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Zooliterature is a term that refers to texts that present animals in the literary works in different ways. Psychoanalysis is a method used to treat people's mental health, taking as a reference the patients’ statement. Animals can also have imbalances in their mental health. The purpose of this article is to use a character of the equine species from fiction literature to establish a veterinary psychoanalysis, in addition to knowing more about the animal psyche. The character Ginger in the Black Beauty by Anne Sewell, in her original version, told her own story in a dialogue with the protagonist. She suffered a lot in her childhood, first with the separation from her mother, then with physical and psychological violence from human beings. From the character analysis, traumatic hysteria was thought as a diagnosis. Similar to what it would be in a real horse. This knowledge implies ethical issues. Animal psychoanalysis would be …