how well they have retained the Marwari, Kathiawari, Manipuri and other breeds. In fact they are exporting horses and using them to attract tourists from all over the world, at the same time ensuring good health of the horses.
You might wonder at a time when people are suffering all over Bangladesh why I'm writing about the distressful condition of the horses. I believe we should not ignore any creation of the Almighty.