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"A woman has been fined after bringing her horse into a McDonald&amp;#039;s restaurant in the UK. The woman - who has not been named by police - brought the animal into the restaurant in Greater Manchester on Saturday (July 20) after being refused service at the drive-through, BBC News reports. McDonald&amp;#039;s explained that it does not serve drive-through customers who are on horseback. The woman then led the horse into the Bury New Road restaurant ,where it &amp;quot;ended up doing [its] business on the floor&amp;quot;. Police arrived on the scene and issued the woman with a fixed penalty notice. A spokesperson for Greater Manchester Police said: &amp;quot;The sight and smell of this caused obvious distress and upset to customers trying to eat, as well as staff members. &amp;quot;Officers arrived at the location and the woman was issued [with] a fixed penalty notice for causing alarm and distress to other customers and staff.&amp;quot; A McDonald&amp;#039;s spokesperson added: &amp;quot;The health and safety of our customers and staff is our top priority, and for this reason we are unable to serve pedestrians, bicycle riders or customers on horseback through the drive-through.&amp;quot; &amp;gt; Man convicted after trying to feed ham to a police horse &amp;gt; One in four Brits &amp;#039;would eat horsemeat&amp;#039; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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