Regulations to control horse dung in the streets by forcing horse owners to tie bags under horses constituted cruelty to the animals, a Maltese court has ruled.

• 为避免遍地马粪给市容环境带来的负面影响，马耳他有关方面曾于2002年出台一项规定，命令马主人必须给自己的爱驹戴上粪兜，但该国一家法院最近做出裁决，认为此种行为已构成对动物身体的虐待。