Alberta’s Wild Horses Suffer Same Abuse as U.S. Counterparts
With the highest cowboy boot per capita ratio in the country, Alberta would seem the most natural place in Canada for wild horses to roam.
Inhumane Horse Slaughter Charges Probed at Canadian Plant
Authorities, including the RCMP, are investigating allegations launched by an animal welfare group accusing a Fort Macleod slaughterhouse of inhumanely killing horses.
Sweeping Undercover Investigation of Canada’s Leading Equine Slaughterhouses shows Cruelty and Abuse
News Release from Canadian Horse Defense Coalition Horse Welfare Group calls for immediate closure of Canada’s horse slaughter plants Westbank, B.C., March 30, 2010: In late February 2010, the Canadian Horse Defence Coalition (CHDC) received hidden camera footage of horse slaughter practices at Quebec’s Viandes Richelieu and Alberta’s […]
Saskatchewan considers new law to protect wild ponies in the Bronson Forest
By: Jennifer Graham, THE CANADIAN PRESS REGINA – The shooting deaths of wild ponies in northwestern Saskatchewan has prompted the government to consider a new law to save the animals. A private member’s bill has been introduced in the legislature that would protect the herd of ponies that […]
Alberta wild horse shootings still unsolved
The RCMP and a Crime Stoppers film crew drove into the Alberta wilderness Tuesday to re-enact the unsolved killing of three wild horses this spring. In April, a pregnant mare, a stallion and a yearling colt were found shot to death near Sundre, northwest of Calgary. The deaths […]
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