Nightclub Shut Down After Woman Rides Horse Into Crowd Of Partygoers
The city of Miami Beach shut down a nightclub on Friday after video surfaced showing a woman in a bikini riding a spooked horse into a crowd of people.
The incident happened at the Mokai Lounge sometime between Wednesday evening and the early morning hours of Thursday, according to a city document obtained by HuffPost.
Attendees at the event recorded the commotion and posted footage to social media. One video showed a man trying to pull the seemingly resistant horse into the club as a man and woman ride on top of the animal. A second video shows the woman on the horse amid a tightly packed crowd of people. The horse throws the woman off before slowly walking through the crowd as people cheer.
City Manager Jimmy Morales revoked the club’s business license on Friday, The Miami Herald reports. A city press release cites the incident as being a hazard to public safety and possible animal cruelty.
The woman seen in the video “appeared to be an employee from the club, but that’s still under investigation,” Miami Beach spokeswoman Melissa Berthier told HuffPost.
The Miami Beach Police tweeted on Friday that authorities had found the horse seen in the video and that the it was “deemed to be healthy and safe.”
UPDATE: Miami Beach PD detectives along with @MiamiDadePD ’s animal experts have located the horse that was at Mokai. The horse has been inspected and deemed to be healthy and safe by Miami Dade PD.
Our investigation continues. https://t.co/pCI5TZ9sww— Miami Beach Police (@MiamiBeachPD) March 10, 2018
At a press conference, Mayor of Miami Beach Dan Gelber said what happened “could only be described as insane stupidity and irresponsibility,” according to Buzzfeed. He added that the Mokai Lounge will be subject to an animal cruelty investigation.
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Dogs packed three city buses at a Palm Beach County airport on Wednesday.
The dogs waited in line for a chance to hightail it out of Florida for the northeast.
Animal shelter employees and volunteers tirelessly gathered up the dogs in hopes of transporting them onto the plane.
Two dogs wait inside of a city bus on Wednesday.
Two dogs wait inside of a city bus on Wednesday.
It was like a game of Tetris as workers packed the plane with crates.
Workers with the Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League pose with a crate.
It was all hands on deck as shelter employees and volunteers packed the plane.
Dogs were sent into the plane one by one.
Donna, a Great Dane, is called over for a group shot in front of the plane.
Workers with the Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League and Palm Beach County Animal Care and Control pose with Donna, the Great Dane.
Dozens of empty crates are seen covering a portion of the airport's tarmac.
The dogs arrived on three city buses.
This article originally appeared on HuffPost.
