Atlantic City Drops Plans for Diving Horses

According the Associated Press:

"The owner of Atlantic City's Steel Pier says he's dropping a plan to bring back the legendary Diving Horse after animal rights activists lodged fierce criticism. The act, which ran on the pier from the 1920s to the 1970s, featured a horse and a rider plunging into a 12-foot-deep tank from a platform 40 feet in the air.

Anthony Catanoso, whose family owns the historic pier, told the Associated Press on Tuesday that he's no longer interested in reviving an attraction that helped make the pier world famous last century.

"We just felt that since Atlantic City is moving forward, we should move forward with it," he said. "We should create new memories for visitors instead of recreating old ones.""

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