{"id":710227,"date":"2026-06-17T22:02:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T22:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/710227\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T22:02:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T22:02:16","slug":"central-park-carriage-horses-cause-of-death-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/710227\/","title":{"rendered":"Central Park Carriage Horse&#8217;s Cause Of Death Revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Central Park Carriage Horse<br \/>\n                          Official Cause of Death Revealed<\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                        Published<br \/>\n                              June 17, 2026<br \/>\n                            12:33 PM PDT<br \/>\n                                                                      |<br \/>\n                                                                Updated<br \/>\n                                  June 17, 2026<br \/>\n                                1:26 PM PDT\n                                    <\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_png_20260617_1ea102a4426d466a8e98bff19bd08768\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:037e63f3-48c6-4e73-b248-771fffc25504\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1ea102a4426d466a8e98bff19bd08768_md.png\" alt=\"061726 nyc horse primary 3\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The cause of death for the Central Park carriage horse that collapsed in front of horrified onlookers has officially been revealed &#8230; and investigators say a toxic plant is to blame.<\/p>\n<p>According to a report released Tuesday by the Transport Workers Union of America, the horse stopped during a ride near East 90th Street in Manhattan and ate part of a Japanese yew shrub &#8230; an ornamental plant known to be highly toxic and often fatal to horses.<\/p>\n<p>            Play video content<\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/03c579bfdb234c2eb5ea1a66294a483e_md.png\" alt=\"061026_nyc_horse_collapse_kal_v2\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The union cited findings from the horse&#8217;s necropsy report, arguing the death was not the result of mistreatment &#8230; pushing back against renewed calls to ban carriage horses in New York City.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The report also notes horses are prohibited by city law from eating vegetation anywhere in Central Park.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_png_20260617_c323d1fd1399496385bcada526caa70c\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:037e63f3-48c6-4e73-b248-771fffc25504\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/c323d1fd1399496385bcada526caa70c_md.png\" alt=\"061726 nyc horse primary 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Union officials made it clear they believe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/06\/10\/central-park-carriage-horse-dead\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the horse&#8217;s death<\/a> was not caused by neglect, abuse, or its work as a carriage horse &#8230; despite claims from some animal rights activists and elected officials following the incident.<\/p>\n<p>As TMZ previously reported, the horse&#8217;s heartbreaking collapse was captured on video, with several bystanders desperately attempting to revive the animal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Central Park Carriage Horse Official Cause of Death Revealed Published June 17, 2026 12:33 PM PDT | Updated&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":710228,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,3,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":["post-710227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-america","tag-news","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/710227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=710227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/710227\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/710228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=710227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=710227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=710227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}