but animal rights organisations peta and pfa continue to ask for a total ban on the trade during the high court of bombay proceedings today regarding the case in which ngos people for the ethical treatment of animals peta and people for animals are calling for a ban on cruel victoria carriages in the city it was revealed that now only 18 victoria drivers carry licenses to ply while all others are completely illegal however peta has questioned the certificates issued to the 18 horses who have been given licenses claiming that equine experts have said forcing horses to haul carriages on the citys streets is inherently cruel as it often results in permanent leg damage collapses as well as traffic accidents peta has called on authorities to confiscate all victoria horses immediately for drivers who have not been issued licenses while continuing to ask for a total ban on the cruel tradewhat the organisations say a business based on the abuse of animals can never be regulated into legitimacy said dr manilal valliyate director of veterinary affairs for peta india delhi has banned cruel and dangerous horsedrawn carriages and mumbai must do the same poonam mahajan of pfa added while we welcome the honble courts order it is inherently cruel to make horses ply on concrete there is no need to go into individual cases while we spend hours going into individual cases horses keep having accidents and dying we need a comprehensive solution like in delhi horses must not be made to suffer on mumbais streets a second longer than these wonderful beings already havedid you know the counsel for the traffic commissioner informed the court that a total of 53 applications for licenses were received out of which 35 were outright rejected on the basis of offences against the carriage drivers horses not being fit cruelty having been committed to the animals overloading and other illegalities