From the archives: This story was last updated in September 2019.
It all started out as what organizers thought was a simple artistic activity for school children at a summer camp. It ended with a heated debate on the internet about animal rights, and how horses should be treated.A horse-riding club and school in Brazil’s capital found itself at the center of the controversy after having allowed children to use a white horse from their stables as a painting surface instead of canvases for an activity.
