Forcing animals to haul carts overloaded with cargo is a cruel and archaic way to make a living. Working on the streets of Delhi is especially dangerous for animals, with noise, exhaust, and traffic everywhere you turn.

A horse pulls a cart piled high with cargo—and with the cart's driver seated at the top of the pile—through a busy Delhi street.

Many cart owners dream of transitioning to mechanized vehicles and having a chance at a better life—as well as giving their exhausted animals a chance at a peaceful retirement—but they lack the financial means to make the switch. That’s where Animal Rahat comes in …

Our new video shows exactly how Animal Rahat is improving the lives of horses, bullocks, and humans alike by subsidizing eco-friendly rickshaws and facilitating the retirement of working animals.

It’s clear that replacing animal-drawn carts with e-rickshaws benefits both humans and animals. Cart owners can make a better living and enjoy more time with their families, and animals can be spared lives of hard labor. It’s also good for the environment, because the e-rickshaws don’t contribute to pollution. And Delhi is one of the most polluted cities in the world, where people often must wear masks to keep from inhaling the choking dust, but horses and bullocks have no such protection.

If you agree that Delhi’s streets are no place for animals, please make a gift to Animal Rahat so that the group can continue to implement this crucial mechanization project and proceed with all its other life-changing work for animals. Your support will mean a better life for animals who are no longer used for hard labor—and for the families who no longer have to depend on them to make a living.

A white-and-brown horse looks into the camera.

Sagar was retired through the mechanization project. Now, he spends his days playing with friends at the Animal Rahat sanctuary instead of being forced to work to exhaustion on the streets of Delhi.