The horse was caught walking on the side of the A17 motorway, about a kilometre from the Vagos junction, in the Aveiro-Figueira da Foz direction, as a source from the National Republican Guard (GNR) confirmed to Notícias ao Minuto.

This is the second incident to involve animals on a highway, after, on Saturday, a cow was seen circulating on the Second Ring Road.

Contrary to what happened to that animal, which ended up being shot down by the PSP, the horse on the A17 was removed by employees of Ascendi, the concessionaire of this motorway, and later handed over to its owner.

The alert was given at 8:06 am and a GNR patrol came to the scene.