The plan to bring horse diving back to Atlantic City, N.J., has been abandoned, according to a report from the Washington Post.

Horse diving was one of the most famous attractions offered on Atlantic City’s Boardwalk from the 1920s through the late 1970s. The attraction consisted of a young, swimsuit-clad woman astride a horse. The pair would jump from an approximately 40-foot steel platform into a water tank below. The act was discontinued in 1978. A revised version of the attraction was presented at the Pier briefly in 1993, but was also discontinued.

On Feb. 1 Steel Pier owners announced plans to bring the horse diving attraction back to the pier. Steel Pier co-owner and vice president Bill Catanoso said the attraction would be presented in a new state-of-the-art amphitheater and assured that the horses participating in the act would be well-trained and well-cared for.

Keith Dane, director of equine protection for the Humane Society of the United States, said the attraction exploits participating animals and puts them at risk