Does a horse die?
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Movie • 2022 Report
Yes
319
No
15
46
Renjuro
**With as few spoilers as possible**
Horse deaths are implied or off screen. For what it’s worth, the main characters of the film go to great lengths to protect/rescue their horses once they understand what’s happening.
One character considers the horses disposable, but their plan fails and the horse survives.
TV Show • 2011 Report
Yes
247
No
8
17
Jennifer Stark
Specifically, I think one gets beheaded. It's considered in poor taste by the onlookers, but it happens.
TV Show • 2010 Report
Yes
196
No
16
10
user18530
In the very first episode of The Walking Dead, the horse that Rick rides to Atlanta is eaten by walkers. Then, in season 5, Daryl and Aaron are outside of Alexandria and a horse named Buttons is also eaten.
TV Show • 2014 Report
Yes
182
No
2
15
Kara Gheldof
A horse commits suicide by jumping off a bridge onscreen.
Multiple members of Bojack's family (father, uncle, grandparents) have died offscreen before the series starts.
Video Game • 2009 Report
Yes
154
No
0
30
Nebulacat
Horses feature, and like dogs and cats, they *can* die, but they can be prevented from dying.
Book Report
Yes
150
No
3
15
avivasageek
A horse is killed by the impact of a meteor, and her flank is used to make a bib for a baby (For whatever reason)
TV Show • 2013 Report
Yes
146
No
1
12
lepetitmonstresr
Season 2 - Episode 8
TV Show • 2023 Report
Yes
143
No
96
20
Bzzngbea
S1
E1
As Ellie is riding away from the group of men her horse is shot from underneath her. It's particularly sad since she was just giving it water the scene before. :(
They also end up eating the horse.
Video Game Report
Yes
135
No
0
9
spice_n_sugar
Some horses get killed in action.
Anime • 2009 Report
Yes
130
No
1
8
itsnattyps
Also in the second season a horse is thrown and sadly squished
Video Game • 2020 Report
Yes
94
No
1
8
CourtneyMcGaha
Characters are ambushed and their horse is shot in the head
TV Show • 2019 Report
Yes
87
No
0
11
Rockobster
Season 2 - Episode 6 - 4:00 - Roach is critically injured and Gerald mercy kills him. Very sad, such a good horse
TV Show • 2011 Report
Yes
87
No
5
10
allisonkrutz
In the newest season, AHS: Apocalypse, a horse dies in the first episode. It was shot in the head.
Video Game • 2011 Report
Yes
86
No
1
9
starlyaj
Horses are common in Skyrim and are almost always killable. (You can kill Shadowmere but she respawns at her death place after a while) and in Helgen, a dragon is shown to kill a horse in the middle of the town.
Video Game • 2013 Report
Yes
85
No
0
8
hopethishelps
When Ellie runs out to distract people from where Joel is, the horse gets shot in the head.
TV Show • 2014 Report
Yes
82
No
2
6
Hein van den Ouweland
2 horses are decapitated two-thirds into episode 4
Anime • 2009 Report
Yes
81
No
0
15
CameronWallace
A man jumps out of the body of an exploding horse. I believe the horse dies in the process.
Movie • 2002 Report
Yes
78
No
2
6
LaurenEmilyTownsend
A horse gets spooked on a ship and runs off and drowns
Video Game • 2017 Report
Yes
77
No
1
24
Parker McCalip
If you're not super careful you can end up getting the horse you ride one killed(though at one of the fairy fountains your horse can be revived).
Video Game Report
Yes
75
No
0
8
megwilton3556
SPOILER: at the end of the game when running from the Pinkertons with John, Your horse will get shot and subsequently die.
TV Show • 2009 Report
Yes
75
No
13
6
Bambi House
In the tunnel created by Sloth at Fort Briggs, horses are killed.
TV Show • 2014 Report
Yes
73
No
0
TV Show • 2009 Report
Yes
71
No
2
13
theanonymouswhisperer
A horse dies off screen
Movie Report
Yes
66
No
6
13
Not a horse but a donkey does
Movie • 2017 Report
Yes
65
No
14
9
RinasaurusRex
The Valkyries' winged horses are seen falling from the sky under Hela's attack.
Movie • 2021 Report
Yes
61
No
10
11
Ollyarts
There is a line that says “We have resorted to eating our horses”, but the presumed eating of those horses is not shown.
TV Show • 2019 Report
Yes
59
No
10
5
Pajuka
Presumably if there were horses in the area, they were executed along with every other animal - wild or domesticated. There are no horse deaths, or even horses, on screen however. There is a deer or similar creature briefly shown as dead by radiation poisoning.
Movie • 2021 Report
Yes
58
No
0
7
spleenhurfer
a few...
Video Game Report
Yes
57
No
0
5
James Palmer
during the dream sequence at the start of episode 2, a pony dies; it's a dream but could still be confronting
TV Show • 2013 Report
Yes
56
No
5
8
Thomas Veil
One of the main characters is a horse veterinarian.